Policies and issues on internet and implications to teaching and learning

  . The oxford English dictionary has defined “policy” as a course of action, adopted and pursued by a government, party, ruler, statesman. Its 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. The ICT policies are needed to put a road map or course of actions to be pursued and adopted by various governments, organizations, entities involving ICT. These include principles and guidelines in the use of ICT which cover three main areas: Telecommunications (telephone), Broadcasting (radio and television), and Internet

  1  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. In addition to internet, this category also includes mobile telephone, cable, DSL, satellites and others broadband connectivity

    1. 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 develop. 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 content. 3. PheDNET, is a “walled” garden that hosts educational learning and teaching materials and applications for use by Filipino students, their parents and DepEd approved multi media applications, materials and mirrored internet sites accessible from school’s PC’s. 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 t...

  In our country, the department of information and communication technology (DICT) has formulated a roadmap to guide all agencies in the utilization, regulation and enhancement of ICT. Each project has corresponding policy statements and guidelines. The ICT for education (ICT4E) is a program under the DICT that supports all the efforts of the education sector in incorporating the use of ICT as well as in determining and gaining access to the infrastructure (hardware, software, telecommunications facilities and others) which are necessary to use and deploy learning technologies at all levels of education.

  GLOBAL ISSUES                              Access and Civil Liberties are two sets of issues in ICT Policy which ate 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 the internet is still a challenge.      ...

                              Under international human rights conventions, all people are guaranteed the rights for free expression. However, with the shift from communication through letter, newspapers, and public meetings to electronic communications and online 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 of 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.                 ...