The International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT) is an e-journal that provides free and open access to all of its content. Vol. 1, No. 1 (2005) of IJEDICT has now been published online at http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//viewissue.php?id=3 Contents: ********* Editorial ---------------------------------------- Collaboration as a critical success factor in using ICT for capacity building and community development Stewart Marshall, The University of the West Indies, Barbados, West Indies Wal Taylor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//viewarticle.php?id=35 Invited Articles ---------------------------------------- Facilitating the use of ICT for community development through collaborative partnerships between universities, governments and communities Stewart Marshall, The University of the West Indies, Barbados, West Indies Wal Taylor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//viewarticle.php?id=24 Refereed Articles ---------------------------------------- Building Community Capacities in Evaluating Rural IT Projects: Success Strategies from the LEARNERS Project June Lennie, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Greg Hearn, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Lyn Simpson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Megan Kimber, Queensland University of Technology, Australia http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//viewarticle.php?id=14 A Culture-Based Model for Strategic Implementation of Virtual Education Delivery Janice M Burn, Edith Cowan University Nalinee Thongprasert, Chulalongkorn University http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//viewarticle.php?id=17 Measuring Africas E-readiness in the Global Networked Economy: A Nine-Country Data Analysis Princely E. Ifinedo, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Jyväskylä, http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//viewarticle.php?id=12
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eReadiness and African Universities Royal D Colle, Cornell University http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//viewarticle.php?id=13 Using informal collaboration to develop quality assurance processes for eLearning in developing countries: The case of the University of Botswana and the University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre Marilyn Lee, University of Botswana Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi, Distance Education Centre, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Daniela Giannini-Gachago, University of Botswana http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//viewarticle.php?id=31 Evolving Spaces in Landscape Management: Linking Spatial Information for Effective Decision-Making Ravindranath Rangoori, Foundation for Ecological Security Subrata Singh, Foundation for Ecological Security http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//viewarticle.php?id=11 ---------------------------------------- International Journal of Education and Development using ICT http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//