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All-Africa Ministers' Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education
1 – 4 February 2004Cape Town, South Africa
DISTANCE EDUCATION: IS IT STILL RELEVANT IN 2004?
Sir John DanielAssistant Director-General for Education
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The King is dead
Long live the King!
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Continuity
Change
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The King is dead
Long live the King!
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Doubts about DE
1) Changing Technology
Changing Nomenclature
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WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Virtual e
ducatio
n
Online learning
Distrib
uted ed
ucation
Flexible learning
e-learning
Open learning
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Doubts about DE
2) Use of DE techniques
in the classroom
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All-Africa Ministers' Conference on Open Open LearningLearning and Distance EducationDistance Education
1 – 4 February 2004Cape Town, South Africa
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The International Council for
Correspondence
Education
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The International Council for
Distance
Education
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The International Council for
Open and Distance
Education
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open universities(purpose)
distance education(practice)
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Distance education has achieved one of
the rare revolutions in the history of education.
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COST
AC
CE
SS
QU
ALITY
The Eternal Triangle of Education
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COST
ACCESS QUALITY
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Example
OPEN
UNIVERSITIES
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The Indira Gandhi National Open University
(IGNOU)
- one million students
- one of the top ten Indian universities for teaching quality
- low costs
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BRITAIN’S TOP NINE UNIVERSITIES
Quality Rankings of Teaching
based on all subject assessments 1995-2003(Sunday Times University Guide 2003)
1 CAMBRIDGE 96%
2 LOUGHBOROUGH 95%
3= LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS 88%
3= YORK 88%
5 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY 87%
6 OXFORD 86%
7 IMPERIAL COLLEGE 82%
8 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 77%
9 ESSEX 77%
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THE SECRET:
deconstruct
the
educational process
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The Educational Process
- Design
- Plan
- Implement
- Evaluate
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The Educational Process
- Design
- Plan
- Implement
- Evaluate
all done by the teacher
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The Educational Process
- Design ---
- Plan ---
- Implement ---
- Evaluate ---
division
of
labour
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THE SECRET:
deconstruct
the
learning process
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Two types oflearning
activities:
INDEPENDENT
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Two types oflearning
activities:
INDEPENDENT
INTERACTIVE
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Balance:
INDEPENDENT
INTERACTIVE
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COST
ACCESS QUALITY
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INDEPENDENTINDEPENDENT
- listen to radio
- multi-media
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INDEPENDENTINDEPENDENT
= Economies of scalesuch as:- printing books- broadcasting TV- downloading software
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INDEPENDENTINDEPENDENT
= QUALITY of scalesuch as:- printing books- broadcasting TV- downloading software
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Balance:
INDEPENDENT
INTERACTIVE
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INTERACTIVE
=
PEOPLE
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INTERACTIVE
=
PEOPLE(division of labour)
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Can
INTERACTIONINTERACTION
occur through
INDEPENDENTINDEPENDENT
media?
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APPLICATION
TO
AFRICA
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UNISA
is an African
MEGA-UNIVERSITY
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NIGERIAN OPEN U
will be an African
MEGA-UNIVERSITY
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INDEPENDENTINDEPENDENTmediamedia
have falling costs
- webcasting- broadcasting TV/radio- downloading software
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COL and UNESCO
are encouraging the
OPEN COURSEWAREOPEN COURSEWARE
movement
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African Virtual University
Virtual University of SmallStates of the Commonwealth
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Teacher training/retraining
=
a vital application ofDISTANCE EDUCATION
for Africa
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Do not be traumatised
by thedigital divide!
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WANTED!!WANTED!!- clear thinking- good organisation- specialisation- division of labour- teamwork
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COST
AC
CE
SS
QU
ALITY
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COST
ACCESS QUALITY
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All-Africa Ministers' Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education
DISTANCE EDUCATION IS VERY RELEVANT
TO AFRICA IN 2004!
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