Abstract:

This paper presents an analysis of the relationship between information and communications technology (ICT) and democratization of education in rural contexts. This text is part of the research “Technology policies as a strategy for the inclusion and development of communities in the rural area of Usme in Bogotá”, which analyzes the impact of technologies' public policies on the development of communities located in rural areas of Bogotá (Colombia). The methodological approach involved the documentary review of the texts of public policy: on the one hand, those that promote the development of the rural sector and, on the other, the national technology policies. This approach shows that growthing of technological infrastructure and democratizing education are strategies to achieve development in educational context of rural peripheral areas to Bogotá. Then it's a priority for the objectives of the national policy, which affirms, from a deterministic perspective, that the inclusion of ICT in the education sector leads to the improvement of processes and the reduction of gaps between social groups.

Keywords:

Technology policies, rural development, democratizing education, ICT.