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Developing Country-Tailored Policy for the Provision of Schools with Educational Software and Content: The Case of Lithuania

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In many countries, the development and introduction of educational software into general education is one of the key issues of national ICT policies. However, differently from other issues of ICT in education, this question is much more country-specific. Therefore, each state shall look for individual solutions that match its economic, social, cultural and other national requirements the best. This paper analyses the development of country-tailored policy for schools' provision with educational software and content. While having generic objectives, the research investigates the case of Lithuania. Initially, the paper gives a review of the Lithuanian context. Then, it analyses the policies and practices of other countries and abstracts potential solutions of the key strategic issues, relevant to the development and implementation of educational software into general education. In parallel with theoretical investigation, the research ratiocinates and demonstrates how each solution, proposed in the Lithuanian strategy of schools' provision with educational aids, has been adapted to the national peculiarities.

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Markauskaitė, L. Developing Country-Tailored Policy for the Provision of Schools with Educational Software and Content: The Case of Lithuania. Education and Information Technologies 9, 67–89 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EAIT.0000024262.25743.ed

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