Internet

• Global Knowledge Partnership. (Aussi en Français!) The Global Knowledge Partnership web site is the home of a growing partnership and dialogue focused on harnessing knowledge and information as tools of sustainable and equitable development and mobilizing the innovations and resources of the information revolution as tools to empower the world's poor. This partnership and dialogue have their roots in an international conference on Knowledge for Development in the Information Age co-hosted by the World Bank and the Government of Canada in June 1997 in Toronto, in cooperation with a broad range of public and private partners. Planned: Second Global Knowledge Conference in Malaysia, March 7-10, 2000.

• The WWW Virtual Library Project. This very extensive resource on whatever subject you are looking for was started at CERN in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee to keep track of the development of the World Wide Web that he had just created.

• NASA Langley's HPCC/IITA K-12 Program. They have some interesting course materials about teaching the use of the Internet in education.

• Internet connectivity in Africa in April 1998. A thorough overview of the status of connectivity on the African continent. All you want to know about how the continent connects, backbone development, VSAT technology, pricing, market forces at work, and more. Also access to an overview of maps showing recent and old connectivity status on the continent

• World Wide Web User Statistics. If you want to know about statistics, try this site. It lists all relevant statistics on use of the Internet, users of the Internet, access to the Internet and more. Check out the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, USA, to see just one of the sources they have been using. Thorough work!

• Volunteers in Technical Assistance. For 34 years, VITA has been helping people in developing countries improve the quality of their lives through the provision of information services. VITA's oldest service, the Inquiry Service, enlists VITA volunteers to answer requests about a variety of development issues that come from around the world. Information is disseminated further by VITA's weekly Voice of America radio program and VITA's electronic newsletter. VITA also offers information management courses.
  In order to facilitate the transfer of information, VITA developed a global communications program -- VITAcomm. VITAcomm consists of digital low earth orbiting satellite and terrestrial radio systems, as well as electronic mail/bulletin board networks. VITAcomm technologies can be used anywhere in the world -- even where suitable telephone links and standard electrical grids are not available.

• Comment Lire?. Ceci, c'est le début d'une présentation de WWW. Son niveau est pour débutants. La présentation est organisé comme une suite de documents.

• Challenges to Academic Networks in Latin America: The Case of Colombia's Red CETCOL. A full text version of a thorough analysis of the situation in Colombia from Harvard University (Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas). Political, technical, theoretical and practical dimensions are analysed (see also the site Red Caldas elsewhere in this list. Is this the true picture?
  This article, and others with usefull information about telecomunications and developing countries, can be accessed also through General Network Information

• Listing of Schools on the Net. The schools listed here, while being a representative sample of the schools on the Internet, are only those which have been submitted to the Cisco Educational Archives. A long list already!! If you're interested in having your school or university included in this list, check it out!

• R.I.D.E. (Resources In Distance Education). The goal of this project was to create a Web based resource for the use of educational technology in distance education. As the project evolved it became particularly focused on the potential use of the World Wide Web in distance education.

• International Telecomunication Union. The ITU, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services.

• The Network Startup Resource Center. (NSRC), a non-profit, pro bono effort, has been involved for several years with the deployment and integration of appropriate networking technology in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Oceania.

• Techknowlogia. TechKnowLogia is an international online journal that provides policy makers, strategists, practitioners and technologists at the local, national and global levels with a strategic forum to: Explore the vital role of different information technologies (print, audio, visual and digital) in the development of human and knowledge capital; Share policies, strategies, experiences and tools in harnessing technologies for knowledge dissemination, effective learning, and efficient education services; Review the latest systems and products of technologies of today, and peek into the world of tomorrow; and Exchange information about resources, knowledge networks and centers of expertise.

• Inter Links. an Internet navigator, resource locator, and tutorial. To learn more about what this site has to offer, take a look at the overview. Then dive in... We put it here, because it actually guides you on how to search what!

• National Telephone Cooperative Association. The National Telephone Cooperative Association (NTCA), "the voice of rural telecommunications," is a non-profit association representing nearly 500 small and rural telephone cooperatives and commercial companies. Check out their page on "Solutions for Serving Rural Areas in Developing Countries" - It contains information on the role of local community cooperatives in providing telecom services in countries such as Bolivia, the Philippines and Micronesia. This section of the site is in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

• DevMedia. Devmedia began as an e-mail listserve in 1994 to help exchange information on "Media for Development and Democracy." Now, with Devmedia web site they have a variety of new ways to stay informed and share information. List listserve members and Devmedia web site users generally include people interested in participatory and community uses of media: radio, video TV, and the Internet. (in English, French and Spanish!)

• Wireless in Mongolia. Ever surfed the WEB without being plugging in? See what they're doing in Mongolia!

• Beginners Guide to HTML. This is a good primer for publishing on the WEB.

• WorldSpace Foundation. How can digital radio serve the South? With the availability of three satelites over Africa, Asia and Latin America, WorldSpace Foundation aims at the development of projects and activities for sustainable human development. An interesting initiative! WorldSpace Foundation operates independent from the WorldSpace Corporation, which is implementing the broadcasting system and has been and is developing in close partnership with a number of partners the several required components.

• Finding Information on the Internet. A tutorial. Always wanting to study at the University of California in Berkeley? Check out this site, and learn to find what you are looking for on the web from your own chair.

• "Little Engines that Did" - Case Histories from the Global Telecentre Movement. An 80-page report on a series of case studies involving 10 telecentres around the world, by Richard Fuchs

• Big Sky Telegraph. By demonstrating how all citizens can be both learner and teacher, this network (which started as a rural network) demonstrates how ongoing knowledge access, skill training, and citizen evaluation of highest value resources, can become a vehicle for rehumanizing and revitalizing communities of all descriptions. The site offers a variety of services, including teaching local communities how to use the Internet. Connects educators by way of the Telnet function to the Internet, as well as to research information and professional development resources.

• Infobits. This site monitors and selects from a number of information technology and instruction technology sources and provides brief notes for electronic dissemination to educators. Here you find all notes online, and how to subscribe to this free service

• AERA SIG Communications among researchers. AERA SIG goals are: a) To promote research on the nature of communications among educational researchers, both print and electronic; b) to study the visualization of data and the interactive capabilities of electronic media for the communication of educational research; c) to examine issues of equity and ideology contradictions associated with the use of the Internet by educational researchers.

• Integrated Rural Development and Universal Access. "Most of the populations of developing countries live in rural and often isolated areas. This is also where most of the resources are located. Access to information and telecommunications is essential for development of such areas but is still inadequate or non-existing." This site outlines the programme of activities as carried out by the ITU, the International Telecommunication Union.

• International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet. The Center's mission is to collect and present as many disability-related Internet resources as there are available, including resources directly related to disabilities and other resources that may be helpful to the disability community. These resources will be presented in a manner that is accessible to a wide and varied audience. The Center will develop and make available to users the techniques used to make these presentations and will assist those who wish to use our methods. The Center's scope is international.

• Netgate. This website has got hundreds of free online tutorials on education, languages, science, etc.

• IMS - Defining the Internet Architecture for learning. IMS is a global coalition of academic, commercial and government organizations, working together to define the Internet architecture for learning.

• Learn The Net. Tutorials on how to use the Internet, safethy tips for children, and very accessible.

• Distance Education at a Glance. Everything you ever wanted to know about Distance Education, but could find no-one to ask: In order to help teachers, administrators, facilitators, and students understand distance education, the Engineering Outreach Department at the University of Idaho has developed this Distance Education at a Glance series of guides.

• The World Wide Web History Project. The World Wide Web History Project is a collaborative effort to record and publish the history of the World Wide Web and its roots in hypermedia and networking.

• Back to School, the Electronic Library Classroom 101. A class on the net for librarians and others in search of learning resources with little or no net experience. The course presents a beginner's course in the Net and its various tools targeted toward librarians and other information professionals. Lessons include information on participating in mailing lists, usenet newgroups, and cover basic Internet tools including telnet, ftp, archie, gopher, veronica, and the world wide web.

• Alaska Pacific University's HTML GUIDE. The author tells us that she is working on a modest effort, it's what you call modest... The first steps of the creation of a distance learning "how to" site for small colleges and faculty members new to Internet technology is impressive. At this point, you'll find a well designed HTML guide, and more is promised!

• World Web Wide Consortium. The W3C is an international industry consortium which was founded in October 1994 to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability.

• DevCentral. DevCentral is a resource for software developers. It provides tutorials, articles, code, and the ITCLib MFC Extension library - all free of charge. The DevCentral Learning Center is a collection of high quality training materials for beginners and advanced programmers.