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The diffusion of educational technology in Indonesia: a multi‐faceted approach
Author(s) -
Ely Donald P
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1989.tb00730.x
Subject(s) - economic shortage , developing country , control (management) , public relations , sociology , political science , knowledge management , computer science , economic growth , management , economics , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Indonesia, like many developing countries, has problems of increasing numbers of students, shortage of qualified teachers, limited resources and strong support for traditional schooling. Educational technology has been introduced to help alleviate some of the problems and has been relatively successful over the past 15 years. A planned effort to use educational technology in appropriate ways began in the mid‐1970s and is still growing. Such success does not come easily. The lessons learned from this effort are explicitly stated in four categories: (1) cultural affairs (2) personnel and training (3) organisation and management and (4) leadership. Each ‘lesson’ is stated as a principle or guideline. Conclusions emphasise the importance of leadership, commitment, local control, long‐range planning and the presence of a communications satellite.