WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT

TECHNOLOGY?
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Crowdsourcing is the practice of engaging a 'crowd' or group for a common

goal — often innovation, problem solving, or efficiency. It is powered by new
technologies, social media and web 2.0.
Empowerment Technology
• Empowerment refers to the process of giving yourself, or other
people, the capacity to achieve a specific end-goal.
• Likewise, empowerment technology refers to computer
technologies we use almost everyday, which enables us to do tasks
that, in the past, require professional help.
Empowerment Through ICT
• Empowerment is a strategy that aims to give individuals the tools and
resources necessary to take initiative, as well as gather and analyze
information or situations, thus making informed decisions to solve
problems and improve services or performance.

• In 2002, the International ICT Literacy Panel defined technology

literacy as “the ability to use digital technology, communication tools,
and/ or networks to define an information need, access, manage,
integrate and evaluate information, create new information or
knowledge and be able to communicate this information to others.”
 Determines the nature and extent of information
needed

In 2000, the Accesses the needed information effectively and

Information Literacy efficiently

Competency Standards
for Higher Education Uses information effectively to accomplish a specific
purpose
enumerated the
competencies for Understands many of the economic, legal, and social
information literacy: issues surrounding the use of information ethically and
legally

Evaluates information and its sources critically and

incorporates selected information into his or her
knowledge base and value system.
ICT and Society
• The importance of ICT have been observed in four major aspects of
life: communication, economics, education and travel.

 Communication  Economics
 Education  Travel
A Peak in the Past
The best technological breakthroughs aim for convenience,
and, certainly, technology has made people’s lives easier.
Innovations in file sharing and collaborative technologies are
enabling students to streamline workflow and accelerate
processes.
Evolution of the Web
Latest Technology Trends
2017 strategic technology trends based on intelligence, digital, and
mesh:

• AI and Advanced Machine • Conversational System

Learning • Mesh App & Service
• Intelligent Apps Architecture
• Intelligent Things • Digital Technology Platforms
• Virtual and Augmented Reality • Adaptive Security Architecture
• Digital Twin
• Block chain and Distributed
Ledgers