• DocumentCode
    3060693
  • Title

    Low-cost ICT for Education and Capacity Building

  • Author

    El Hussainy, Magdy ; Weiler, Raoul

  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    16-18 Dec. 2008
  • Firstpage
    85
  • Lastpage
    89
  • Abstract
    The knowledge society progresses at high pace and societies remaining aside of this evolution, face to be left behind for decades. The information and communication technologies (ICTs) have contributed dramatically in establishing the information and yet the knowledge society. The continuous decreasing investments costs facilitates individuals, businesses, administrations their inclusion in the world wide knowledge society. The advent of low-cost infrastructure, in particular for PCs and laptops as well as for other communication equipment like the mobile phone, offer unique opportunities for joining the main evolution especially for learning and education.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; PC; capacity building; communication equipment; education; knowledge society; laptops; low-cost ICT; mobile phone; Communication equipment; Communications technology; Costs; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Government; Hardware; Investments; Personal communication networks; Portable computers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information & Communications Technology, 2008. ICICT 2008. ITI 6th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cairo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2929-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITICT.2008.4806646
  • Filename
    4806646