This week we will deal with the following questions:

> What are the requisites for digitalization?

> What are the opportunities of digitalization?

> What to do about it?

This week's tasks consist of 3 activities and a voluntary fun video:

1- Watch: Watch the following lectures. You are expected to take your own notes. For this it will be useful having the lecture slides ready (feel free to print them out - this allows you to put your notes into context and save time!)

Slides2_Global Digital Development_Hilbert.pdf

ForNotes_Slides2_Global Digital Development_Hilbert.pdf

2.1: Intro Global Digital Development (6:12)

2.2: Digital Infrastructure (10:45)

2.3: Generic Services (7:22)

2.4: Human Resources (7:08)

2.5a: Digital Economy Part1 (5:58)

2.5b: Digital Economy Part2 (consisting of 4 subparts => see "Review Sheet" in PlayPosit: 9:28)

2.6: e-Government (3 parts => see PlayPosit "Review Sheet": 10:45)

2.7: e-Democracy (9:38)

2.8: e-Education, e-Health, e-Warfare (3 parts: 13:23)

2.9: Man vs. Machine (3 parts: 7:42)

2.10: Policies & Strategies for the Digital Age (10:20)

Additionally, watch the following videos:

Human Need Not Apply (15min)

Intrvw: S.Russell on Artificial Intell. (5min)

(total 1h 58min)

2- Read the indicated Chapter excerpts / Overviews / Summaries of the following reports.

ITU (2014), “Measuring the Information Society 2014”, (Website) ; (Full Report pdf) CHAPTER 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 (p. 1-13; p. 15 - 24)

World Bank (2016), "Digital Dividend", (Website) ; (Full Report pdf) Overview 1st subsection: p. 2 - 5

UNCTAD (2015), “The Information Economy Report 2015”, (Website) ; (Full Report pdf) CHAPTER II.3 (p. 17 - 23)

United Nations DESA. (2014). Global e-Government Survey 2014. (Website) ; (Full Report pdf) Chapters 2.1 & 2.2 (p. 45 - 53)

3- Contribute

- 2nd week- Reading Questions (answer the question related to this week's readings)

Additional voluntary:

William Kamkwamba on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart about the potential of "e-innovation" for development:

"Do you know Google?" "...I said: where was this Google all this time?"