DocumentCode
148540
Title
Looking for sustainable software for education in developing countries
Author
Munoz-Hemandez, Susana
Author_Institution
Comput. Sci. Sch., Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
fYear
2014
fDate
3-5 April 2014
Firstpage
1108
Lastpage
1111
Abstract
It is a priority to use new technologies in education at developing countries. There are plenty of software that is used at schools and higher education. Universities and non governmental organizations (NGOs) that work with partners from developing countries usually trust in the advantages of software applications for e-learning, b-learning or software applications for practical laboratories or administrative issues. It is curious that sometimes many institutions in our own (developed) countries take plenty of wrong decisions related the software that is used in education. But in this paper we are not going to talk about the software that should be used in education in general because it depends on the situation and context of each particular educational institution but we are going to discuss about a set of popular mistakes that are made again and again by institutions (universities from developed countries, NGOs, foundations, volunteer collaborators, etc.) when software applications are developed of just installed in educational education projects.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational institutions; further education; organisational aspects; NGO; developing countries; e-learning; education countries; educational education projects; educational institution; higher education; non governmental organizations; software applications; sustainable software; Conferences; Cultural differences; Engineering education; development of education; engaging and retaining human talent to engineering; global education issues; teaching & learning experiences in engineering education;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location
Istanbul
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826248
Filename
6826248
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