ICT For Development Education and Social Justice

What is ICT? Information and communication technologies Range of technologies for gathering, storing, retrieving, processing, analyzing and transmitting information ICT in education deal with the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) within educational technology Purpose of ICT in education is to familiarize students with the application of computers, and related social and ethical issues

What ICT Does Creates effective use of knowledge are key to rapid economic growth Changes the terms under which knowledge is created and disseminated Facilitates process of codification and transmission of knowledge about technology

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What ICT Does Enhances the positive learning externalities of knowledge generation by magnifying the possibilities for recombination of ideas and information “Fades” geography by providing new ways for researchers to escape national boundaries Increases the “distribution power” of innovation systems Enhances the dissemination, application, and use of mature technologies

ICT for Development Economic Growth – Enhanced competitiveness – Increased business opportunities – Access to market for rural communities ICT and Improved Delivery of Social Services – Health/education/environmental/microfinance services – Reducing vulnerability to natural disasters ICT for Transparency – Improved efficiency on government procurement – Reduced corruption – Increased civil society participation ICT for Empowerment of the Poor – Allowing the poor to better communicate their concerns Source:

ICT in Education But links between education and development are largely based on macro-level statistical correlations between ‘development’ and educational indicators

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ICT in Education: Problems in Practice Aligning an understanding of education and the potential of technologies Education for ICT, not ICT for education Driven by private sector Lack of infrastructure provision Sustainability Costs of implementation and maintenance Limited local community involvement Teacher training ignored

Integration of ICT in Education Disseminating content and new ways of learning Bring together technology with the education Combine ICT with traditional methods of education Key role of teachers Infrastructural upgrades

ICT and Social Justice The distribution of advantages and disadvantages within a society It is bout the equal and fair distribution of social values, such as freedom, income and wealth and the opportunity to take part in society