Computer Technology in Third World Education.

Marshall, D. G.

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ERIC Number: EJ310350

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Computer Technology in Third World Education.

Marshall, D. G.

Computers and Education, v8 n4 p377-81 1984

Explores the wide range of issues involved in the introduction of computers into Third World schools, and cautions Third World educators that it is their responsibility to temper their educational planning in the area of computers with some exploration of the detrimental side effects of improper implementation. Seventeen references are included. (MBR)

Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Decision Making, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Opinion Papers, Technology Transfer

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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Note: Paper presented at Canadian Symposium on Instructional Technology (4th, Winnipeg, Canada, October 19-21, 1983).