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Using Alternative Technologies for Teacher Training in Developing Countries

Using Alternative Technologies for Teacher Training in Developing Countries
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Author(s): Victoria L. Frank (Seward Incorporated, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 9
Source title: Transnational Distance Learning and Building New Markets for Universities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Robert Hogan (University of the South Pacific, Fiji)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0206-9.ch011

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Abstract

In this chapter the author discusses how developing countries are using technology in education when Internet connectivity or electricity is not dependable. Developing countries are embracing educational technologies because they are the fastest, cheapest, and most consistent way to train large numbers of teachers and support education reform. Emerging nations are also enjoying funding opportunities that include public/private partnerships, which contribute to the needed infrastructure, providing significant amounts of computers and networking hardware and software from the likes of Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, and Oracle. Many outstanding ICT case studies and examples abound, but most rely on the Internet in whole or in part (Trucano, 2010). One of the great challenges in the developing world is finding sustainable methods for improving teacher training where Internet and electricity are not a given. Some of the ways these obstacles have been overcome in developing countries are discussed in this chapter.

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