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Toward Web 2.0 Integration in Indonesian Education: Challenges and Planning Strategies

Toward Web 2.0 Integration in Indonesian Education: Challenges and Planning Strategies

Agus Mutohar, Joan E. Hughes
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781466625150|ISBN10: 1466625155|EISBN13: 9781466625167
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2515-0.ch008
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Mutohar, Agus, and Joan E. Hughes. "Toward Web 2.0 Integration in Indonesian Education: Challenges and Planning Strategies." Cases on Web 2.0 in Developing Countries: Studies on Implementation, Application, and Use, edited by Nahed Amin Azab, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 198-221. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2515-0.ch008

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Mutohar, A. & Hughes, J. E. (2013). Toward Web 2.0 Integration in Indonesian Education: Challenges and Planning Strategies. In N. Azab (Ed.), Cases on Web 2.0 in Developing Countries: Studies on Implementation, Application, and Use (pp. 198-221). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2515-0.ch008

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Mutohar, Agus, and Joan E. Hughes. "Toward Web 2.0 Integration in Indonesian Education: Challenges and Planning Strategies." In Cases on Web 2.0 in Developing Countries: Studies on Implementation, Application, and Use, edited by Nahed Amin Azab, 198-221. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2515-0.ch008

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Abstract

Numerous efforts have been made to reform education to address globalization both in developed and developing countries. The integration of technology in education has been one vital reform effort in developing countries to prepare graduates for 21st century workplaces, which are digitally robust. Web 2.0 technologies are becoming prominent educational and workplace tools. This literature review of Indonesian government policies, NGO initiative reports, and contemporary research explores the integration of Web 2.0 in Indonesian education using an ecological perspective by introducing the Indonesian national educational policy and laws, describing national and non-government organizations’ initiatives focused on Web 2.0 integration, identifying salient national and local challenges preventing Web 2.0 integration, and proposing strategies for future planning and research. Challenges identified include lack of technological facilities, an absence of technology standards in education, a standardized testing culture, lack of coordination between government levels (national to local), lack of professional development, and a need for strong school technology leadership. The authors recommend Indonesia engage in comprehensive, visionary planning for Web 2.0 integration with strategies to meet local needs, invest in professional development and technology specialist positions, and advance mobile Web 2.0 computing and BYOT/D initiatives. Future research could examine how ecological factors at the national, provincial, and local levels coordinate to best establish Web 2.0 integration in education at the school level.

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