Opportunities

  1. Assisting communities to assess their need for technology and to critically assess the impact of technology
  2. Collecting stories and sharing information and examples to help women's organizations advance through the use of technology
  3. Involving women, including or especially young women, in the process of introducing women to technology
  4. Establishment of criteria for evaluating opportunities provided by new technologies with those provided by older technologies

Quality of Learning

  1. Development of evaluation measures for learning technologies through establishing criteria for successful learning and woman-friendly learning environments
  2. Through consultation, lobbying, information sharing, and training for women, ensuring women's and educators' input into the design of technologies, programs and software
  3. Developing evaluative strategies for the content of programs and software, to identity inaccurate or injurious information, or offensive content
  4. Ensuring that uses of technology for learning do not eliminate creativity and personal expression

Impact on Women's Lives

  1. Sharing information about the privatization and commodification of learning in order to resist such trends
  2. Organization of further face to face meetings of women to discuss and network on issues relevant to technology
  3. Ensuring community involvement in institutional decision making related to community uses and access of technology
  4. Establishment of procedures by which technology is used to bridge distances and strengthen, rather than divide, communities
  5. Taking a more active role as women's organizations, CCLOW included, in policy making and creating initiatives.
  6. Creating strong networks between women's and educational/learning organizations to present a cohesive front on issues related to technology and to take leadership in addressing issues, creating solutions and promoting opportunities.


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