ABSTRACT
This revised and updated edition of Open and Distance Learning in the Developing World sets the expansion of distance education in the context of general educational change and explores its use for basic and non-formal education, schooling, teacher training and higher education.
Engaging with a range of topics, this comprehensive overview includes new material on:
- non-formal education: mass-communication approaches to education about HIV/AIDS and recent literacy work in India, South Africa, and Zambia
- schooling: new research projects in open schooling in Asia and subsaharan Africa, and interactive radio instruction in South Africa
- the impact of new technology and globalisation: learning delivered through the internet and mobile learning
- the political economy: international agencies, the role of private sector, and funding.
With its critical appraisal of the facts and examination of data about effectiveness, this book provides answers to problems and poses key questions for the consideration of policy makers, educational practitioners and all professionals involved in implementing and delivering sustainable open and distance learning.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |14 pages
Introduction: golden goose or ugly duckling
part |109 pages
Evidence
chapter |17 pages
Nonformal education: the light that never shone
chapter |23 pages
Schooling: the door is ajar
chapter |25 pages
Teachers: educating the largest profession
chapter |32 pages
Higher education: beyond the courtyard wall
chapter |11 pages
Crossborder enrolment: virtually wandering scholars
part |71 pages
Explanation
chapter |21 pages
Costs: what the figures say
chapter |14 pages
Technology: after Gutenberg and Turing
chapter |20 pages
Globalisation: and culture follows trade
chapter |15 pages
Political economy: who benefits, who pays?
part |10 pages
Evaluation