ICT for education, development, and social justice
By: edited by Charalambos Vrasidas, Michalinos Zembylas, Gene V. Glass.
Contributors: Vrasidas, Charalambos.; Zembylas, Michalinos.; Glass, Gene V., 1940-
Series: Current perspectives on applied information technologies
Publisher: Information Age Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charlotte, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781607520214; 9781607520221
Subjects: Telecommunication in education -- Social aspects -- Developing countries; Information technology -- Social aspects -- Developing countries; Digital divide -- Developing countries; Social justice -- Developing countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: ICT for development: challenges and possibilities / Charalambos Vrasidas, Michalinos Zembylas, and Gene V. Glass; title: ICT for education, development, and social justice: some theoretical issues / Michalinos Zembylas; title: E-hopes and public education in Latin America / Gustavo E. Fischman and José Luis Ramírez Romero; title: The expansion of higher education in the developing world: the contribution of distance education / Sir John Daniel; title: Role of ICT in bridging the digital divide in a high-poverty school district / Amy S. C. Leh, Lee Grafton, and Sylvester Robertson; title: Is there a role for information and communications technologies in the education and development of disadvantaged rural communities? / Tom Power ... [et al.]; title: Open resources for sustainable education / Marina Stock McIsaac and António Moreira; title: Mobile technologies: current practices, future possibilities / Tom Power and James Sankale; title: The digital divide in disability and education / Jason Brent Ellis, Carla Abreu-Ellis, and Amber Ricker; title: School-community ICT-mediated linkages: the Southeast Asian experience / Cher Ping Lim and John Hedberg; title: Online gaming: building bridges that enhance cultural understandings / Mary A. Kayler, Debra Sprague, and Chris Dede; title: Computer-supported collaborative intercultural education: creating bridges for Palestinians and Jews in conflict / Zvi Bekerman and Gabriel Horenczyk; title: ICT for peace and reconciliation: constraints and possibilities in Cambodia and Tibet / Edward J. Brantmeier and Jayson W. Richardson; title: Social networking applications, social justice, and multicultural understanding / Carrie O'Connor and Rebecca Skulnick.