Case study on adaptability to ICT enabled childhood education in Sri Lanka

Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions, ICTer 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 112-116

  Kaleelur Rahuman, M A ^a   Wikramanayake, G N ^a   Hewagamage, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Childhood education; formal learning; ICT enabled learning; informal learning worldview; OLPC; parental view

Indexed keywords

ADAPTABILITY; CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; FORMAL LEARNING; ICT ENABLED LEARNING; INFORMAL LEARNING; OLPC; PARENTAL VIEW;

CURRICULA; LAPTOP COMPUTERS;

TEACHING;

EID: 82955173821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTer.2011.6075034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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