Bridging the Digital Divide

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Bridging the Digital Divide

• Dr Egondu Onyejekwe
• CEO, EARTHMAP Foundation For African HIV/AIDS
  ORID

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Outline

• Introduction Definitions
• Services
• Model

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EARTHMAP Foundation for African HIV/AIDS ORID

• EARTHMAP
• Emerging
• And
• Rising
• Technologies for
• Healthcare
• Medicine
• And
• Public-health

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Mission Constituencies

• It is basically a Distance Training Organization.
  Mission To support significant issues in the
  use of Information technology as both preventive
  and intervention strategies in the fight against
  HIV/AIDS and other Related Infectious and Chronic
  Diseases.
• The Constituencies include Africans
  African/Americans, and blacks in the Diaspora.
• Pilots with College Students and Healthcare
  professionals

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STRUCTURE

• Structurally, The EARTHMAP Foundation is governed
  by four different boards listed at the Website as
  The Executive Board, Global Board of Governors,
  Regional Advisory Board and the Local Advisory
  Board.

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ORGANIZING GOALS

• Publish relevant research works on HIV/AIDS and
  ORID.
• Train African and Black Healthcare workers on how
  to use the Online tools for accessing and passing
  information on HIV/AIDS ORID
• Conduct annual conferences, seminars, and
  workshops on the role of IT in preventing the
  infection of HIV and the spread of AIDS

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ORGANIZING GOALS cont

• Provide information to Africans,
  African/Americans on how to manage, care for and
  support those infected and affected by the
  HIV/AIDS ORID
• Encourage African countries to adopt research
  findings that will promote better control of
  HIV/AIDS ORID
• Conduct research on the use of Information
  Technologies for accessing information on
  HIV/AIDS ORID

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OPERATIONALLY

• PUBLISH Distribute AJA (African Journal of
  AIDS)
• Provide Distance Education
• Provide Certifications
• Form Partnerships
• Create EARTHMAP AFFILIATES

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MODEL

• Chaos/Complexity Model

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Shared InfrastructureMedia Distribution Center
Integrated Media Distribution and Support Center
Multimedia library and library access system
Multipurpose instructional labs Interactive
video and audio facilities Distribution system
for web-based applications Integrated support
and development
Different Time-Same Place
Same Time-Same Place
Different Time-Different Place
Same Time-Different Place
Instructional Design and Development Support
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Evolving the Disted Markets
Degree Programs
International
Measures Number of Courses Number of Enrollees
Participants number of collaborations
University Collaborations
Self-motivated Learner
Niche Degree Programs
Individual Programs Courses
Professional Training
Alumni
Corporate University
General Degree Programs
Niche Impact Courses and Programs
Increased Enrollment Regional Campuses
Enrolled Student with Significant Campus Presence
Measures Admissions Retention Time to
Degree number of courses
General Enhanced Learning Environment
Key Course Availability Columbus and Regional
Campuses
Increase Enrollment High School Academy
Professional Training K-12 Teachers
Technology Enhanced Learning Practices
Measures, US Number of Courses Number of
Enrollees Participants SATs of incoming students
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Integrated Economic View
Economics not sustainable unless multiple use
flexible content
distance Rural
New Learners
multipurpose courseware modules
flexible program
continuous learning
Gov/corporate professional Interagency
Previous Learners
research relations
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Phase Attractors for Self-Organization
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Fractals Optimum or Maximum Expression
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Clusters of Clusters