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Keeping ICT in Education Community Engagement Relevant: Infinite Possibilities?

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ICT Education (SACLA 2017)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 730))

Abstract

The motivation for the investigation reported on in this paper relates to objectives with regard to implementation progress made towards the achievement of the policy goal of the White Paper on e-Education, the continued validity and relevance of associated Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) concepts, and filling gaps identified in literature. Our study locates ICT, e-education and e-schools within applicable conceptual and theoretical frameworks. Drawing on the latest research, we present strategic objectives to structure implementation of the policy goal. We discuss findings from a sample of 43 respondents from South African schools in order to assess to what extent they can already be characterized as e-schools.

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    The term ‘township’ has different meanings in different Enlish-speaking countries. The specifically South African notion of ‘township’ is reasonably well explained in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Township_(South_Africa).

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to all respondents who took part in our survey. The research for this paper received funding from the Women in Research Support Programme (WiR-SP) of the University of South Africa.

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  1. Department of Science and Technology Education, Muckleneuk Campus Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

    Leila Goosen

  2. School of Computing, Florida Campus Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Ronell van der Merwe

  3. University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa

    Leila Goosen

  4. University of South Africa (UNISA), Johannesburg, South Africa

    Ronell van der Merwe

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Goosen, L., van der Merwe, R. (2017). Keeping ICT in Education Community Engagement Relevant: Infinite Possibilities?. In: Liebenberg, J., Gruner, S. (eds) ICT Education. SACLA 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 730. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69670-6_8

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