Digital Divide
What is digital divide? What is the impact on the
society? What is Supercourse effort?
Digital Divide The gap in:
Information communication technology The Internet use
The gap between various: Income Age Gender Ethnicity Language Geography Family, company size
Digital Divide
Source: UN Human Development Report, 1999
Interent users Less than 5% of world population
4,7
23,526,3
0,040
5
10
15
20
25
30
USA South Asia
(% )
% worldpopulation% internet users
Digital Divide
55
54
51
38,5
27
0 20 40 60
Netherland99'
Australia00'
US 00'
Japan 00'
France 00'
PC penetration
Among developed countries
% of people having a PC
Source:OECD, Digital Divide 2001
Digital Divide
50,1
41,5
38
19,1
12,1
0 20 40 60
Denmark00'
US 00'
Norway99'
Japan00'
France00'
Internet access
Among developed countries
% of Internet users
Source:OECD, Digital Divide 2001
Widening Digital Divide
Source:Burstin, Health Affairs 2000
0
10
20
30
40
50
1994 1997
US WhiteUS Black
21.5% gap
16.8% gap
% of Internet users
1994 vs. 1997 in USA
Digital Divide Result:
Less access Lack of information
Impact Business Science Education
Slowing down of the society
Crossing Digital Divide
Alternative Internet access: Cable, Satellite TV Mobile phone
Crossing Digital Divide Mobile internet training unit
Supercourse – Crossing Digital Divide
Supercourse lectures Readable with lower
version of web browsers Small size
200-300kb per lecture Mirroring CD-ROM
Supercourse – Crossing Digital Divide
Mirror sites: 32 Simply “a copy of Supercourse
site” Mirror update in December!!
Supercourse – Crossing Digital Divide
CD-Rom: Sent to 4000 faculty in 105
countries CD-Rom update in December!!
Quality Control
Filtering system Development level Manufacturing level Utilization level
Quality assurance system Online review
Statistical quality control
Utilization Classroom teaching:
Faculty School of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Veterinary, Public Health
Course reference / reading material Customized lecturing
Modification, tailoring Web-based or CD-Rom
Utilization Professional training:
Local health departments (US)
Training material Self-learning material Resource for program development
Utilization e-Handbook:
Medical students Quick manual for “Epidemiology”
Web-based or CD-Rom
Supercourse development
Rehabilitation Supercourse (29) http://www.shrs.upmc.edu/supercourse/
index.htm
Behavioral Sciences Supercourse (16) http://www.commed.hku.hk/super.course/
index.htm
CDC Prevention Lecture Series (30) http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/cdcfront.htm
Supercourse development
Jikei University Medical School Clinical Epidemiology course Evaluation trial
http://www.jikei.ac.jp
University of Occupational & Environmental Health Post graduate education Global Health Disaster Network
http://envepi.med.uoeh-u.ac.jp/supercourse/index.htm
Supercourse development
Hokkaido University Health, Environment, and Sustainable
Health Supercourse http://www.med.hokudai.ac.jp/~senior-w/supercourses.html
Dokkyo University Global Pathology Supercourse
http://www.dokkyomed.ac.jp/dep-k/cli-path/WASP-Glo.html
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) programs
Future plans CD distribution Mirroring Satellite-based distribution
Egypt IMIA WG9, WG1 collaboration Connecting BMJ, Lancet and
Supercourse Citation system Customization system Evaluation model
Further collaboration Lecture sharing CD distribution Mirroring Supercourse development in
other area Collaborative research Lecture translation Business model development
How to join? Supercourse website:
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/assist/join.htm
Email contact: EunRyoung Sa [email protected] Akira Sekikawa [email protected] Ron LaPorte [email protected]
GHNet-SupercourseWorking Group
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Verdin Eugene Shubnikov Deborah Aaron Thomas Songer
Ron Akira
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