How do developing nations react to rapid conversion into information societies? This article examines the growth of information and communications technology in India, with the state’s universal internet access policy (part of its ‘IT for All’ initiative) at the center of its investigation. The rapid development of technology and access to telecommunications over the next decade is inevitable i...

The growing use of information and communications technologies in commerce and industry is once again encouraging debate and questioning of the development of students’ skills and knowledge in this domain. Whereas in the past, the debate has centred on school education, questions about ICT literacy are now being raised in the context of post-compulsory education. Post-compulsory education sits ...

Copyright © 2000, Idea Group Publishing. There is an emerging need for all sectors of society to find ways to optimize the opportunities which Information and Communications Technologies present. Research and development work in Information Systems and Information Technology has accepted a model of computing where the individual interacts directly with the computer and, through the computer and...

This paper links two perspectives on the problems of introducing information and communications technology (ICT) and ICT education to developing countries. Ongoing projects aimed at establishing ICT provision for Tumaini University in Tanzania have led to the identification of a strategy (‘the CATI model’) that aspires at contextualising ICT in a progressive fashion, through activities that can...

Technology already exists to capture and communicate a variety of information from motor vehicles. Automobiles are equipped with sensors and can reliably report their location, velocity, and condition via cellular telecommunications. Truck location tracking with global positioning systems is common, and prototype systems exist for characterizing surrounding traffic and roadway conditions. Given...