TY - BOOK ID - 698135 TI - ICTs and the Millennium Development Goals : A United Nations Perspective AU - Kaur, Harleen. AU - Tao, Xiaohui. PY - 2014 SN - 1489974393 1489974385 PB - New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Information technology KW - Economic aspects. KW - Information systems. KW - Information technology. KW - Medical records KW - Information Systems and Communication Service. KW - IT in Business. KW - Health Informatics. KW - Data processing. KW - EHR systems KW - EHR technology KW - EHRs (Electronic health records) KW - Electronic health records KW - Electronic medical records KW - EMR systems KW - EMRs (Electronic medical records) KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - IT (Information technology) KW - Technology KW - Telematics KW - Information superhighway KW - Knowledge management KW - Medical care KW - Computers. KW - Business—Data processing. KW - Health informatics. KW - Clinical informatics KW - Health informatics KW - Medical information science KW - Information science KW - Medicine KW - Automatic computers KW - Automatic data processors KW - Computer hardware KW - Computing machines (Computers) KW - Electronic brains KW - Electronic calculating-machines KW - Electronic computers KW - Hardware, Computer KW - Computer systems KW - Cybernetics KW - Machine theory KW - Calculators KW - Cyberspace KW - Data processing UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:698135 AB - This book attempts to create awareness about the UN-MDGs and how various ICT can be harnessed to appeal to different demographics. Current empirical evidence suggests that MDG awareness is relatively low particularly in developed countries, and that the levels of MDG awareness vary considerable across socioeconomic variables or demographics from United Nations perspective. It also examines how ICT can be used to bring about technical and social innovations strengthen livelihoods, support economic development, water and climate resilience and improve the education and health sectors and enhance development opportunities. Several studies are highlighted that reinforce the view that government support and private sector expertise and funding are important factors in ICT-based e-government solutions in developing countries. The book also builds on the thesis that a strong connection between competencies in mathematics, science, and information communication/technology is required to build logical concepts and critical thinking skills. It also examines the opportunities and barriers of promoting students’ learning skills, including communication, cooperation, collaboration and connection using the Wiki tool under the blackboard platform. Finally, the book also highlights the challenges involved in application of ICT in education. This is significant for educators in order to surmount these obstacles and consequently successfully incorporate ICT into the educational system. The chapters present the relevant literature on ICTs and the perceived barriers to ICT integration in basic education. They also focus on the implications of incorporating ICT in the basic educational system. The challenges confronting the integration of ICT in education are equally identified with a view to ensuring a more efficient application of ICT in attaining education for all. ER -