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Integrated Resources and Training Facilitation: A Strategic Priority when Promoting ICT in Developing Countries

Contemporary educational technology, 2013-12, Vol.4 (4), p.263

2013. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the associated terms available at http://www.cedtech.net ;ISSN: 1309-517X ;EISSN: 1309-517X ;DOI: 10.30935/cedtech/6108

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  • Title:
    Integrated Resources and Training Facilitation: A Strategic Priority when Promoting ICT in Developing Countries
  • Author: Khalid, Saifuddin ; Islam, Kamrul ; Nyvang, Tom
  • Subjects: Adoption (Ideas) ; Bangladesh ; Barriers ; Case Studies ; Developing countries ; Developing Nations ; Educational Technology ; Foreign Countries ; Information Technology ; Interviews ; LDCs ; Rural areas ; Rural Schools ; Technology Integration ; Vocational Education
  • Is Part Of: Contemporary educational technology, 2013-12, Vol.4 (4), p.263
  • Description: In a rural context in a developing country purchasing a computer and connecting it to the Internet is in itself difficult, even when the lack of money is a minor issue. These issues prevent individuals in rural communities from familiarizing themselves with educational technology and ICT in general. The present study investigates the specific barriers to buying and utilizing ICT and ways in which these barriers can be overcome in a case study involving stakeholders from an educational institution in rural Bangladesh. Through a transformative methodology and a phenomenographic approach to the analysis (Larsson & Holmström, 2007), interview data on the decision-making experience of computer purchases, and the after-purchase experience of learning computer-related skills, the integration of the technology and the skills in interviewees’ (students and teachers) learning environments is analyzed. The barriers to purchasing a computer fall in four major categories: Cultural, financial, infrastructural, and knowledge barriers; with knowledge transcending the other barriers. When addressing the barriers to facilitate purchase of a computer locally situated knowledge is crucial. The study concludes that more research is needed to fully understand the diffusion and development of knowledge and inclination to purchase a computer.
  • Publisher: Eskisehir: Ali Simsek
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1309-517X
    EISSN: 1309-517X
    DOI: 10.30935/cedtech/6108
  • Source: ERIC Full Text Only (Discovery)
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