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Barriers to effective use of open educational resources in developing countries

Tony Bates — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:46:52 +0000

Hatakka, M. (2009) Build it and they will come? Inhibiting factors for re-use of open content in developing countries The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, Vol. 37. No. 5, pp. 1-16

From the abstract:

Despite the benefits of open content the usage is very low in developing countries and understanding why content developers choose not to use open content is the first step towards finding a solution to the problem. Which inhibiting factors for reuse do content developers in developing countries experience with open content? To answer the question interviews, questionnaires and observations have been made with content developers from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and from UNESCO Open Training Platform.

Hakka identifies 11 inhibiting factors. Read the full article for more.

A report on UNESCO’s 2009 World Conference on Higher Education

Tony Bates — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:53:42 +0000

Redden, E. (2009) ‘An Academic Revolution’ Inside Higher Education, July 8

This is a report on the first day of a large UNESCO conference on the implications of global trends in higher education. Points reported include:

1. Increasing demand for higher education (enrolments up 50% globally in 10 years) and fears about the impact on quality

2. A huge growth in private higher education: 30% of enrolments worldwide

3. The potential of technology to enable John Daniel’s ‘triangle’ of access, quality and cost to be stretched

4. Trends in African higher education, in particular “African universities are essentially consumers of knowledge produced in developed countries” (Blade Nzimande, South Africa’s minister of higher education and training)

5. Trends in global mobility.

The Economics of Educational Media Vol. 2 Cost and effectiveness

admin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:02:53 +0000

UNESCO (1980) The Economics of Educational Media Vol. 2 Cost and effectiveness Paris: UNESCO

The Economics of Educational Media Vol. 3 Cost and effectiveness overview and synthesis

admin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:02:30 +0000

UNESCO (1982) The Economics of Educational Media Vol. 3 Cost and effectiveness overview and synthesis Paris: UNESCO

National Strategies For E-Learning In Post-Secondary Education And Training

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:41:46 +0000

This booklet, written for educational policy-makers in both more and less economically advanced countries, provides an analysis of the effects of ICTs on education and training, and identifies a number of strategies for national or regional policy-makers. Particular attention is paid to the costs and training required to sustain effective e-learning, and to the connection between national telecommunications policies and e-learning. There is also a focus on the impact of cross-border provision of education and the implications for national and regional governments. This booklet is essential reading for any government policy-maker with responsibilities for modernizing national or regional post-secondary education systems.

National Strategies For E-Learning In Post-Secondary Education And Training Paris: IIEP/UNESCO, 2002

Dowload free from Unesco

Contents
Preface

Acknowledgements

List of figures

1: The growth of e-learning technologies: revolution or evolution?
2: What is needed to support e-learning technologies?
3: Building on the existing post-secondary education infrastructure
4: Alternative national e-learning strategies
5: The costs and benefits of e-learning
6: Funding strategies
7. Policy issues for national leaders

Appendix 1: Summary of research into the costs of e-learning

References

Index

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