The National Grid for Learning Initiative: Connecting the Learning Society?.

Selwyn, Neil

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ERIC Number: EJ621274

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Publication Date: 2000

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The National Grid for Learning Initiative: Connecting the Learning Society?

Selwyn, Neil

School Leadership & Management, v20 n4 p407-14 Nov 2000

England's 1.6 billion-pound National Grid for Learning initiative represents an unprecedented government commitment to educational use of information and communications technology (ICT). NGfL will integrate ICT into all schooling areas via increased funding, teacher training, and simulation of a systemwide "ICT culture." Implications and challenges abound. (Contains 27 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Policy, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Information Networks, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation, Technology Integration, Telecommunications

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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