This is the presentation I gave in Damascus at the WSIS Follow-up for the Western Asia region. I recorded audio but it's in MP4 and I'm having trouble converting it to upload on Slideshare.

1. Networking Development with
the Social Web
SMEX’s Approach to Cultivating
Participatory Media Literacy

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5. our ability to
mediate our
message
directly affects
our ability
to create
change

6. a new media literacy,
a participatory media literacy

7. 1.5 billion / 1:9:90

8. Literacy
Access
English
Time

10. must-browse
tacticaltech.org
rising.globalvoicesonline.org
digiactive.org
wearemedia.org
itrainonline.org
www.kstoolkit.org

11. 2008 Structure
• Introduction to Web 2.0
• Hands-on workshops in blogging,
Facebook organizing, and other
tools
Challenges
• Internet access
• Language
• Scalability
• Sustainability
• Too many tools to teach

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‫‪www.digiactive.org‬‬

14. learning.smex.org

15. Structure
2009 • Training of trainers
• Ideas competition
Challenges
• Access > Distributed access
• Language > Increased translation and
Arabic sites
• Scalability > Online curriculum,
periodic meetups
• Sustainability > Focus on the
community
• Too many tools > Diversify learning

20. New Challenges
• Varying levels of digital literacy, media literacy
• Developing an Arabic-adaption process
• Addressing increasingly complex help needs
• Sustaining community, and organizing offline
meetings
• Programming soft-skills support sessions
• Identifying opportunities for local applications
• Networking internationally

21. Vision
• A self-guiding curriculum that’s easily adapted to
learning and implementation needs via language
and social media typology
• A self-sustaining regional network of social media
for social change trainers and practitioners

22. “If the collective intelligence is
then shared back with the
community, the members find
more value in the community, and
the community grows even more,
leading to a virtuous cycle.”
—Gaurav Mishra
gauravonomics.com

23. THANK YOU.
SMEX.ORG
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