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ICT Policies and Issues

ICT policies aim to establish a plan of action to guide decisions and achieve outcomes related to information and communication technologies. The document discusses several key aspects of ICT policy in the Philippines including: 1) Definitions of ICT policy and how it establishes roadmaps, 2) New technologies like IT, telecommunications, and networking, 3) The Philippines' DICT roadmap that guides agencies on ICT utilization and enhancement. It also discusses some global issues with ICT policy including ensuring access to the internet while protecting civil liberties and freedom of expression.

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ICT Policies and Issues

ICT policies aim to establish a plan of action to guide decisions and achieve outcomes related to information and communication technologies. The document discusses several key aspects of ICT policy in the Philippines including: 1) Definitions of ICT policy and how it establishes roadmaps, 2) New technologies like IT, telecommunications, and networking, 3) The Philippines' DICT roadmap that guides agencies on ICT utilization and enhancement. It also discusses some global issues with ICT policy including ensuring access to the internet while protecting civil liberties and freedom of expression.

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ICT Policies and Issues :

Implication to Teaching
ans Learning
Definition of ICT Policy

◦ The Oxford English Dictionary has defined "policy" as a course of action,


adopted and pursued by a government, party, ruler, statesman. It is any course of
action adopted as expedient or advantageous. Its operational definition of policy
is a plan of action to guide decisions and achieve outcomes.
◦ Thus, ICT Policies are needed to put a roadmap or course of actions to be
pursued and adopted by various governments, organizations, entities involving
ICT.
The New ICT Technologies
More recent technological innovations increased the reach and speed
of communications which can be grouped into three categories:a
◦ l. Information Technology - includes the use of computers, which has become indispensable in modern
societies to process data and save time and effort. What are needed will be computer hardware and
peripherals, software and for the user, computer literacy.
◦ 2. Telecommunication technologies - include telephones (with fax) and the broadcasting of radio
and television often through satellites. Telephone system, radio and TV broadcasting are needed in this
category.
◦ 3. Networking technologies - The best known of networking technologies is Internet, but has
extended to mobile phone technology, Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) satellite communications and
other forms of communications are still in their infancy.
The DICT Roadmap
In our country, the Department of Information and Communication Technology
(DICT) has formulated a roadmap to guide all agencies in the utilization,
regU1ation and enhancement of ICI Each project has corresponding policy
statements and guidelines.
◦ l. ICT in Education Masterplan for all levels, including a National Roadmap for
Faculty Development in ICT in Education. A National Framework Plan for ICTs
in Basic Education was developed.
◦ 2. Content and application development through the Open Content in Education
Initiative (OCEI) which converts DepEd materials into interactive multi-media
content, develop applications used in schools, and conduct students and teachers
competitions to promote the development Of education-related web
contenteducation-relate we con en .
3. PheDNET, is a "walled" garden that hosts educational learning and teaching
materials and applications for use by Filipno students, their parents and
teachers. All public high schools will be part of this network with only
DepEd-approved multi-media applications, materials and mirrored internet
sites accessible from school's PCs.
4. Established Community eLearning Centers called eSkwela for out-of-school
youth (OSY) providing them with ICT-enhanced alternative education
opportunities.
5. eQuality Program for tertiary education through partnerships with state
universities and colleges (SUCs) to improve quality of IT education and the
use of ICT in education in the country, particularly outside of Metro Manila.
6. Digital Media Arts Program which builds digital media skills
for government using Open Source technologies. Particular
beneficiary agencies include the Philippine information Agency
and the other government media organizations, the Cultural
Center of the Philippines, National Commission for Culture and
Arts and other government art agencies, State Universities and
Colleges and local government units.
7. ICT skills strategic plan which develops an inter-agency
approach to identifying strategic and policy and program
recommendations to address the ICT skills demand-supply type.
Some Issues on ICT and Internet Policy and Regulations

◦ Global Issues

◦ Access and Civil Liberties are two sets of issues in ICT Policy which are crucial to the modern
society. The other concern is civil liberties which refer to human rights and freedom. These
include freedom of expression, the right to privacy, the right to communicate and intellectual
property rights.

◦ Access to the Use of Internet and ICT. Access means the possibility for everyone to use the
internet and other media. In richer countries, basic access to internet is almost available to all with
faster broadband connections. There are still countries where access to internet is still a challenge.
◦ Infringement to Civil Liberties or Human Rights. What are specific internet issues on internet
policy that have relationship to civil liberties or human rights? Let's study the examples that
follow.
Issue No. 1: Freedom of Expression and Censorship

◦ Under international human rights conventions, all people are guaranteed the rights
for free expression. However, with the shift from communicating through letter,
newspapers and public meetings to electronic communications and on-line
networking, a need to look into how these new means modifies the understanding of
freedom of expression and censorship.
◦ The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides that everyone has the right
to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, likewise the right to freedom of
opinion and expression. However there are practices that violate these provisions in the
use of internet.
Some examples are the following:

◦ Individual rights are given up in order to have access to electronic networks.


Microsoft Network's (MSN's contracts provide protection of individuals like
"upload, or otherwise make available files that contain images, photographs or
other materials protected by intellectual property laws, including but not
limiting to copyright or trademark laws, unless you own or control the rights
thereto or have received all necessary consents to do the same. " However,
Microsoft reserves the rights, in its sole discretion, to terminate access to any
or all MSN sites or services.
2. Censorship restricts the transmission of
information by blocking it or filtering the
information. Blocking is preventing access
to whole areas of internet based upon the
black list of certain INTERNET ADDRESS,
LOCATION, or EMAIL ADDRESS while
filtering

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