Educational superhighways ‐ in the public or private interest?
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Internet Research
- Vol. 9 (3) , 225-231
- https://doi.org/10.1108/10662249910274629
Abstract
Considers the world‐wide emergence of “educational superhighway” policies: government programmes aiming to connect school systems to the Internet ‐ and explores their relevance to education. By examining the key actors and motives behind educational Internet initiatives the paper argues that such policies are primarily economically not educationally driven. The implications of this are then considered in the light of increasing global information priorities.Keywords
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