ICTs for Education: Analytical Review

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1	Introduction
2	Myths and Realities
3	Challenges
4	The Role and Nature of ICTs
5	The Potential of ICTs
	Expanding Educational Opportunities
	Increasing Efficiency
	Enhancing Quality of Learning
	Enhancing Quality of Teaching
	Faciliating Skill Formulation
	Sustaining Lifelong Learning
	Improving Policy Planning and Management
	Advancing Community Linkages
6	From Potential to Effectiveness
7	Conclusion

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ICTs for Education: Analytical Review

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Author: Wadi D. Haddad

Table of Contents

Introduction
ICTs: Myths, and Realities
1. Myth : ICTs represent one monolithic entity..
2. Myth : Providing ICTs to schools transforms the learning process, and merely connecting to the Internet changes the learner's world.
3. Myth : Providing technologies means acquiring computers and securing a connection to the Internet.
4. Myth : ICTs are a substitute for schools and teachers.
Challenges to Education Systems
1. Unfinished Business.
2. Global Challenges.
  1. Globalization of the Economy.
  2. Globalization of Knowledge.
  3. "Marketization" of Educational Services.
3. New Demands.
4. Financial Resources.
5. Implications for Education..
The Role and Nature of ICTs
1. Necessity of ICTs.
2. ICTs for Instructional Objectives.
3. ICTs and Learning Location..
4. ICTs and the School.
The Potential of ICTs: Enhancement of Educational Objectives
1. Expanding Educational Opportunities
  1. The Objective.
  2. The Potential
  3. Specific Solutions.
    1. Radio.
      1. Broadcast Radio.
      2. Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI)
    2. Television.
    3. Virtual High Schools.
    4. Virtual Universities.
2. Increasing Efficiency
  1. The Objective.
  2. The Potential
  3. Specific Solutions.
3. Enhancing Quality of Learning
  1. The Objective.
  2. The Potential
  3. Specific Solutions.
    1. Radio and Television Programs.
    2. Electronic Multimedia Learning Modules.
    3. Virtual Labs.
    4. Connecting with the World.
    5. Designing and Creating Things.
4. Enhancing Quality of Teaching
  1. The Objective.
  2. The Potential
  3. Specific Solutions.
    1. Multimedia Training and Support
    2. Videos for Training.
    3. Teacher Development Portal
    4. Internet Resources for Teachers.
5. Facilitating Skill Formation
  1. The Objective.
  2. The Potential
  3. Specific Solutions.
    1. Simulations.
    2. Competency-Based Multimedia.
    3. Video and Interactive Media.
    4. Workplace Training.
6. Sustaining Lifelong Learning
  1. The Objective.
  2. The Potential
  3. Specific Solutions.
    1. Expansion of Educational Opportunities and Skill Formation.
    2. Open Universities.
    3. Universities for the "Third Age".
7. Improving Policy Planning and Management
  1. The Objective.
  2. The Potential
  3. Specific Solutions.
    1. Education Management Information System (EMIS)
    2. Simulations for Policy Analysis and Formulation.
8. Advancing Community Linkages
  1. The Objective.
    1. The ICT Gap.
    2. The Need fo ICT Access.
    3. The Gender Divide.
  2. The Potential
  3. Specific Solutions.
    1. Radio.
    2. Community Telecenters.
      1. What are Telecenters?.
      2. Types of Telecenters.
      3. Participation in Telecenters: Obstacles and Strategies.
      4. Women and Telecenters.
From Potential to Effectiveness
1. Educational Policy..
2. Approach to ICTs.
3. Infrastructure.
4. ICT-Enhanced Content.
5. Committed and Trained Personnel.
6. Financial Resources.
7. Integration..
8. Piloting and Evaluation..
Conclusion