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“Decreasing Cultural Disparity in Educational ICTs:Tools and Recommendations ”- Andrea EDMUNDSON, Turkish Online Journal of DE

Introduction: Education is an important component of any nation’s development process (UNDP, 2001). With the expansion of educational technologies, more developing countries are experimenting with such technologies and related programs to expand educational opportunities for their populations. However, stakeholders in educational programs have expressed concern that levels of access in developing countries to information and communication technologies (ICTs), the foundation of educational technologies, could generate inequitable educational opportunities (Burbules & Callister, 2000; Haywood, 1995; Lax, 2001; Lelliott, Pendlebury, & Enslin, 2000; McLoughlin, 2000; Rosen, 1998). In addition, targeted learners may experience inequitable learning outcomes if they are expected to use educational ICTs produced in another culture or country (DeFillippi, 2001; Henderson, 1996; Lu, Walker, & Huang, 1999; McLoughlin, 1999).

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