Session
Organizer 1: Lang Wang, CNNIC
Organizer 2: Zhiguo Zhao, MIIT
Speaker 1: Xiaodong Lee, Technical Community, Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker 2: Zihao Huang, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group
Speaker 3: Christine Arida, Government, African Group
Speaker 4: kyryliuk Olga, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 5: Xiaodan Wei, Civil Society, Asia-Pacific Group
Lang Wang, Technical Community, Asia-Pacific Group
Zhiguo Zhao, Government, Asia-Pacific Group
Zhiguo Zhao, Government, Asia-Pacific Group
Panel - Auditorium - 90 Min
Can citizens' digital literacy become the "key" to leverage social inclusion and expand the space for economic development, i.e., besides contributing to the popularization of digital technology, what spillover effects can the improvement of citizens' digital literacy bring?
What is the role of online education in improving citizens' digital literacy?
What stakeholders need to be involved?
Connection with previous Messages:
4.3
8.2
9.a
9.b
Targets: SDG 4.3 By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university; 8.2, Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors;9.a Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States; 9.b Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities.
Considering relevant contents of education, decent work, economic and social inclusion in the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs), the session aims at contributing to improving digital literacy and achieving meaningful connectivity.
Description:
In April 2022, the United Nations and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced benchmarks for universal and meaningful digital connectivity. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, digital connectivity has expanded significantly, while divide in its real impact on enhancing people's livelihood remains wide. The elderly, women, adolescents and other special groups do not necessarily master the corresponding skills even if they are connected to the Internet.
During global digital transition, stakeholders have provided divers solutions. It is thus necessary to exchange experience and make common progress. For example, online education has played a unique role by driving the development of the Internet industry and governance innovation.
This event invites representatives from diverse groups of expertise and interests to exchange observations and views on the implications of digital literacy and future work.
Publications of policy advice from a multi-stakeholder perspective, and a series of reports to Internet authorities or non-government organizations.
Hybrid Format: The session is proposed to have only online speakers. The onsite moderator will facilitate mixed online and onsite communication.
The session will be held via ZOOM. The organizer will inform the attendees information of the event beforehand via email, notifying them to leave adequate time for technical testing.
Experts from diverse fields of concern will speak from their professional perspectives on an equal time basis (5 persons and 12min per person). They will provide opening remarks on the topic and then address questions from the moderator.
At Q&A (20min), participants either online or onsite are given equal opportunity to intervene. It is encouraged that each question or comment from the audience be responded by at least two experts.
During the session, online participants are muted by default, and should speak under the moderator's permission, e.g. raise a sign of "hand" in the chat so that the moderator will unmute the panelist. The moderator should count hands from both onsite and online, and announce the order of hands before deciding the order of speak. The moderator can ignore a “hand” under certain circumstances but shall explain to the attendees, e.g. due to time limit.
Usage of IGF Official Tool.