ICT for education, development, and social justice

• Other Authors: Vrasidas, Charalambos (Editor), Zembylas, Michalinos (Editor), Glass, Gene V (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2009]
• Series: Current perspectives on applied information technologies.
• Subjects: Telecommunication in education > Social aspects > Developing countries.; Information technology > Social aspects > Developing countries.; Digital divide > Developing countries.; Social justice > Developing countries.; Education > Computers & Technology.; Social discrimination and social justice.; Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL); elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806618736
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-882-1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 264 pages) : illustrations

This volume provides examples of current developments on the role of ICT for education, development, and social justice within an international context. Chapters draw on advanced contemporary thinking from scholars and practitioners in the field to present case studies of how ICT can be used to prom...

Table of Contents:

• ICT for development: challenges and possibilities / Charalambos Vrasidas, Michalinos Zembylas, and Gene V Glass
• ICT for education, development, and social justice: some theoretical issues / Michalinos Zembylas
• E-hopes and public education in Latin America / Gustavo E. Fischman and José Luis Ramírez Romero
• The expansion of higher education in the developing world: the contribution of distance education / John Daniel
• Role of ICT in bridging the digital divide in a high-poverty school district / Amy S.C. Leh, Lee Grafton, and Sylvester Robertson
• Is there a role for information and communications technologies in the education and development of disadvantaged rural communities? / Tom Power ... [et al.]
• Open resources for sustainable education / Marina Stock McIsaac and António Moreira
• Mobile technologies: current practices, future possibilities / Tom Power and James Sankale
• The digital divide in disability and education / Jason Brent Ellis, Carla Abreu-Ellis, and Amber Ricker
• School-community ICT-mediated linkages: the Southeast Asian experience / Cher Ping Lim and John Hedberg
• Online gaming: building bridges that enhance cultural understandings / Mary A. Kayler, Debra Sprague, and Chris Dede
• Computer-supported collaborative intercultural education: creating bridges for Palestinians and Jews in conflict / Zvi Bekerman and Gabriel Horenczyk
• ICT for peace and reconciliation: constraints and possibilities in Cambodia and Tibet / Edward J. Brantmeier and Jayson W. Richardson
• Social networking applications, social justice, and multicultural understanding / Carrie O'Connor and Rebecca Skulnick.