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A follow up to the APEC - wide project
on "Technology for Learning and Culture in the APEC Region 2020".
Education reform in Thailand had been on the rise with the advent of the
Education Act, B.E. 2542 (1999). Its section 9 was devoted to the promise
of information technology development in order to reduce knowledge gap,
increase education delivery efficiency and open new opportunities for
learning. Yet the macro policy of IT for education development remained
unclear, not mentioning the detail for implementation in far-reached communities.
Dr Pichet Durongkaveroj, the Thai foresight sectoral project leader and
advisor to the president of King
Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) wrote this foresight
project with an objective to look, into year 2012, at various possibilities
of how IT could shape the teaching and learning modes in far-reached communities.
The project engaged the Office of the National Education Council extensively
in the planning and implementation process, as well as community leaders.
The project expected to derive at IT development strategies suitable to
different communities, with full regard of participation and needs of
those communities.
Project leader:
Dr. Pichet Durongkaveroj, Advisor to the President of KMUTT
Objectives: to review the current
and related technological development to envisage future scenario(s) of
the Thai educational setting to looking into strategic planning for IT
for education
Methodology: Scenario Planning
Time frame:
October 2001-June 2002
Funding: the Center has awarded a
grant of 700,000 baht
This research project has been operated successfully.
The results of the research study produced concrete outputs and outcomes.
For more information, please contact Dr. Pichet Durongkaveroj at pichet@kmutt.ac.th
or Ms Kasina Olarnriksupuck at kasina@nstda.or.th.
Number of Visits since 13 February 2003:
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