Guide to Measuring Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education

Following the World Summits on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva (2003) and Tunis (2005), the Partnership for Measuring Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Development requested from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics a framework of indicators on information and communication technologies (ICT) use in education. This manual presents a set of internationally comparable indicators on the use of ICT in education, along with standardised definitions of key concepts, detailed measurement specifications, and practical guidance on appropriate interpretation of the indicators. The proposed set of new indicators covers a wider range of conceptual domains than a previous framework, and will address policy needs at both national and international levels (e.g. WSIS, Millennium Development Goals, and Education for All). They provide multiple angles for the assessment of ICT penetration in education systems in a comparative perspective.

The Table of contents includes the following:

• Foreword
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Abbreviations
  
• Executive summary
  
  1. Introduction
     
  2. ICT in education policy frameworks
     
  3. Review of literature on ICT in education
     
  4. Conceptual framework for the development of ICT in education indicators
     
  5. Expanded list of internationally comparable indicators and methodological implications: a) Scope of indicators and rationale; b) Proposed new indicators on ICT in education; c) Supplementary indicators on ICT in education; d) Criteria for prioritizing indicators
     
  6. Conclusion
     
  • References
    
  • Appendix I. Prototype Questionnaire on Statistics of ICT in Education
    
  • Appendix II. Definitions
    
  • Appendix III. Classifications of ICT-related fields from Fields of Education and Training Manual
    
  • Appendix IV. International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) classification of levels of study