ECONIS Select – Bessere Bildung durch neue Informations- und Kommunikationstechniken

07/2010

Selected for the Global Economic Symposium 2010

According to the OECD (2001) the growth of the knowledge society and the development and pervasiveness of the emerging information and communication technologies (ICT) represent a major challenge and a major opportunity for education. Over the past decade, many countries have made large investments in improving their educational infrastructure by providing more computers and better internet access to schools. Yet, economically backward regions or countries are less capable of investing as much money as more developed regions to integrate ICT into education; moreover, qualified teachers are often hardly available. To help children to gain access to education and to enable a more independent self-learning process, some private initiatives such as “One Laptop per Child” are trying to mitigate such deficiencies. However, providing computers or access to internet alone to students does not automatically increase educational quality and learning effectiveness. Complementary measures and policies such as adapting teaching curricula to e-learning and providing interactive learning software are indispensable.

• How could an effective curriculum be designed to combine the e-learning supported by ICT and the traditional teaching and learning materials?
• How could ICT be effectively used to support the further education of teachers especially those from the economically backward regions and countries?
• What are sensible ways toward connecting students, teachers and outside experts with each other and foster learner-centred knowledge outside formal structures?
• Would financial incentives or e-learning courses for adults increase parents’ (families’) capabilities and motivations to be more active in helping to establish an effective e-learning environment for children?
• How could the assessment of students’ performance achievement be made compatible with e-learning to motivate students to make use of ICT for learning?
• How could private sectors interact with schools and teachers to provide adequate and interactive learning software to enhance students’ learning interests and efficiency?
• How could the international community help in those cases where government corruption and control of ICT has held back several countries immensely?

Aus unserem Online-Katalog ECONIS recherchierte Literatur:

• Titel: Economics of distance and online learning: theory, practice, and research / ed. by William J. Bramble and Santosh Panda
  Erschienen: New York u.a.: Routledge, 2008
  Schlagwörter: Computer-aided learning / Cost-benefit analysis / Human capital investment / Education finance / Educational policy / United States / World
  Link: http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/545977312.pdf
• Aufsatz: Learning through ICT-enabled social networks / Liqiong Deng; Marshall Scott Poole
  In: International journal of information technology and management . - Genève: Inderscience Enterprises, ISSN 1461-4111, ZDB-ID 22627212. - Bd. 7.2008, 4, S. 374-391
  Schlagwörter: Computer-aided learning / Groupware / Social network / Virtual community / Theory
• Aufsatz: When is cheap, cheap enough to bridge the digital divide?: modeling income related structural challenges of technology diffusion in Latin America / Martin Hilbert
  In: World development. - Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, ISSN 0305-750X, ZDB-ID 1853399. - Bd. 38.2010, 5, S. 756-770
• Aufsatz: Differences in digitalization levels: a multivariate analysis studying the global digital divide / Margarita Billon; Fernando Lera-Lopez; Rocío Marco
  In: Review of world economics. - Heidelberg: Springer, ISSN 1610-2878, ZDB-ID 21015193. - Bd. 146.2010, 1, S. 39-73
  Schlagwörter: Digital divide / Information technology / Internet / Economic Growth / Estimation / World / 2004
• Aufsatz: Determinants of a digital divide in Sub-Saharan Africa: a spatial econometric analysis of cell phone coverage / Piet Buys, Susmita Dasgupta, Timothy S. Thomasand David Wheeler
  In: World development. - Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, ISSN 0305-750X, ZDB-ID 1853399. - Bd. 37.2009, 9, S. 1494-1505
  Schlagwörter: Digital divide / Mobile phone / Spatial distribution / Africa South of Sahara
• Aufsatz: Knowledge transfer with E-Learning resources to developing countries: barriers and adaptive solutions / Tanja Kohn, Ronald Maier and Stefan Thalmann
  In: E-Learning 2010. - Berlin u.a.: Physica-Verl., ISBN 978-3-7908-2354-7. - 2010, S. 15-29
  Schlagwörter: Knowledge transfer / Computer-aided learning / Developing countries
• Aufsatz: Education through e-learning: case of Serbia / Mirjana Radovi´c Markovi´c
  In: Journal of business economics and management. - Vilnius: VTGU Publ. House "Technika", ISSN 1611-1699, ZDB-ID 22089251. - Bd. 10.2009, 4, S. 313-319
  Schlagwörter: Learning / Computer-aided learning / Educational System / Information technology / Serbia
• Aufsatz: E-learning prospects for the developing world / Ronald M. Lee
  In: The digital economy. - Berlin u.a.: Springer, ISBN 3-540-20850-X. - 2004, S. 363-378
  Schlagwörter: Computer-aided learning / Developing countries
• Aufsatz: Technology acceptance in an academic context: faculty acceptance of online education / Shanan G. Gibson; Michael L. Harris; Susan M. Colaric
  In: Journal of education for business. - Washington,DC: Heldref, ISSN 0883-2323, ZDB-ID 6336413. - Bd. 83.2007/08, 6, S. 355-359
  Schlagwörter: Business education / Economic education / Computer-aided learning / United States
• Aufsatz: Faculty and student use of technologies, user productivity, and user preference in distance education / Jensen J. Zhao; Melody W. Alexander; Heidi Perreault; Lila Waldman; Allen D. Truell
  In: Journal of education for business. - Washington,DC: Heldref, ISSN 0883-2323, ZDB-ID 6336413. - Bd. 84.2008/09, 4, S. 206-212
  Schlagwörter: Economics department / Distance learning / Computer-aided learning / United States
• Titel: Digital divide and its variations amongst OECD, NIE and ASEAN countries / Bory Seng and Almas Heshmati
  Erschienen: Seoul: Techn. Management Policy and Economics Program, 2010
  Link: http://temep.snu.ac.kr:8282
• Aufsatz: The knowledge gap and the digital divide / Hans-Dieter Evers
  In: Governing and managing knowledge in Asia. - Singapore u.a.: World Scientific, ISBN 978-981-428982-5. - 2010, S. 71-78
• Titel: Governing and managing knowledge in Asia / eds. Thomas Menkhoff; Hans-Dieter Evers; Yue Wah Chay
  Erschienen: Singapore u.a.: World Scientific, c2010
  Link: Inhaltsverzeichnis
• Aufsatz: Determinants of intercountry internet diffusion rates / by Phanindra V. Wunnava and Daniel B. Leiter
  In: The American journal of economics and sociology. - Malden, Mass.: Wiley, ISSN 0002-9246, ZDB-ID 29361. - Bd. 68.2009, 2, S. 413-426
  Schlagwörter: Internet / Media usage / Diffusion of innovations / Social inequality / Educational level / English (Language) / World
• Aufsatz: Disparities in ICT adoption: a multidimensional approach to study the cross-country digital divide / Margarita Billon; Rocio Marco; Fernando Lera-Lopez
  In: Telecommunications policy. - Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, ISSN 0308-5961, ZDB-ID 7522757. - Bd. 33.2009, 10/11, S. 596-610
• Aufsatz: From the relative to the absolute digital divide in developing countries / Jeffrey James
  In: Technological forecasting & social change. - Amsterdam: Elsevier, ISSN 0040-1625, ZDB-ID 2807002. - Bd. 76.2009, 8, S. 1124-1129
  Schlagwörter: Information technology / Digital divide / Diffusion of innovations / Mobile phone / Internet / Africa
• Aufsatz: Determinants of digital access: a global empirical analysis / N. R. Vasudeva Murthy; Ravi Nath
  In: International journal of services and standards. - Olney: Inderscience, ISSN 1740-8849, ZDB-ID 21787979. - Bd. 5.2009, 2, S. 95-114
  Schlagwörter: Economic system / Income distribution / Digital divide / Telecommunications infrastructure / Comparison / World
• Aufsatz: What explains the ICT diffusion gap between the major advanced countries?: an empirical analysis / Gilbert Cette and Jimmy Lopez
  In: International productivity monitor. - Ottawa, ISSN 1492-9759, ZDB-ID 20352591. - Bd. 17.2008, S. 28-39
  Schlagwörter: IT industry / Information technology / E-Business / Investment / Educational level / OECD countries / 1981-2005
• Aufsatz: Knowledge opportunities and ICT growth and inequality: a middle income country experience / Cesare Imbriani; Piergiuseppe Morone
  In: Economia internazionale. - Genova: Camera, ISSN 0012-981x, ZDB-ID 17991. - Bd. 60.2007, 4, S. 489-516
  Schlagwörter: Information technology / Information society / Knowledge / Educational opportunities / Income distribution / Chile
• Aufsatz: Increasing competitiveness through knowledge transfer in developing countries / Rajni Goel and Narendra K. Rustagi
  In: Advances in competitiveness research. - Indiana, Pa., ISSN 1077-0097, ZDB-ID 20020363. - Bd. 14.2006, 1, S. 77-89
  Schlagwörter: Diffusion of innovations / Global competition / Distance learning / Nigeria