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ERIC Number: EJ573963
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1962
Linking Students around the World: The World Bank's New Educational Technology Program.
Carlson, Sam; Hawkins, Robert
Educational Technology, v38 n5 p57-60 Sep-Oct 1998
Describes the World Links for Development (WorLD) program, a World Bank effort to bring the Internet to 40 developing countries to connect 1500 secondary schools for collaborative project-based learning. Discusses the World Bank's role in development; program objectives, focus of training, financing, and goals; and lessons learned. (PEN)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Developing Nations, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange, Internet, Program Descriptions, Secondary Education, Student Projects, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Collaborative Learning; Linkage; World Bank