Learning to Bridge the Digital Divide [electronic resource].
Publishing, OECD.
Centre For Educational Research  And  Innovation StaffCorporate Author
Innovation, Centre for Educational Research and.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffContent Provider
National Center on Adult Literacy StaffContent Provider
 : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2000.
 Across the OECD, attention is focusing increasingly on what has been dubbed the ""digital divide"" - a term that refers to the gaps in access to information and communication technology (ICT). The stakes are high, as ICT is now integral to the social fabric and is the catalyst for ""new economies"" to emerge. Exclusion threatens the ICT ""have-nots"", whether individuals, groups or entire countries. Political awareness of the stakes at issue grows sharply, as indicated by the prominence of the digital divide in G-8 discussions. Education and learning lie at the heart of these issues and their
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""CONTENTS""; ""Chapter 1 - The Emerging Policy Agenda""; ""Chapter 2 - Different Educational Inequalities: ICT an Option to Close the Gaps""; ""Chapter 3 - The Digital Divide: Making Knowledge Available in a Global Context""; ""Chapter 4: Emerging Trends and Issues: The Nature of the Digital Divide in Learning""; ""Chapter 5 - The Digital Divide Within Formal School Education: Causes and Consequences""; ""Chapter 6 - Basic Skills in Adult Education and the Digital Divide""; ""Chapter 7 - Towards Bridging Learning's Digital Divide""
""Chapter 8 - ICT, Equity and the Challenge of Lifelong Learning: The Swedish Approach""""Chapter 9: Other National Approaches: Portugal, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, Finland""; ""Bibliography""
 Across the OECD, attention is focusing increasingly on what has been dubbed the ""digital divide"" - a term that refers to the gaps in access to information and communication technology (ICT). The stakes are high, as ICT is now integral to the social fabric and is the catalyst for ""new economies"" to emerge. Exclusion threatens the ICT ""have-nots"", whether individuals, groups or entire countries. Political awareness of the stakes at issue grows sharply, as indicated by the prominence of the digital divide in G-8 discussions. Education and learning lie at the heart of these issues and their
Adult education.
Computer-assisted instruction.
Digital divide.
Schooling for Tomorrow