II. GUIDELINES AND POLICIES FOR DEVELOPING PROGRAMMES ON ICT USE IN EDUCATION

Recommended:

*** UNESCO: ICT policies of selected countries in Asia-Pacific
Teachers can link directly to information and guidelines on the ICT in education policies of Asia-Pacific countries from this page. From the individual country pages there are then further links to national ICT policies, frameworks and action plans.

*** UNESCO: ICT policies – guidelines on developing a policy on ICT in Education
This UNESCO webpage offers guidelines for: common goals of ICT policies; general ICT policy elements; elements of ICT policies in education; cost of computers in schools; policy factors to consider in introducing ICT in education; integrating ICTs in education systems; and the need for a systematic approach.

*** Development gateway: e-learning policies, strategy and guidelines
This page is a useful resource for those involved in developing strategy and policies for e-learning programmes in developing countries. Search the database by region, issue or type, such as best practice and case study, for carefully selected reports and articles.

*** Assess your ICT readiness
This site helps guide local leaders through the process of assessing their community’s readiness to exploit fully the opportunities offered by the networked world. Respondents assess their community according to 19 categories grouped under five sections, which can help identify strategic priorities in planning technological development projects. The guide is available in eight different languages.

Other useful sites:
Computers in schools: 10 points to avoid past errors
In outlining ten important lessons that have been learnt when introducing ICTs to schools, this paper recommends beginning simply, and encouraging the uses to which teachers put ICTs to develop in line with their individual technical skills.

The global information technology report 2001-2002: readiness for the networked world
This is the executive summary of a report from the Centre for International Development at Harvard University, assessing the readiness of 75 countries to exploit the opportunities offered by ICT.

Freedom to Learn School Readiness Rubrics
This rubrics allows you to assess e-readiness of your school in terms of: Technology Integration, Teacher Readiness, Curriculum Integration, Professional Development, Student Readiness, Internet Bandwidth, Building Network, Network Support, and End User Support.

Quality pedagogy and effective learning with ICT: a review of the literature
Beginning with a review of the emergence of computers in schools, this paper looks at ways teachers can use ICT effectively to enhance student learning, and what they need in the way of professional development to maximize the potential of technology-enhanced curricula. This is a companion to the following article, which describes a framework for describing and evaluating the progress of teachers and their use of ICT: Teacher professional ICT attributes

Becta: E-safety in school
Becta's Schools website offers advice and guidance to school leadership teams on how technology can be built into teaching, learning and management. The section on e-safety gives resources on safe use of ICT in school in the areas of policy and process (including on use of mobile phones by students), protecting your school (filtering contents and online threats) and teaching and learning (teaching e-safety and safe internet use).

Distance Education: Access Guidelines for Students with Disabilities
These guidelines are developed by The High Tech Center Training Unit in collaboration with the Distance Education Accessibility Workgroup, California Community College, for distance learning to assure it is accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. The document includes basic requirement for providing access, Access Guidelines for Specific Modes of Distance Education Instructional Delivery (Print media, Audio Conferencing, Video Conferencing/Video Transmission (Live) , Video Transmission (Pre Recorded), World Wide Web, Instructional Software, Laser Video Disc, CD ROM, DVD).