Hi all
The second issue of The International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT) is now available at http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewissue.php
This special issue on "ICT for Education and Development in Southern Africa" is edited by Guest Editors Laura Czerniewicz and Tony Carr of the Centre for Educational Technology at University of Cape Town. The seven peer reviewed papers and six papers "From the Field" report on work in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The issue links researcher and practitioner perspectives across the region on key challenges such as access, institutional change, learning design, learning communities and research methodology. The articles in this issue are based on papers presented at a Southern African regional online conference, e/merge 2004: http://emerge2004.net
IJEDICT is an e-journal that provides free and open access to all of its content. IJEDICT aims to strengthen links between research and practice in ICT in education and development in hitherto less developed parts of the world, e.g., developing countries (especially small states), and rural and remote regions of developed countries.
The emphasis is on providing a space for researchers, practitioners and theoreticians to jointly explore ideas using an eclectic mix of research methods and disciplines. It brings together research, action research and case studies in order to assist in the transfer of best practice, the development of policy and the creation of theory. Thus, IJEDICT is of interest to a wide-ranging audience of researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, government officers and other professionals involved in education or development in communities throughout the world.
Regards
Stewart -- Professor Stewart Marshall Director, Distance Education Centre The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown, BARBADOS, West Indies phone: +1 246 417 4497 fax: +1 246 421 6753 Gmail: stewartmar@gmail.com url: http://www.dec.uwi.edu/smarshall
Please view the open access e-journal on ICT in education and development at: http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//index.php and the recently published books edited by Marshall, Taylor & Yu: "Closing the Digital Divide" http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=Q602 "Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions" http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4146 "Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with ICT" http://www.idea-group.com/encyclopedia/details.asp?ID=4460 _______________________________________________________