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Direct linkAndrew Hope – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2015
The introduction of widespread school Internet access in industrialised countries has been accompanied by the materialisation of what can be labelled as a national school e-safety agenda. Drawing upon Foucault's notions of discourse and governmentality, this paper explores how e-safety policy documents serve to constrain the conceptual…
Descriptors: Policy Analysis, Information Policy, Information Security, Social Control
Download full textCanadian Council on Learning, 2009
The objective of this report is to improve Canadians' understanding of e-learning--particularly of the challenges, limitations and benefits--so that Canada may move forward in appropriate and relevant ways. Levels of adoption of e-learning have been significantly slower than predicted. This report also identifies areas related to e-learning where…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Internet, Technology Integration
Deal, Mark – Disability & Society, 2007
Blatant forms of prejudice towards disabled people appear to be disappearing in the UK. However, subtle forms of prejudice remain and may be highly damaging to the achievement of the vision of disabled people being "respected and included as equal members of society". In order to assist placing subtle forms of prejudice within a…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Social Bias, Civil Rights
Peer reviewedHowcroft, Debra; Mitev, Nathalie – Internet Research, 2000
Considers the use of information technology in the UK (United Kingdom) National Health Service (NHS) as the government pledges to connect every doctor or general practitioner to the NHS's information superhighway by the year 2002. Uses a case study to social and technical considerations surrounding this issue. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Information Technology
Selwyn, Neil; Fitz, John – 2000
This paper looks at private interest involvement in education Information and Communications Technology (ICT) policymaking and implementation in the United Kingdom, using the National Grid for Learning (NGfL), an initiative to connect every U.K. school to the Internet and create an online connected learning community of teachers and students with…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Educational Cooperation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Yeomans, Keith – 1996
Policymakers and practitioners in electronic communication and education in the United States and Canada were interviewed to identify those policies, strategies, and models of good practice used to increase access to learning via electronic communications that are relevant to the United Kingdom and Europe. Information was gathered from 5 experts…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Distance Education, Educational Cooperation
Cook, John; Light, Ann – E-Learning, 2006
The United Kingdom and other governments have demonstrated faith in information and communications technology (ICT) as a means of achieving a participative and inclusive society through various high-profile initiatives. It is also claimed that ICT or e-learning can bring about new patterns of power and participation for excluded learners. In this…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Power Structure
