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ICTs for advancing rural communities and human development addressing the digital divide /

"This book reviews the important impact ICTs have on economic, social, and political development and provides analyses of ICTs for education, commerce, and governance"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Chhabra, Susheel.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
Subjects:
Rural development > Effect of technological innovations on.
Information technology.
Digital divide.
Adoption and use
Digital divide
Digital media use
E-accessibility
ICT and local governance
ICT in higher education
Knowledge-based economies
Language translation
Personal electronic communications
Podcasts
Online Access:Chapter PDFs via platform:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The impact of personal electronic communications on work-life balance and cognitive absorption / Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon
  • 2. Assessment and contrast of the effects of information and communication technology / John Wang, Bin Zhou and Jeffrey Hsu
  • 3. Automatic language translation for mobile SMS / S. K. Samanta ... [et al.]
  • 4. Botswana's novel approaches for knowledge-based economy facilitation: issues, policies and contextual framework / Bwalya Kelvin Joseph
  • 5. Children's maps in GIS: a tool for communicating outdoor experiences in urban planning / Kerstin Nordin and Ulla Berglund
  • 6. Participation in child welfare services through information and communication technologies / Susan Tregeagle
  • 7. Deploying information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance participation in local governance for citizens with disabilities / John C. Bricout and Paul M.A. Baker
  • 8. E-accessibility and municipal wi-fi: exploring a model for inclusivity and implementation / Paul M.A. Baker, Alea Fairchild and Jessica Pater
  • 9. Adoption and use of ICTs among rural youth: evidence from Greece / George Alexopoulos, Alex Koutsouris and Irene Tzouramani
  • 10. Pathways to participatory landscape governance in northern Laos: the role of information and communication technologies / John Daniel Watts, Vilaphong Kanyasone and Vongvilay Vongkhamsao
  • 11. Tlowitsis re-imagined: the use of digital media to build nation and overcome disconnection in a displaced aboriginal community / Jon Corbett and Raquel Mann
  • 12. ICTs in Chinese distance higher education: increased opportunities and continuous challenges / Xiaobin Li
  • 13. The concerns of elementary educators with the diffusion of information and communication technology / Armin Samiei and Daniel A. Laitsch
  • 14. Examining the "digital divide": a study of six pre-service teachers' experiences with ICTs and second language education / Francis Bangou
  • 15. Leveraging technology to promote assessment for learning in higher education / Christopher DeLuca and Laura April McEwen
  • 16. Impact of podcasts as professional learning: teacher created, student created, and professional development podcasts / Kathleen P. King
  • 17. New trends and futuristic information communication technologies for engineering education / Manjit Singh Sidhu and Lee Chen Kang.

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