Non Refereed Papers IT for Developing Countries & Indigenous People BRIDGING THE REGIONAL DIVIDE – INTERACTIVE VIDEO AT

As part of its response to an increasing number of part-time students enrolling from around the country along with the notion that previously disadvantaged students have particular learning needs, the University of Namibia has developed distance learning initiatives at regional level that make us of interactive video (videoconferencing) equipment in order to afford these students the opportunity to gain access to higher education from various remote regions of the country. This paper describes the milieu in which these initiatives exist along with both the system configuration and the programmes that make use of the systems.Education in Namibia – a brief overview Prior to independence in 1990 Namibi