Bridging the knowledge divide : educational technology for development
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...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Bingley, U.K :
Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing,
[2009]
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| Series | Educational technology for development
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781806618590 |
| DOI | 10.1108/978-1-60752-183-9 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xxxv, 433 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 506 | |a Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Educational technology |x Economic aspects |z Developing countries. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Economic development |x Effect of technological innovations on |z Developing countries. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Education |x Computers & Technology. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Development economics and emerging economies. |2 thema | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) |2 thema | |
| 655 | 7 | |a elektronické knihy |7 fd186907 |2 czenas | |
| 655 | 9 | |a electronic books |2 eczenas | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Marshall, Stewart, |e editor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Kinuthia, Wanjira, |e editor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Taylor, Wallace, |d 1944- |e editor. | |
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| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i PDF version: |z 9781607521839 |
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