B211 Lecture Topic 3

Lecture Topic 3: Internet and Society

Description

This topic deals with the impact of the Internet on our society, and society's impact on the development of the Internet. This topic also covers how the development of the Internet by us is directly affecting other participants on the Internet, and how we may contribute towards ensuring the universal objective that "the Internet is for everyone".

Scheduled Lectures

Internet and Human Development

Internet Accessibility for People with Physical Disabilities

Internet Accessibility for People with Different Cultural Backgrounds

Required Reading

Lecture notes

Unit Reader: Today 's technological transformations - creating the network age, Chapter 2 in Human Development Report 2001, United Nations Development Programme, 2001. available from http://www.undp.org/hdr2001, accessed 10th July 2001.

Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 - downloadable from the downloads page.

Unit reader: Internationalization, Chapter 32 in Internet Secrets (2nd ed) by John R. Levine, IDG Book, 2000.

Supplementary Reading

Unit reader: Readiness for the Networked World - A Guide for Developing Countries, Harvard University's Center for International Development, available from http://www.readinessguide.org/, accessed 6th July 2001.

Spanning the Digital Divide: Understanding and Tackling the Issues, bridges.com,2001, available from http://www.bridges.org/spanning/report.html, accessed 6th July 2001.

Comparison of E-Readiness Assessment Models, Final draft, v. 2.13, 14 March 2001, available from http://www.bridges.org/ereadiness/report.html, accessed 6th July 2001.