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Discussing the theme of policies, strategies and successful initiatives for Information and Communication Technology (ICT), one has to consider first the objectives. From these objectives, policies can be derived to meet the goals. Policies still are general statements, which have to be worked out in elements of strategy. In the last stage of elaborating on this theme the elements of strategy need to be made operational into activities and actions which might be the most successful to achieve the originally formulated objectives. We actually decided not to split up the discussion into the three levels of education - primary, secondary and tertiary education - in order to get a framework that could apply to all of these levels. So it was agreed to structure the discussion in the following four stages:
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definition of the targets, needs, objectives or goals one wants to achieve with respect to ICT in education — (the ‘why’);
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development from this of various aspects of policy making (the ‘what’);
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development of the strategy elements fitting to the policies (the ‘how’);
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implementation of the strategies by activities that might be most successful.
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Marshall, G., Ruohonen, M. (1998). Discussion Group 2 — Policies, strategies & initiatives of ICT in education. In: Marshall, G., Ruohonen, M. (eds) Capacity Building for IT in Education in Developing Countries. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35195-7_35
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