TTL-1 Module 2 lesson 1

BAI SAGUIRA A. MALIK
CE FACULTY
baisaguira@gmail.com

Module Outcomes
Discussed some ICT policies and explained
their implications to teaching and learning.
Explained some issues that relate to ICT
policies
Identified safety concerns on Internet
including digital safety rules

“The future has arrived.
Now we have to ensure
that we have place in it”.
-Department of Information, Communication
and Technology (DICT)

Lesson 1. Policies and Issues on
Internet and Implication to
Teaching and Learning

lesson Outcomes
Named examples of ICT Policies which are
applicable to teaching and learning.
Discussed some issues that relate to the ICT
policy.

Would your life as a teacher
be also influenced by the
new technologies?
Should we leave our lives to
be controlled by technology
or should we control the
utilization of technology in
our lives? How?

Definition of ICT Policy
• “policy” – course of action, adopted and
pursued by a government, party, ruler or
statesman. Its operational definition of policy is
a plan of action to guide decisions and achieve
outcomes. (Oxford English Dictionary)
• 3 main areas
1. Telecommunication (telephone)
2. Broadcasting (radio and television)
3. Internet

The New ICT Technologies
• Three Categories
1. Information Technology – includes the use of
computers, which has become indispensable
in modern societies to process data and save
time and effort.

2. Telecommunication
technologies – inlcudes
telephones with fax, and the
broadcasting of radio and
television often through
satellites.
3. Networking technologies –
includes internet, VOIP, mobile
telephone, cable and other
broadband connectivity

The DICT Roadmap
1. ICT in Education Masterplan for all levels,
including a National Roadmap for Faculty
Development in ICT in Education.
2. Content and application development through
the Open Content in Education Initiative (OCEI)
which covers DepEd materials into interactive
multi-media content, develop applications used
in schools, and conduct student teachers
competitions to promoted the development of
education-related web content.

3. PheDNET, is a walled garden that hosts
educational learning and teaching materials and
applications for use by Filipino students, their
parents and teachers.
4. Established Community eLearning Centers called
eSkwela for out-of-schools youth (OSY) providing
them with ICT-enhanced alternative education
opportunities.
5. eQuality Programs for tertiary education through
partnerships with state universities and colleges
(SUCs) to improve quality of IT education and use
of ICT in education in the country, particularly
outside of Metro Manila.

6. Digital Media Arts Programs which builds
digital media skills for government using Open
Source technologies.
7. ICT skills strategic plan which develops an
inter-agency approach to identifying strategic
and policy and program recommendations to
address ICT skills demand-supply type.

Some Issues on ICT and Internet Policy
and Regulations
• Global Issues
Access and Civil Liberties (human rights and freedom
such as freedom of expression, right to privacy, right to
communicate, and intellectual property right)
Access to the Use of Internet and ICT (access means
the possibility for everyone to use the internet and
other media.
Infringement to Civil Liberties or Human Rights
(internet issues on internet policy tat have relationship
to human rights)

Issue No. 1: Freedom of Expression
and Censorship
• The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
provides that everyone has the right to freedom of
thought, conscience and religion.
Practices that violates these provision:
1. Individual rights are given up in order to have
access to electronic networks
2. Censorship restricts the transmission of
information by blocking it or filtering the
information.
3. Defamation actions may be used to silence critics.
This actions deters the freedom of expression.baisaguira@gmail.com

Issue No. 2: Privacy and Security
Most commercial sites have privacy policy.
Several type of privacy
1. Personal Privacy, the right of individuals not to
have their home, private life or personal life
interfered with.
2. Privacy of Communication, protection from
interference with communication over the phone
or internet.
3. Information privacy, related to the use of
computers and communication system which are
able to hold and process information about the
large numbers of people at a high speed.

Issue No. 3 Surveillance and Data
Retention
• Indirect Surveillance, there is no direct contact
between the agent and the subject of
surveillance but evidence of activities can be
traced.
• Dataveillance, the use of personal information to
monitor a person’s activities
• Data retention, the storage and use of
information from communication systems.
“counter surveillance or information security”,
prevent surveillance if it is refers to computer and
e-communication.

Issue No. 4: E-pollutants from E-waste
• Large amount of e-waste is generated by ICT.
These are in particular, terminal equipment used
for computing (PCs, laptops), broadcasting
(television and radiosets), telephony (fixed and
mobile phones), and peripherals (fax machines,
printers and scanners).
• Remedies include standardization and regulatory
measures to increase the life cycle of equipment
before they become obsolete.

Implication to teaching and Learning
How do the policy
guidelines, projects and
issues relate to the
teaching and learning?

For the Teachers and Teaching
1. Guide the teachers on what they should
teach that relate to ICT, and how to teach it.
2. Technology should never replace any human
teacher.
3. There are rules and regulation that govern
the use of technology.
4. All issues and many more shall be part of the
teaching content as each teacher will be
encouraged to use technology in teaching.

For the Learners and Learning
1. Learners still need guidance on how to use,
regulate technology use.
2. Learners should know the difference
between the positive and negative effect of
technology use.
3. Learners should also know how they can be
protected from hazards that technology
brings to their life.
4. Learners should take advantage of the
potential learning support they can derive.

References
• Anderson, J. (2010). ICT Transforming
Education A Regional Guide. UNESCO Bangkok
Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
• Bilbao, et al. (2019). Technology for teaching
and learning 1. Quezon City, PH: Lorimar
Publishing Inc.

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