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ERIC EJ1069209: Future Trends of Educational Technology in Nigeria

Traditionally in rural Africa it was the drum, reports of gun shot, or perhaps the smoke of a burning bush that served as a primary form of communication. However it was Gutenberg's discovery of the printing press that paved the way for the age of mass communication. These methods were taken over by radio waves that communicate to millions of people at the same time. The television (big-media) was developed and has brought distant places closer together. Radio, cassettes, tape recorders, video, fax, e-mail and the computer have become the bedrock upon which the future of the development of Edu…