12/20/10

Open Distance Learning and training - access to higher education in developing countries

A common challenge for developing economies or the lack of access to higher education for the development of human capital needed. For example, in Nigeria universities sub-sector with 1.1 million people, with about 75% of them with the minimum academic requirements to sit for the annual national college entrance examination organized, while the existing universities in Nigeria can only absorb about 220,000 new entrants. One can imagine the deficit andthe backlog of applicants this year, which is thrown into the education system to the market the opportunity to promote their careers.

In reality, this crisis in education and supplies, prompting the government to bridge the gap between the demand, the Nigerian government has taken over the years into a series of steps, the main intermediate 1999 and 2007. The government has realized that they could not meet the educational needs of the nation,invited the private sector in providing education to universities. Consequently 1999-2007 thirty-four private universities were established by the government with 15 of their license in 2005. The number of private universities increased to 41 in 2009.

these measures, the imbalance between supply and demand in higher education exist with, because private institutions of higher education together account for only 5% of the total number of studentsin the Nigerian university system with 27 universities, the Federal Office for about 70% of the total number of students. efforts were learning together from 2008 to the time of writing this article to engage the border cross-border cooperation in education and open distance learning. The University Commission then six universities identified on the dual-mode and single-mode universities for this project.

This approach has been faced with a series of workshops on e-learning that focuses on teaching the use of electronic media and devices to the Internet for large classes. These pioneers selected teachers of these colleges now train their colleagues, such as online classes. This project if successful is the preparation of the six institutes of distance education mode to record 50,000 students each individual can enroll 100,000 students.

The training focused on some majorly mode is selected to provide> Curriculum, using synchronous and asynchronous technologies as a means for the attainment of students. Most of these technologies in online course / project is covered by these categories.

the use of synchronous technologies in Titus and a messaging tool


Web-based VoIP
Telephone
Video conferencing
Web conferencing

asynchronous technologies


E-mail
Message Boards / Forums
Publications
Video cassettes / DVD

The seminar / course covers the useComputer and the Internet to access the contents of the supply can and smeared as an "blended", with content available electronically and remotely. The participants learned their students to fit new design and, of course, online distance learning courses. A model for study and design of a model online course for the different fields of study were introduced to be adapted for participants the unique characteristics of their students learn to adapt.

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