Making Technology Work for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: Notes on Issues, Policies and Innovations

By Juan Carlos Navarro, Norma García, Laurence Wolff (12/01, En, Es) See also Education, Training and Science & Technology

These notes are being published with the sole objective of contributing to the debate on a topic of importance to the region and to elicit comments and suggestions from interested parties. They have not gone through the Department's peer review process or undergone consideration by the SDS Management Team. As such, they do not represent the official position of the Inter-American Development Bank. Please direct your comments to: sds/edu@iadb.org. These notes have previously appeared in other IDB informal publications as well as in TechKnowlogia (www.techknowlogia.org), an international on-line journal providing information on technologies used for knowledge and learning.

This report consists of a compilation of selected short notes written, for the most part by staff and consultants of the Education Unit of the Sustainable Development Department, on various topics related to the use of technology in education and which are relevant for Latin America. They cover a wide range of issues, activities and innovations taking place in Latin America and elsewhere. Some of these innovations have been well documented, while others are at the starting phases of implementation but seem to promise positive outcomes.

This document is intended to be used as a resource for practitioners and planners interested in keeping themselves informed on the numerous ways that technology can lead to improvements in education at all levels. The notes include technological alternatives that can be used at the primary, secondary, vocational, higher education and continuing education levels, as well as for teacher training and education administration.

Summary
Technology and Education Policy and Management

Instructional Technology-Then and Now, by Laurence Wolff

Education in the Information Age: Promises and Frustrations, by Claudio de Moura Castro

Technology and Institutional Change: Why Some Educational Institutions Use Technology and Others Don't, by Claudio de Moura Castro

Technology and the Management of Learning: The New Accountability, by Laurence Wolff

Honduras: Smoothing the Process of the Project Cycle, by Aimee Verdisco and Carlos Gargiulo

High-Speed Internet Access: The Future for the World and the Implications for Developing Countries, by Laurence Wolff

Honduras: Solar Energy Bridges the Digital Divide, by Aimee Verdisco and Analyda M. de Fanconi

Sources of Objective Assessment of Web and Multi-Media Learning, by Norma García and Laurence Wolff

Using Technology to Manage Education Information: ERIC and REDUC, by Lee G. Burchinal, Sergio Martinic and Laurence Wolff

Distance Learning

Multi-grade Schools and Technology, by Laurence Wolff and Norma García

Interactive Mathematics for Basic Education: The Venezuelan Experience with IRI, by Nora Ghetea Jaegerman and Víctor Vásquez R.

Mexico's Telesecundaria: Bringing Education by Television to Rural Areas, by Claudio de Moura Castro, Laurence Wolff and Norma García

Brazil's Telecurso 2000: The Flexible Solution for Secondary School Equivalency, by Claudio de Moura Castro

Information Technology for the Masses: Can it be TV? (Brazil), by Claudio de Moura Castro

International Virtual Education Network for the Enhancement of Science and Math Learning in Latin America, by Wadi D. Haddad

Mexico: The Virtual University of the Technological Institute of Monterrey, by Laurence Wolff

Higher Education and Enterprise Training in Latin America: The Case of the Virtual Campus of Peru's Higher Technological Institute, by Laurence Wolff and Norma García

What, No Lectures? The Francis Tuttle Vocational School, by Claudio de Moura Castro and Norma García

Adult Education in the Americas: The Victory of Spontaneous Action, by Claudio de Moura Castro

Lifelong Learning For the Third Age, by Laurence Wolff

The Lowly Correspondence Courses for the Masses: Fraud or Redemption?, by Claudio de Moura Castro

Why I Love (Good) Training Videos, by Claudio de Moura Castro

Teacher Training and Tools

Teacher Training: What Works and What Doesn't: Innovations and Trends in Latin America, by Juan Carlos Navarro and Aimee Verdisco

Costa Rica: Teacher Training for Education Technology, by Aimee Verdisco and Juan Carlos Navarro

Images of Teaching: The TIMSS Video Taping Project, by Laurence Wolff

Scripted Learning Needs Teachers Who Follow the Script, by Claudio de Moura Castro

Computers in Schools

Computers in Schools: 10 Points to Avoid Past Errors, by Claudio de Moura Castro

Costa Rica: Are Computers in School Cost-Effective?, by Laurence Wolff

Skills Training: Where Simulations Are at Home, by Claudio de Moura Castro

Last updated: 05/08/07

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