12. Knowledge Society
• Young people play major role - first to use new technologies
• Older people also important – experience – knowledge
road to wisdom
• Focus on human rights and inclusive
participatory character
13. Knowledge Society
• Freedom of opinion and expression
• Freedom of information, media pluralism and
academic freedom
• Right to education
14. ICT
• New opportunities for development
• Simultaneous growth of Internet, Mobile
telephony and digital technologies
• Revolutionized role of knowledge
15. ICT
• Important role1 in:
• Economic development (spread of innovation and
productivity gains)
• Human Development
• “Technological leapfrogging”
16. Knowledge Society
• Virtuous circle
• Acceleration of knowledge production
• Values and practices of creativity and innovation
17. Knowledge Society
• Not limited to Information Society
• Information knowledge-generating tool - not
knowledge itself
• “Useful” and “Useless” information
18. Knowledge Society
• New approach to development
• Rethink development
• New value placed on “human capital”
19. Knowledge Society
• Heightened awareness of global problems
• Environmental damage, technological hazards,
economic crises and poverty
• Infostructure and capacity-building
• Massive investments in education and R&D
20. Knowledge Society
• Fresh possibilities for human and sustainable
development
• “Information society”
• “Knowledge-based economies”
• “Learning societies”
21. Knowledge Society
• Heightened awareness of global problems
• Environmental damage, technological hazards,
economic crises and poverty
• Infostructure and capacity-building
• Massive investments in education and R&D
22. Knowledge Society
• Three pillars
1. Better enhancement of value of existing forms of
knowledge to narrow knowledge divide
2. More participatory approach to access to knowledge
3. Better integration of knowledge policies
23. 1. Better enhancement of value of existing
forms of knowledge to narrow knowledge divide
• Raise awareness of richness of knowledge
possessed
• Identify weak points with regard to access
• Assessing skills
24. 2. More Participatory Approach to
Access to Knowledge
• Mobilization of all players
• Identifying “local or indigenous of knowledge”
or “traditional knowledge”
• Knowledge producers not only consumers of
already available knowledge
25. 2. . More Participatory Approach to
Access to Knowledge
• Key players – teachers, researchers, artists, designers,
journalists and NGOs
• Modalities completely rethought
• New institutional forms – hybrid forums, citizens’
conferences and debates associating decision-makers, lawmakers,
private sector and civil society
26. 3. Better integration of Knowledge
Policies
• Clarification of goals of ”knowledge society”
• Deepening of research on social impact
• Broader consultation in area of higher education
27. Recommendations
1. Invest more in quality education for all to ensure equal
opportunity
2. Increase access to ICT
3. Widen contents available for universal access to knowledge
4. Develop collaboratories: towards better knowledge sharing
5. Share knowledge for sustainable development
28. Recommendations
6. Making linguistic diversity
7. Move towards knowledge certification on internet: quality labels
8. Intensify creation of partnerships for digital solidarity - “digital
twinning arrangements”
9. Increase women’s contribution
10.Measure knowledge
34. Society
• Segments endowed with high degree of:
• Lateral instead of vertical learning
• Ideational instead of functional learning
• Dialectical instead of consensual learning systems
• Elitist social structures
38. Ensuring Optimal Consensus
• Cooperation and competition co-exist
• Nurtured and encouraged
• Heterogeneity spurs healthy growth
39. Life long Learning
• Discover new value in new knowledge, technologies and
information exchange mechanisms
• “You ‘never arrive
• The more you learn,
• the more acutely aware you become of your ignorance.”
40. Dissolving Distances, Expanding Horizons
• Overcome barriers of language, literacy, and localism
• Create learning communities across age, class,
language, skill, status and spatial boundary
42. Ways Ahead
• Strong learning society
• Pool all knowledge, information, insights and
perspectives
• Build bridges with global pool of knowledge and
learnings
52. 1. Systems Thinking
• See ‘wholes’
• ‘The big picture’
• See interrelationships and patterns
• Determine cause and effect
53. 2. Personal Mastery
• To perceive or think differently is more important than
knowledge gained
• Personal growth and learning
• Never-ending quests for self- improvement and self-
discovery
• Spiritual growth
54. 3. Mental Models
• People don’t grow old.
• When they stop growing, they become old.
• Assumptions, views and prejudices
55. 4. Shared Vision
• Force in peoples’ hearts
• Focus and energy for learning
56. 5. Team Learning
• Aligning and developing capacity
1. Probe and explore complex issues
2. Work in concert, coordinating efforts and
communicating openly and closely
3. Interact with each other