Use of ICT in education in the South Pacific: Findings of the Pacific eLearning Observatory

Distance Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-70

  Whelan, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Development; Education; ICT; Indicators; Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849152600     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587910802004845     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Brandjes, D. (2002). School networking in the Pacific island states: An environmental scan and plan for the establishment of schoolnets for the Pacific island states. Vancouver, Canada: Commonwealth of Learning.
2. Bridges Consulting. (2005). Comparison of e-readiness assessment models and tools (updated). Retrieved November 17, 2007, from http://www.bridges.org/files/active/0/ereadiness_tools_bridges_ 10Mar05. pdf
3. Department for Children, Schools and Families (DfES). (1999). Statistics of education: Survey of information and communications technology in schools. Statistical Bulletin, 13(99). Retrieved January 28, 2008, from http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SBU/b000125/76x.htm
4. Haberkorn, G. (2004). Pacific Island populations 2004: Part 1. Retrieved September 17, 2007, from http://www.spc.int/demog/en/stats/2004/ Pacific%20Island%20Populations%202004.xls
5. Hara, N. (1998). Students' perspectives in a Web-based distance education course. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. Retrieved November 27, 2007, from http://ils.unc.edu/~haran/paper/mwera98.htm
6. HELIOS. (n.d.). European eLearning Observation System. January 28, 2008, from http://www.education-observatories.net/helios/
7. InfoDev. (2005). E-ready for what? E-readiness in developing countries: Current status and prospects toward the Millennium Development Goals. Retrieved November 17, 2007, from http://www.infodev.org/files/ 2049_file_InfoDev_E_Rdnss_Rpt_rev11May05.pdf
8. INSIGHT. (2000-2007). European Schoolnet. Retrieved September 1, 2007, from http://insight.eun.org
9. Internet World Stats. (2007). Internet usage and population in Oceania. Retrieved September 1, 2007, from http://www.internetworldstats. com/stats6.htm
10. Kleiner, A., & Farris, E. (2002). Internet access in U.S. public schools and classrooms: 1994-2001. Washington, DC: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 2, 2006, from http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002018.pdf
11. MINOCW. (2004). ICT - Education monitor in the Netherlands, 2001-2002. Ministry of Education, Netherlands. Retrieved September 2, 2007, from the Ministry of Education, Netherlands, Web site: http://www.minocw.nl/ english/doc/2004/EngelsV4.pdf
12. Muilenburg, L.Y., & Berge, Z.L. (2001). Barriers to distance education: A factor-analytic study. American Journal of Distance Education, 15(2), 7-24.
13. Muilenburg, L., & Berge, Z. (2005). Student barriers to online learning: A factor analytic study. Distance Education, 26(1), 29-48.
14. Mungania, P. (2003). The seven e-learning barriers facing employees: Final report. Retrieved September 30, 2004, from http://www.masie.com/ researchgrants/2003/Mungania_Final_Report.pdf
15. Pawley, A. (2003). The need for a Pacific languages archive. Paper presented to the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures, University of Sydney, Australia. Retrieved September 17, 2007, from http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/viewabstract.php?id=45&cf=2
16. Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). (2007, November 9). SPC members welcome digital strategy. Retrieved January 28, 2008, from http://www.spc.int/corp/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id= 147&Itemid=1
17. SNAE. (1999). Schools and Computers 1999 - a quantitative picture. Swedish National Agency of Education. Retrieved July 2, 2006, from http://www.schoolnet.ca/home/e/documents/1999_Sweden_Computers_Schools_survey. pdf
18. UNESCO Bangkok. (2003). Metasurvey on the use of technologies in education in Asia and the Pacific. Retrieved September 2, 2007, from http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=1807
19. UNESCO Bangkok. (2007). Examples of ICT indicators for education. Retrieved September 2, 2007, from http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=825
20. Whittle, S. (2007, October 25). Putting a South Pacific island in touch with the world. Retrieved November 2, 2007, from http://www.guardian. co.uk/technology/2007/oct/25/internet.guardianweeklytechnologysection
21. Young, B.J. (2000). Gender difference in student attitudes toward computers. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 33(2), 204-217.