Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Costa Rica (Omar Dengo Foundation)

Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Costa Rica (Omar Dengo Foundation)

Since its creation over 25 years ago, the Omar Dengo Foundation (ODF) has played a critical role in developments related to use of educational technologies in schools in Costa Rica. The integration of technology in Costa Rican public schools took o...

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Main Author: Jimenez Iglesias, Carla
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
education technology
computers
ICT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/628141488306869169/Building-and-sustaining-national-ICT-education-agencies-lessons-from-Costa-Rica-Omar-Dengo-Foundation
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spelling okr-10986-262602021-05-25T08:58:18Z Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Costa Rica (Omar Dengo Foundation) Jimenez Iglesias, Carla education technology computers ICT Since its creation over 25 years ago, the Omar Dengo Foundation (ODF) has played a critical role in developments related to use of educational technologies in schools in Costa Rica. The integration of technology in Costa Rican public schools took off in 1987 with the creation by the Ministry of Public Education of the National Program of Educational Informatics, which became the flagship program of the newly created Omar Dengo Foundation. This paper explores the development of ODF as a key partner institution to the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Education and how changes in key legislation went hand-in-hand with ODF's growth and impact. It explores key lessons learned for policymakers looking for insights on how an external ICT/education agency can work productively in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Education and other government agencies to serve as main implementation agency for a large scale, national ICT in education initiative. 2017-03-15T16:10:37Z 2017-03-15T16:10:37Z 2016 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/628141488306869169/Building-and-sustaining-national-ICT-education-agencies-lessons-from-Costa-Rica-Omar-Dengo-Foundation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26260 English en_US SABER-ICT Technical Paper Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Costa Rica
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computers
ICT
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computers
ICT
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Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Costa Rica (Omar Dengo Foundation)
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description Since its creation over 25 years ago, the Omar Dengo Foundation (ODF) has played a critical role in developments related to use of educational technologies in schools in Costa Rica. The integration of technology in Costa Rican public schools took off in 1987 with the creation by the Ministry of Public Education of the National Program of Educational Informatics, which became the flagship program of the newly created Omar Dengo Foundation. This paper explores the development of ODF as a key partner institution to the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Education and how changes in key legislation went hand-in-hand with ODF's growth and impact. It explores key lessons learned for policymakers looking for insights on how an external ICT/education agency can work productively in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Education and other government agencies to serve as main implementation agency for a large scale, national ICT in education initiative.
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author Jimenez Iglesias, Carla
author_facet Jimenez Iglesias, Carla
author_sort Jimenez Iglesias, Carla
title Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Costa Rica (Omar Dengo Foundation)
title_short Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Costa Rica (Omar Dengo Foundation)
title_full Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Costa Rica (Omar Dengo Foundation)
title_fullStr Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Costa Rica (Omar Dengo Foundation)
title_full_unstemmed Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Costa Rica (Omar Dengo Foundation)
title_sort building and sustaining national ict/education agencies : lessons from costa rica (omar dengo foundation)
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/628141488306869169/Building-and-sustaining-national-ICT-education-agencies-lessons-from-Costa-Rica-Omar-Dengo-Foundation
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