1.2.2 Timely access to new resources

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In addition, broadband connectivity has the potential to reduce the time needed for new policies, curricula, and research tools to become available to students.

Generally, the delivery of books, videos -- even multimedia instructional materials delivered on CD-ROM or DVD -- lags behind the development of those materials, particularly in developing countries and rural areas.  Broadband connectivity can serve as an equalizer, making current, and even experimental, materials more readily available to educators in a timely fashion.

Moreover, broadband connectivity enables interactivity not only among students, or between students and teachers.  It can even allow the teachers’ and students’ use of online resources to inform content developers as they update existing resources and develop new tools. 

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