Technology, Broadband and Education - advancing the education for all agenda
About
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Foreword
1 INTRODUCTION
2 SETTING THE STAGE
Teaching twenty-first centuryskills
Using technology to improve education and increase equity
Bridging the gap between countries
3 WHERE DO WE STAND?
Access to technology
Internet access
Broadband access
Mobile broadband access
Africa: The mobile revolution
Broadband policy environment
How technology is used
4 STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS
Improving teaching and learning
Technology to support teachers
Technology to support learners
One-to-one policies
Mobile learning
Mobile learning case study: Nokia MoMath
Empowering women and girls
5 THE POLICY AGENDA
Broadband policy formulation
Republic of Korea: Stimulating broadband by spending one-education
Teacher training
Digital content, OERs and education portals
Teacher support networks
System planning andmanagement
Using technology for education sector spatial planning: Case study from Nigeria and Ghana
Nigeria: Use of technology for developing data systems ona large scale
Evaluation and monitoring
6 LOOKING AHEAD
1. Increase access to technology and broadband
2. Incorporate technology and broadband into job training and continuing education
3. Teach ICT skills and digital literacy to all educators and learners
4. Promote mobile learning and OERs
5. Support the development of content adapted to local contexts and languages
6. Work to bridge the technological divide between countries
7 REFERENCES
8 APPENDIX
CASE STUDY 1: The Digital School Project (Serbia)
CASE STUDY 2: The Impact of Broadband and ICT Implementation in Education(Portugal, Argentina, Turkey and Nigeria)
CASE STUDY 3: The Intel Teach Program (global)
CASE STUDY 4: Literacy Promotion through Mobile Phones (Pakistan)
CASE STUDY 5: Connect To Learn (global)
CASE STUDY 6: The Harmonizer Program (Northern Uganda)