What do we know about the effective uses of information and communication technologies in education in developing countries?
infoDev’s series of “Knowledge Maps” on ICTs in education provides quick snapshots of what the research literature tells us about a number of key areas of information related to ICT use in education. Each Knowledge Map is not meant to be an exhaustive catalog of everything that is known (or is debated) about the use of ICTs in education in a particular topic; rather, taken together they are an attempt to limn the general shapes of a very large body of knowledge and highlight certain issues in a format quickly accessible to busy policymakers. In general, the infoDev knowledge mapping exercise is meant to point to key general assertions and gaps in the knowledge base of what is known about the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education, especially as such knowledge may relate to the education-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This study is now complete and the final draft publication for this project is now available on-line. This project is proudly
Excerpts from a series of briefing sheets briefing outlining what is known (and what isn’t) about the uses of ICTs in various ways to benefit education, especially where they may relate to the achievement of objectives associated with the education-related MDGS, have been prepared and published in the following pages.
