General introduction – ICTs and education
General overview
UNESCO ICT in Education in Asia Pacific Website
www.unescobkk.org/education/ict
With principal focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this site provides a wealth of information on ICT in education, including ICT policy development in education, integration of ICT, professional development and on indicators to evaluate the impact of ICT use in education. It also serves as a clearing house of resources on ICT-based education programmes throughout the region and elsewhere.
UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE)
www.iite.ru/iite/index
This site seeks to promote activities in UNESCO Member States in the application of information technologies in education, featuring evaluations of national action plans and policy documents in educational information technologies in various countries and regions. The searchable databases of resources provide an invaluable resource for policymakers.
Lessons for ICT and Education in the Developing World
www.cid.harvard.edu/cr/pdf/gitrr2002_ch04.pdf
Dealing with key questions, such as: What defines a quality education in today’s global information-based economy? Has education kept pace with a rapidly changing world? Are there good models for reform that we can follow?
Techknowlogia: the International Journal of Technologies for the Advancement of Knowledge and Learning
www.techknowlogia.org/welcome.asp
This excellent quarterly online journal offers cutting-edge, interesting and informative articles on all aspects of technology in education. Targeted towards policy makers, strategists, practitioners and technologists, each month has a different thematic focus, such as “Technology and learning”, “Technology and Teacher Education” and “Technology for All – Issues of Equity”.
ICT and Educational Reform in Developed and Developing Countries
web.udg.es/tiec/orals/c17.pdf
This is a report by the Center for Technology in Learning, California
Information and Communication Technology in Developing Countries of Asia
www.adb.org/Documents/Conference/Technology_Poverty_AP/adb6.pdf
This paper, by Bhahm Prakash, reviews the development of ICT in the recent past and focuses on the pattern of its growth in Asian countries. It tries to assess the development potential of ICT for developing countries of the region and to assess some of the related challenges now faced there.
UNESCO and the World Summit on the Information Society
www.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/papers/150-85be.pdf
In introduction to the World Summit on the Information Society, 10th - 12 December 2003 in Geneva, and in 2005 in Tunis, this thorough paper offers UNESCO's perceptions on the function and purpose of the WSIS, and UNESCO's contribution therein.
Implementing Thai Educational Reform: Issues and Challenges in ICT
www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/offrep/eap/eapprem/sem4atagi.pdf
This is a report by the Asia Development Forum.
