The impact of the diffusion of ICTs into educational practices
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Date
2005
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Publisher
Nera
Abstract
ICTs have been seen as the missing technologies i11 the developme11t
of Africa. Over the last decade we have witnessed the deployment
of ICTs into various sectors in Africa, including education. This
paper aims to evaluate whether the impact of the diffusion of ne1v
technologies into educational practices, in developing countries,
and in Namibia in particular, has brought about any meaningful
changes, knowing that educational planners all over the world are
forced in one way or another to use new technologies as part of
educational practices.
Moreover it examines with specific emphasis what is happening in
Africa compared to where we are in Namibia, trying to answer the
questions: Is diffusion ofJ CTs into educatio11al practices something
good or something bad? Is the educational system ready for such
investments or just creating further digital divides between rich
urban schools and poor rural schools?
The paper follows a methodological sryle of reviewing existing
literature, as welL as initiatives aiming toward diffusiOII of ICTs
into Namibian schools and the role of government. It concludes in
highlighting some of the current debates of the impact of ICTs in
developing countries, and the educational sector in particul01:
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Keywords
Technologies, Development, Impact, ICTs, Educational, Practices
Citation
Beukes-Amiss, M., Chiware, E. 2005. The impact of the diffusion of ICTs into educational practices: a review of the Namibian situation. A Journal for The Namibian Educational Research Association 28-45.