02417nam a22002772u 4500 5675338 BD-DhUL 20161106173712.0 he u||024|||| 080220s1994 ii a||| b ||0 | eng 8185070248 BD-DhUL BD-DhUL 020 INF Dubey, Yogendra P. ed. Information Technology and National Development / ed. Yogendra P. Dubey, V. V. Menon, H. N. Prasad. Agra : Y. K., 1994 372 ; 21 cm. The case of Singapore illustrates how well-deployed information technology (IT) can be a change agent in education and national development. IT has been a catalyst and enabler of the shift from didactic, passive instruction to interactive, learner-centered and learner-directed instruction. In technical education in particular, IT has served as a new tool/facility, valuable educational resource, integral component of education and training, and stimulant and vehicle of knowledge creation. IT has facilitated infrastructure development and economic growth both directly and indirectly via education. Of 55 major cities surveyed worldwide, Singapore ranked fourth in computer and Internet usage. Singapore's IT 2000 Masterplan calls for establishing a host of multimedia services at competitive rates. Along with thinking skills development and national education, IT is one of the three priorities for Singapore's education plan, which calls for having 30% of the curriculum incorporate IT by 2002. IT has significantly improved the following aspects of Singapore's educational delivery system: administration; presentation; and communication. There are strong indications of a causal relationship between deployment of IT and significant improvements in Singapore's educational system and economy. Factors credited with Singapore's successful assimilation of IT include the following: goal definition, leadership/management, ownership, infrastructural provisions, training, incentives, and monitoring and evaluation. (MN) Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive. Information technology Congresses. National Development Singapore Opinion Papers. ericd Speeches/Meeting Papers. ericd V. V. Menon, H. N. Prasad. ed. ddc BK 120162 120162 0 0 ddc 0 020_000000000000000_INF 0 NFIC 226266 DUL DUL GEN 1997-04-09 Purchased 020 INF 362398 2016-11-06 2016-11-06 BK