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In the early 1980’s the Dutch government started a policy stimulating the introduction of computers in education which ended in 1992. Currently the Dutch government considers new technologies to be part of regular educational practice not needing further national stimulation. This paper summarizes the results of a decade of stimulation policies in the Netherlands. Hardware and software availability and degree of computer use will be presented for primary education, lower secondary education and vocational educational and will related to policy measures taken on national level. The central theme of the paper is what can be learned from the past for future innovation activities.
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ten Brummelhuis, A.C.A. (1995). Lessons from a decade of policies for stimulating computer use in the Netherlands. In: Tinsley, J.D., van Weert, T.J. (eds) World Conference on Computers in Education VI. WCCE 1995. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34844-5_80
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