ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/ICTD/2007/16
Country: Arab region, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Publication Type: Reports & studies
Publication Subject: Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in the Arab Region
Cluster: Statistics, Information Society and Technology
Focus Area: Technology & innovation
Initiatives: Arab information society
SDGs: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Keywords: Arab countries, Communication technology, Development, Distance education, Education, Information technology, Jordan, Serial publications, Communication policy, Information
Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia, Issue No. 8
January 2007
This issue sheds light on the importance of Information and Communications Technology for Education (ICT4E) and its various dimensions and its anticipated effect on the development of an educational model. It also presents methods and mechanisms for monitoring and assessing the effect of information and communications technology (ICT) on educational initiatives. Consideration is given to certain electronic education projects in the region of Western Asia, most importantly the Jordanian education initiative. Several articles review ways of developing electronic education applications and the use of open source software in this field, and experiments with virtual universities in a number of Arab countries.
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