EDU B23790

• Recently published as a part of COL’s “Perspectives on Distance Education” series, “Telecentres: Case Studies and Key Issues” is an invaluable reference on community- and information technology-based telecentres in support of education and socio-economic development. It provides insights on management, operations, applications and evaluation of such centres and is the first book to be published providing such a global outlook on this important topic.
  
  The book opens with a global overview of the multipurpose community telecentre movement and discusses the key issues of ownership, management, operational models and sustainability. There follows a series of case studies of telecentres drawn from Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.
  
  The final chapters draw on the experiences, insights and findings of some of the world’s leading experts in telecentres in regard to evaluation, teleworking, training telecentre managers and staff, and selecting and using technology.
  
  The book offers an unparalleled range of information and advice on the organisation and running of telecentres. It has been designed for policy-makers, centre managers and all of those in education, training, health and community development who are keen to serve urban, peri-urban, rural and other disadvantaged communities for which access to education and information means access to a better future.
  
  Editors Professor Colin Latchem (formerly head of the Teaching Learning
  
  Group at Curtin University, Western Australia) and Mr. David Walker
  
  (Education Specialist, Educational Technology, COL) have worked with 23
  
  chapter authors to provide this valuable resource. 272 pages