This paper argues that the gulf between what could be done and what is actually being done by distance education in the Third World will remain. An examination of the literature readily available in Australia about distance education in the Third World indicates that the promise of distance education, which is expressed in the rhetoric, is that it can assist Third World development because it is a vehicle of large scale, quality education, effecting social equality in a cost- efficient manner. A critical analysis of the same literature, however, demonstrates that the evidence does not indicate that in reality this has been, or will be, achieved. Such an analysis also indicates that distance education as presently practised in the Third Worl...
Distance education is an important policy option for educational planners in the developing countrie...
Education systems, educational institutions and educational professions, including those of distance...
Offering education by distance provides an important sociological tool for equalising opportunities ...
The article addresses two overlapping themes: Distance Education for Development and Distance Educat...
The argument for distance education (including e-learning) in developing countries could be imagined...
This study focuses on the experiences of a group of educators engaged in a professional development ...
The paper begins by outlining the rationale and objectives of the research. It reviews the progress ...
This review article follows the author’s participation in the International DEASA Conference held in...
New computer and telecommunications technologies offer the possibility of global access to education...
The contemporary global economy places great value on highly educated workers but devalues workers i...
Survival in a knowledge economy demands the acquisition of high quality education and specialist ski...
Knowledge has become an increasingly important determinant of the wealth of nations and access to k...
Education is of extreme importance as it is key to equipping the workforce with the skills needed to...
The present paper aims to review distance learning in the context of present definitions, technologi...
This article explores a number of challenges faced by e-learning or distance educators in developing...
Distance education is an important policy option for educational planners in the developing countrie...
Education systems, educational institutions and educational professions, including those of distance...
Offering education by distance provides an important sociological tool for equalising opportunities ...
The article addresses two overlapping themes: Distance Education for Development and Distance Educat...
The argument for distance education (including e-learning) in developing countries could be imagined...
This study focuses on the experiences of a group of educators engaged in a professional development ...
The paper begins by outlining the rationale and objectives of the research. It reviews the progress ...
This review article follows the author’s participation in the International DEASA Conference held in...
New computer and telecommunications technologies offer the possibility of global access to education...
The contemporary global economy places great value on highly educated workers but devalues workers i...
Survival in a knowledge economy demands the acquisition of high quality education and specialist ski...
Knowledge has become an increasingly important determinant of the wealth of nations and access to k...
Education is of extreme importance as it is key to equipping the workforce with the skills needed to...
The present paper aims to review distance learning in the context of present definitions, technologi...
This article explores a number of challenges faced by e-learning or distance educators in developing...
Distance education is an important policy option for educational planners in the developing countrie...
Education systems, educational institutions and educational professions, including those of distance...
Offering education by distance provides an important sociological tool for equalising opportunities ...