Rural internet centre (RIC) as a mean for bridging the digital gap in rural communities: Assessment of current situations
Rural Internet Centre (RIC) project by the Malaysian government offers opportunity to bridge the digital gap between the rural and urban communities in Malaysia. The RIC provides IT skills training and IT awareness programs to all groups of people including women, the elderly, and children. In order...
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| author | Mat Aji, Zahurin Ibrahim, Huda Yusop, Nor Iadah Abd Razak, Rafidah Sheik Osman, Wan Rozaini |
| author2 | M, Khosrow-Pour |
| author_facet | M, Khosrow-Pour Mat Aji, Zahurin Ibrahim, Huda Yusop, Nor Iadah Abd Razak, Rafidah Sheik Osman, Wan Rozaini |
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| description | Rural Internet Centre (RIC) project by the Malaysian government offers opportunity to bridge the digital gap between the rural and urban communities in Malaysia. The RIC provides IT skills training and IT awareness programs to all groups of people including women, the elderly, and children. In order to assess the current RIC operations and usage, a survey was conducted in four selected RICs in Kedah and Perlis. Questionnaires were developed to measure the level of RIC usage and the RIC operations in the specific community. The findings show that role of partners, role of administrators, services/activities and functions, objectives, local infrastructures, financial support for sustainability, and users’ trainings and support are critical in the RIC operations. However, this study has identified that applications and content development are also important. |
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| spelling | uum-43452011-12-27T02:24:02Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/4345/ Rural internet centre (RIC) as a mean for bridging the digital gap in rural communities: Assessment of current situations Mat Aji, Zahurin Ibrahim, Huda Yusop, Nor Iadah Abd Razak, Rafidah Sheik Osman, Wan Rozaini T Technology (General) Rural Internet Centre (RIC) project by the Malaysian government offers opportunity to bridge the digital gap between the rural and urban communities in Malaysia. The RIC provides IT skills training and IT awareness programs to all groups of people including women, the elderly, and children. In order to assess the current RIC operations and usage, a survey was conducted in four selected RICs in Kedah and Perlis. Questionnaires were developed to measure the level of RIC usage and the RIC operations in the specific community. The findings show that role of partners, role of administrators, services/activities and functions, objectives, local infrastructures, financial support for sustainability, and users’ trainings and support are critical in the RIC operations. However, this study has identified that applications and content development are also important. Idea Group Publishing M, Khosrow-Pour 2007 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/4345/1/Rur.pdf Mat Aji, Zahurin and Ibrahim, Huda and Yusop, Nor Iadah and Abd Razak, Rafidah and Sheik Osman, Wan Rozaini (2007) Rural internet centre (RIC) as a mean for bridging the digital gap in rural communities: Assessment of current situations. In: 18th Annual Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) Conference , 19-23 May 2007 , Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) Mat Aji, Zahurin Ibrahim, Huda Yusop, Nor Iadah Abd Razak, Rafidah Sheik Osman, Wan Rozaini Rural internet centre (RIC) as a mean for bridging the digital gap in rural communities: Assessment of current situations |
| title | Rural internet centre (RIC) as a mean for bridging the digital gap in rural communities: Assessment of current situations |
| title_full | Rural internet centre (RIC) as a mean for bridging the digital gap in rural communities: Assessment of current situations |
| title_fullStr | Rural internet centre (RIC) as a mean for bridging the digital gap in rural communities: Assessment of current situations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rural internet centre (RIC) as a mean for bridging the digital gap in rural communities: Assessment of current situations |
| title_short | Rural internet centre (RIC) as a mean for bridging the digital gap in rural communities: Assessment of current situations |
| title_sort | rural internet centre ric as a mean for bridging the digital gap in rural communities assessment of current situations |
| topic | T Technology (General) |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/4345/1/Rur.pdf |
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