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    ICT4D 2.0: The Next Phase of Applying ICT for International Development

    2008
    This paper showcases that the ICT4D 2.0 focuses on reframing the poor. Where ICT4D 1.0 marginalized them, allowing a supply-driven focus, ICT4D 2.0 centralizes them, creating a demand-driven focus. Where ICT4D 1.0—fortified by the “bottom of the pyramid” concept—characterized the poor largely as passive consumers, ICT4D 2.0 sees them as active producers and innovators.
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    Using ICT to Develop Literacy

    UNESCO Bangkok, 2006
    This study aims to provide a concise overview of the literacy issue and explain how ICT can be used to enhance literacy education and contribute to achieving the Literacy Decade goals.
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    Understanding concepts of‘development’ and linkages to deployment strategies in ICT4D in India

    2013
    ICTs have been drawn into the ‘development’ field as potential tools for poverty alleviation and economic and social development. There is not, however, a single accepted definition of ‘development’ in ICT for development (ICT4D) projects. The lack of a single definition has implications for the design, implementation, and evaluation of ICT4D initiatives.
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    Six easy steps for smart governance

    2010
    This paper describes six key steps for a successful data governance program. These steps will help ensure that your data governance decisions and policies are aligned with goals, grounded in facts, communicated effectively, delivered with measurable results and subjected to continuous auditing.
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    Effect of using facebook to assist english for business communication course instruction

    2013
    This paper aimed to explore the effect of incorporating blended learning with Facebook and peer assessment for English for Business Communication course for college students. A total of 111 students from a public technological university participated in this study. The participants were divided into three Facebook site groups.
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    Conjoint analysis for mobile devices for ubiquitous learning in higher education: The Korean case

    2013
    Despite the increasing importance of mobile devices in education, the essential features of these devices for ubiquitous learning have not been empirically addressed. This study empirically investigated the necessary conditions for using mobile devices as an educational tool for ubiquitous learning in higher education by a conjoint method.
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    Towards a Model for Implementing Local E-government in Uganda

    2011
    This paper reports on a study that developed a model for implementing local e-government in Uganda, as an example of a developing country. The model which builds on an existing one defines dimensions of financial constraints, ICT infrastructure, sensitization, training and social political factors as pre-requisites for successfully implementing local e-government projects in Uganda.
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    The Strategic Plan for ICT 2011-15

    2011
    The Strategic Plan for ICT 2011-15 sets strategic objectives for the ACT Public Service to begin the journey down this road using all the transformational possibilities that ICT can provide.
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    Electronic governance and service delivery in India: Theory and Practice

    Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India, 2005
    This paper mainly reviews the experiences of e-governance reforms in improving the quality of governance and service delivery in India. The first section deals with the conceptual framework of egovernance. The second section focuses on e-governance initiatives in India.
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    ICT –Enabled Rural Education in India

    International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 2012
    Right to Education is the primary right of every citizen of India, whether a child resides in a high profile society or in a far away not so developed secluded village, according to the Article 45 of Indian Constitution the basic elementary education must be provided to all the children up to the age of fourteen years.

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