Education and the Knowledge Society

Information Technology Supporting Human Development (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing)

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Education and the Knowledge Society

Information Technology Supporting Human Development (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing)

1 edition

Engineering the Knowledge Society (EKS) - Event of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) This book is the result of a joint event of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) held during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva, Switzerland, December 11 - 12, 2003. The organisation was in the hands of Mr. Raymond Morel of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW). Information Technology (or Information and Communication Technology) cannot be seen as a separate entity. Its application should support human development and this application has to be engineered. Education plays a central role in the engineering of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for human support. The conference addressed the following aspects: Lifelong Learning and education,- inclusion, ethics and social impact, engineering profession, developing- society, economy and e-Society. The contributions in this World Summit event reflected an active stance towards human development supported by ICT. A Round Table session provided concrete proposals for action.

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Publisher
Springer
Language
English
Pages
306

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First Sentence

"The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), in Geneva in 2004 and in Tunis in 2005, is working to extend the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to include Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) because of the many key roles of ICT in our current Information Society."

Classifications

Library of Congress
HM851 .E34 2004, QC30-48, QA75.5-76.95

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
306
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.2 x 1 inches
Weight
2 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8372894M
Internet Archive
educationknowled00weer
ISBN 10
1402077556
ISBN 13
9781402077555
LCCN
2004056765
Library Thing
6380515
Goodreads
6020426

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