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Why Would Information and Communications Technology Contribute to Development at All? An Ethical Inquiry into the Possibilities of ICT in Development
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Lanki, Jari – E-Learning, 2006
This article looks at the ethical implications of the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in bringing about development in developing societies. Any proposed means to enhance development has costs as well as benefits. Hence, the evaluation of a given means to development should always be a matter of "applied ethics".…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Ethics, Program Implementation, Developing Nations
Applying Open Source Software in a Development Context: Expectations and Experiences. A Case Study of a University in Uganda
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van Reijswoud, Victor; Mulo, Emmanuel – E-Learning, 2006
Over recent years the issue of free and open source software (FOSS) for development in less developed countries (LDCs) has received increasing attention. In the beginning the benefits of FOSS for lower developed countries was only stressed by small groups of idealists like Richard Stallman. Now, however, it is moving into the hands of large…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Organizations, Case Studies, Developing Nations