Computeralphabetisierung als Beitrag zu sozialer Inklusion Analyse des venezolanischen Bildungsprojekts "infocentros" anhand Mark Warschauers Modells des effektiven IKT-Zugangs
| Main Author: | Prassl, Anja |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | de |
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, 2007
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/10553/1/prassl.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/10553/ |
Daftar Isi:
- The development of the information society has created the digital divide, a gap between those who have access to the Internet and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and those who do not. On the basis of this idea, Mark Warschauer describes access to ICT and the ability to use it effectively as critical to social inclusion, enabling marginalized groups to fully participate in today’s society. The main aim of this thesis is to outline the correlation between the effective use of ICT and social inclusion by evaluating the public education program infocentros in Venezuela. Firstly, a review of current literature on the information society and the digital divide is undertaken. A resource model, proposed by Mark Warschauer, identifies four factors to be essential to the useful application of ICT, namely physical, digital, human and social resources. Subsequently, these factors are used to investigate whether the education project infocentros contributes to social integration within Venezuelan society or not. In addition to the literature research interviews are conducted with experts involved in the field of international development and South American contemporary history. The analysis of the program infocentros highlights that access to the Internet and ICT helped improve personal development on the users' individual level. Nevertheless, the "community development" in general could not be fostered due to missing involvement of the infocentros with an integrated development strategy. In conclusion, it was found that in the second phase of the project, based on a redefined strategy, the infocentros are involved more intensely with the communities' activities through participating in social programs of the Venezuelan government.