INQUIRER.NET multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla and INQUIRER.net technology reporter Erwin Oliva with Morph Labs CEO David Abramowski.
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DR. Alvin Marcelo, director of the National Telehealth Center at the University of the Philippines-Manila cited opportunities in e-health.
Video taken by INQUIRER.net online videographer Janie Christine Octia.
HERE’S Commission on Information and Communications Technology Commissioner Tim Diaz de Rivera citing the ICT infrastructure problems the Philippines faces, particularly when it comes to broadband connections.
Photo by INQUIRER.net online videographer Janie Christine Octia.
MORPH LABS CEO David Abramowski discussing the agents of change.
Photo by INQUIRER.net online videographer Janie Christine Octia.
Photo by INQUIRER.net online videographer Janie Christine Octia.
By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES professor Hector Manaligod said most teachers in the Philippines today are knowledgeable in information and communications technology, but they are not using it in teaching and learning.
Sometimes, the students know more about ICT than their teachers, he said.
Manaligod said the process of learning is changing thanks to the Internet.
Technology, however, remains a tool or an aid in learning, he said, stressing that ICT only facilitates or supplements the learning process.
By Erika Tapalla
INQUIRER.net
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES professor Hector Manaligod said the age bracket of the student may be a challenge or constraint to information and communications technology.
As technopreneurs, the goal would be to develop a virtual learning community that is for anyone, anytime, anywhere — education for everybody.
He cited these thoughtful leads in developing software for education:
By Erika Tapalla
INQUIRER.net
SOFTWARE as a service provides a solution to physical medical records by utilizing the Internet and providing an Electronic Health Record, portions of which the patients can access.
Such records would include CT scans, X-ray results and ultrasounds.
This expedites access to these records, Dr. Alvin Marcelo said.
“Maybe we could just send URLs to our doctors like in Facebook, and say, ‘Hey, Doc, this is my Facebook account, please check out my health here.”
