Exploring e-learning development: studies of ICT access and educational usage in Latin America

1. Robin Chin-Roemer
2. Ben DeCrease
3. Ricardo Gomez⇓

1. University of Washington

1. Dr Ricardo Gomez, Assistant Professor, The Information School, University of Washington, Mary Gates Hall 370-N, Box 352840, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. Tedl. +1 (206) 685-1372 Email: rgomez@uw.edu Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/rgomez

Abstract

This paper examines how the accelerating spread of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in developing countries can be correlated to an increase in the potential for the implementation of e-learning programs and pedagogies. Using data from a University of Washington team’s 2008 landscape study of public access venues, as well as a review of literature in the fields of ICT and e-learning, this document surveys the progress of Latin America and analyzes useful directions for research within and across the topics of e-learning and ICT.

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