Cross-National Information and Communication Technology Polic... - 9781607520436

Cross-National Information and Communication Technology Policies and Practices in EducationAuthor(s): Tjeerd Plomp, Ronald E. Anderson, Nancy Law, Andreas Quale, Kenneth K. Wong\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781607520436, 978-1607520436\nSynopsis\nThis compendium of papers documents educational ICT policies and practices in 37 countries, making it a valuable resource for understanding and comparing ICT-related national policy developments in education. We believe that this work offers a unique in-depth examination of the trends within major education systems and how they have adapted to and taken advantage of the challenges and opportunities posed by the new information and communication technologies. A special feature of this edition is that it allows for interesting comparative analyses of sub-groups of countries, as many Asian, European Union, and former eastern-European countries, as well as th.