1. ICT and the Digital Divide:
A Participatory Solution with a
Dominican Flavor
EdPA 5104 - Alfonso Sintjago

2.  Rapidly growing and
developing sectors
 Maximize the
dissemination of
knowledge
 Enhanced ability for
collaboration
 Enhanced ability to
communicate
 A space for marginalized
voices
 Seen as fun / captivating
 Free Data!

4.  Vestiges of Colonization
 History of Inequality
 Relationship with Haiti
 Historical linkages with the U.S.A.
 Economic Changes
 Recent Introduction of ICT
 Problems with its Education System
 Limited Human Capital and
Research

5.  Telephone – 1876
 Radio - 1893
 Television – 1940
 Apple Lisa - 1984
 Mobile phone – 1974
 Internet -1990
 Voice over IP - 2004

6.  Discovered 1492
 Second Largest
Caribbean Nation
 High Poverty Rate
 Spanish Speaking
Country
 Primarily Mixed or of
African Descent
 Haiti – US Relations
 Democratic Since 1978

7. Dominican Comparison -
Variables
Republic Group
Primary Enrollment 116
104
(GER) - 2008 (Region)
Secondary Enrollment 89
75
(GER) - 2008 (Region)
Public Expenditure as 2.2 4.5
% of GDP - 2007 (120th) (World)
Literacy Rate 91.0
88.2
(+15) - 2008 (Region)
Literacy Rate 96.9
95.8
(Under 15) - 2008 (Region)

8.  Technological Institute of the Americas (ITLA)
founded on 2000
 The Dominican Telecommunication Institute
(INDOTEL) funded on 1998
 The Cyberpark of Santo Domingo founded on 2001
 New Network Access Point (NAP) of the Caribbean
built on 2008 (INTEC, 2010)

9.  Rural Connectivity Program
 Community Technology Center Program
 Educando.edu.do Program
 Red Wan Program
 Virtual Areas for Education (AVES)
 Software development – ITLA - INTEC

10.  “My greatest and best wish is for the technological
centers, is that you, boys and girls like yourselves,
will integrate at what is the world of computers, to
the information and knowledge society. That each
one of you together with your families will carry
the window of how to use the technologies of
information and communication as a tool to
develop. The Dominican has so much energy that I
truly wish that the technology centers could
become the great high way that takes us towards
development, progress, and to our wellbeing, so
that you can help in any way you wish to develop
a more just society, with greater equity, and above
all inclusive.”

12. 1- Lack of Community Participation (1st and 2nd Stage)
2- Foreign in Nature (manuals, equipment, appearance)
3- Continued Dependency on Foreign Equipment (ITLA,
INTEC)
4- Lack of Primary and Secondary ICT 4 All Programs
(OLPD, Programming and Computer Literacy within
the Curriculum, Mobile Learning)
5- Malfunctions / Lack of Repairs <- Foreign Tech
6- Lack of a Comprehensive Approach (OLPD, Mobile,
Games, Curriculum, All Levels)
7- Lack of Scale – Limited Scale – Voluntary Participation
(Conflict with 1st)

13. The Dominican
Republic has a cell
phone use rate of 0.91
cellular phones per
person in the
Dominican Republic
(INDOTEL, 2010) –
Yet There are No
Major Mobile
Learning Programs!

17.  Migration
 Remittances
 Relationship with the
United States
 Deeper overview of
ICT4D theories and
policies
 Pros and Cons of
Different ICTs

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