Towards a Sustainable and lnclusive Society Through ICT in Education
Juvy Lizette M Gervaclo · 한국정책학회 추계학술발표논문집 · 2016
Governments have already recognized the potentials of utilizing information and communications technology (ICT) or e-learning in education; particularly in delivering capacity building and training programs for the public sector. it is said to directly impact not only on the delivery of basic goods and services, but also leads to better policy and regulatory environment. However, only a few governments have existing policies on open and distance e-learning. This is important in order to ensure that citizens will have better quality of online materials. This paper aims to look into the plans, policies and programs on the use of information and communications technology (ICT) as facilitation factor in providing more and better access of quality education to its citizens leading to a sustainable and inclusive society. Specifically, the paper will: a) identify the relevant plans, policies, programs and projects that facilitate the use of ICT in education in the Philippines which leads to a sustainable and inclusive society; b) discuss a program that use ICT for capacity building for the public sector; and c) determine issues and prospects in the use of ICT in education in the Philippines. The paper utilizes secondary data as it will review relevant documents on the plans, policies and programs of the Philippine governmet on the use of ICT in education. content analysis of the policies, programs and projects of the government that are related to LCT in education. Moreover, the online programs for the public sector of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) is also discussed in the paper in order to illustrate how LCT can be used in education.