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In the globalised world of education, information communication technologies (ICTs) are playing a major role in changing the ways schools operate and students learn. Many aspects of these educational reform programs have met with resistance from teachers and other school stakeholders (Cuban et al., 2001; Fullan, 1993) . More recently, however, in the South-east Asian region, there has been a very positive response to, and enthusiastic uptake of, reforms related to connecting schools to communities through the use of ICTs. Research studies carried out by the authors at schools in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have enabled the identification of various examples of forms of electronic connection designed to bring schools and their communities together. It is the purpose of this chapter to explore the nature of these interactions and to analyse some of their more tangible benefits.
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Ping Lim, C., Khine, M. (2009). Connecting Schools to their Communities: The South-East Asian Experience. In: Gibbs, D., Zajda, J. (eds) Comparative Information Technology. Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9426-2_6
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