المستخلص: |
The use of ICT in education and development of Arabic digital content in Arab countries face a number of obstacles, which are of technical, economic, socio-cultural, political, and legislative in nature. Because of the limited scope of this paper, only those related to (1) hardware, (2) software industry, and (3) Arabic language have been dealt with. To improve the utilization of ICT in education and the production and distribution of Arabic digital content, Arab countries need to introduce major changes in educational curricula and offer them on the internet, the major ones being as follows: the eradication of computer illiteracy among teachers, students, and administrators in educational sector, the provision of schools with appropriate computer hardware and internet access, and reliance on open source software at all educational levels; development and deployment of the concepts, tools, and software of self-learning; and finally the strengthening of the partnership between school, home, community by utilizing available technology.
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