eprintid: 6827
rev_number: 10
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datestamp: 2013-05-29 05:50:59
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Dileepkumar, G
creators_name: Holz-Clause, M
creators_name: Aruna Sai, K
creators_name: et al, .
icrisatcreators_name: Dileepkumar, G
affiliation: Iowa State University(Iowa)
country: USA
title: A Theoretical Framework for Rural Knowledge Centers
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
full_text_status: public
keywords: rural knowledge centers, framework, knowledge management, ICT for development
abstract: Exponential growth in ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) and establishment of RKCs (Rural 
Knowledge Centers) have been fast spreading across the globe. In the continuous process, there are tens of 
thousands of RKCs are being established by various agencies, to provide shared public access to ICTs for meeting 
educational, social, personal, economic and entertainment needs of the rural community. As most of these 
initiatives are relatively new, there are mixed opinions on the social and economic impacts of RKCs. There is also 
lack of good understanding on the conceptual and theoretical framework for planning and designing of RKCs. The 
authors conducted a study to fill this information gap by assessing selected ICT4D (ICT for development) project 
sites in rural India. Through the systemic analysis of the data and continuous interpretation of the observations, the 
study proposes a framework for planning and designing of RKCs. In this paper, the authors present the study 
results, and discuss the evolution process of RKCs and factors that influences planning and designing of RKCs. 
date: 2011
date_type: published
publication: US-China Education Review
pagerange: 1-9
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1548-6613 
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   Dileepkumar, G and Holz-Clause, M and Aruna Sai, K and et al, .  (2011) A Theoretical Framework for Rural Knowledge Centers.  US-China Education Review.  pp. 1-9.  ISSN 1548-6613      
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/6827/1/12-A_Theoretical_Framework_For_Rural_Knowledge_Centers-Revised.pdf