Bridging the knowledge divide : educational technology for development / edited by Stewart Marshall, Wanjira Kinuthia, and Wallace Taylor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marshall, Stewart, editor.

Kinuthia, Wanjira, editor.

Taylor, Wallace, 1944- editor.

Series:

Educational design and technology in the knowledge society.

Educational technology for development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational technology--Economic aspects--Developing countries.

Educational technology.

Economic development--Effect of technological innovations on--Developing countries.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In many international settings, developing economies are in danger of declining as the digital divide becomes the knowledge divide. This decline attacks the very fabric of cohesion and purpose for these regional societies delivering increased social, health, economic and sustainability problems. The examples in this book will provide leaders, policy developers, researchers, students and community with successful strategies and principles of ICT use in education to address these needs.This book will discuss how educational technology can be used to transform education and assist developing communities to close the knowledge divide. It will provide comprehensive coverage of educational technology in development in different professions and parts of world. The book will provide examples of best practice, case studies and principles for educators, community leaders, researchers and policy advisers on the use of educational technology for development. In particular, it will provide examples of how education can be provided more flexibly in order to provide access to hitherto disadvantaged communities and individuals.

Contents:

Foreword

Biographical notes on the editors

Biographical notes on the authors

Acronyms

Introduction: Bridging the knowledge divide: Educational technology for development / Stewart Marshall, Wanjira Kinuthia, and Wal Taylor

Section I. Flexible education for empowerment

Chapter 1. Flexible education and community development / Martin Franklin and Roger Hosein

Chapter 2. Flexible learning for community economic development / Haaveshe Nekongo-Nielsen

Chapter 3. Contribution of the ide in promoting gender equality and in empowering women in swaziland / C. W. S. Sukati, Esampally Chandraiah, and Nokuthula T. Vilakati

Chapter 4. A virtual wheel of fortune?: Enablers and constraints of icts in higher education in South Africa / Laura Czerniewicz and Cheryl Brown

Chapter 5. Delivering distance education for the civil service in the uk: The university of chester's foundation for government program / Jon Talbot

Section II. Managing and communicating knowledge

Chapter 6. Knowledge management strategies for distance education / Neil Butcher

Chapter 7. The effectiveness of mobile short messaging service (sms) technologies in the support of selected distance education students of makerere university, Uganda / Richard Kajumbula

Chapter 8. The impact of video conferencing on distance education courses: A university of namibia case study / Trudie Frindt

Chapter 9. Open resources for open learning in developing countries: Deciphering trends for policies, quality, and standards considerations / Wanjira Kinuthia

Chapter 10. Freedom, innovation, and equity with open source software / Richard Wyles

Chapter 11. Copyright issues and their impact on flexible education in Africa / Pauline Ngimwa

Section III. Flexible delivery in higher education

Chapter 12. University education for national development: Makerere university's dual mode experience / Jessica N. Aguti

Chapter 13. Considerations for higher education distance education policy for development: A case of the university of botswana / Judith W. Kamau

Chapter 14. Blended online and face-to-face learning: A pilot project in the faculty of education / Eduardo Mondlane University, Xavier Muianga

Chapter 15. Evaluating the impact of cable: A cognitive apprenticeship-based learning environment / Ioana Chan Mow, Wing Au, and Greg Yates

Chapter 16. From distance learning to e-learning in central and northern Mozambique / Aurelio Gomes and Elizabeth Walker

Chapter 17. A framework for the delivery of cross-regional distance education to professionals in developing countries / Kim I. Mallalieu and Pamela Collins

Chapter 18. Distance learning: Challenges and opportunities for postgraduate medical education: A case study of postgraduate training in family medicine using distance learning at the university of the west indies (2001-2006) / Pauline Williams-Green, Affette McCaw-Binns and Tomlin Paul

Section IV. Preparing teachers using flexible approaches

Chapter 19. Preservice teacher preparation and effective elearning / Susan Crichton and Gail Shervey

Chapter 20. Distance teacher training in rwanda: Comparing the costs / Alison Mead Richardson

Chapter 21. Beckoning e-learners through exploration of computer technology / Pier Angeli Junor Clarke

Chapter 22. Educational technology and flexible education in nigeria: Meeting the need for effective teacher education / Nwachukwu Prince Ololube and Daniel Elemchukwu Egbezor

Chapter 23. Fostering digital literacy of primary teachers in community schools: The bet k-12 experience in salvador de bahia / Lorenzo Cantoni, Francesca Fanni, Isabella Rega, and Stefano Tardini.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786612186684

9781282186682

128218668X

9781607521839

1607521830