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| Building The Connected Community |
Broadening the community actively connected to learning through ICT is a primary objective of the ICT Group Strategy. This will be achieved by building on the Rotherham Grid for Learning
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Broaden the community actively connected to learning through ICT to include adult learners, parents and small businesses |
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Specify and achieve agreement on functional and technical scenarios for rolling out the Learning Grid vision |
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Pilot services that demonstrate the boundaries and establish the underlying issues |
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Strengthen the local ICT support skills and self-sufficiency needed to empower Rotherham’s connected communities |
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Spread the connected culture of e-Citizenship and lifelong learning throughout Rotherham |
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Engage SMEs with the benefits of learning and of ICT |
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Create the built environment & technical infrastructure for Rotherham ’s incubation and Business Vision Centre and Advanced Manufacturing projects |
New Developments
The Rotherham Connected Community Project is now also looking at:
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More community and learning centre hotspots with flexible wireless equipment and informal user support |
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Community models (such as that of DART) to deliver a wide area wireless solution to local centres, with applications hosting and technical support |
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Choice of client applications, such as ‘office’ tools, from both proprietary vendors and the Open Source community |
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Exploitation of virtual classroom and community content as reusable resources through the network |
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Linkages with key developments outside the Borough, involving such as Robin Hood Airport, the English Institute of Sport and Doncaster Knowledge Exchange |
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Last but not least, a longer period of service operation, providing real opportunity to develop sustainable plans involving the broadband suppliers and community partnerships as well as RMBC and RGfL. |
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Download the full overview of the ICT Group Action Plan for 2006-07
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Working with Local Initiatives
The ICT sub-group has established partnerships with a number of unique local initiatives during the first year of its strategic plan.
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Find out more about the Rotherham Grid for Learning
Rotherham Community Strategy
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