ICTs in rural Ghana: bringing schools and communities together?

Could information communication technologies (ICTs) improve learning in rural Africa? When exposed to new technology, how do children, adults and teachers use it to represent their lives and opportunities? Research from the University of Sussex’s Centre of International Education shows what happened when residents of a Ghanaian village were given their first chance to collect and show digital images of their lives. The study not only brought out attitudes towards ICTs and the community’s problematic interaction with currently available schooling, but also explored the implications of technological change for development initiatives.