Title :
Low-cost ICT for Education and Capacity Building
Author :
El Hussainy, Magdy ; Weiler, Raoul
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;
Conference_Titel :
Information & Communications Technology, 2008. ICICT 2008. ITI 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2929-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITICT.2008.4806646