[Telecentres] Basic Telecentre Items/ICT Definition

[Elizabeth Carll, PhD]

David,

Thanks for the clarification.  I always thought that such staff support
would be available at all telecentres and considered that to be in the
category of human resources.  It is always interesting to hear how others
view and designate telecentre support activities.

Elizabeth
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  Elizabeth et al.

  Well, how about living ones - human intermediaries. Community
intermediaries to help people understand their needs, to interpret and
respond to incoming information, for consultative processes, to learn how to
filter information appropriately. Technical intermediaries (commonly known
as "assistants" or "operators") to help people use the ICTs, when there are
no existing skills, and to train them as the demand and awareness grows. The
community driven ethic is extremely important, these are facilitators only.

  David

  David,

  Excellent point, as ICTs are certainly only a means to the end product of
learning and participating.  To what other appropriate tools are you
referring, in addition to ICTs?

  Elizabeth
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    Hi,

    If we're talking about the Information Society then we should
concentrate on the information activities and not the techology. A
telecentre may be simply described as a place where people can participate
(and learn to participate) in the wider emerging information society, using
appropriate tools including ICTs.

    David
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