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Equal access to quality education and e-educational resources…
Capacity to buildPublic policy and administration
Digital Library
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ANGeL Center for Teaching &
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Global Development Alliances in Global Development Alliances in Higher Education: the Afghanistan Higher Education: the Afghanistan CaseCase
MITE/NROCMaria A. Beebe
WSU, International Research & Development1-2 March 2010
Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
StrengthenedAcademic disciplines
Standards of excellence
Equal access to quality Equal access to quality education and e-educational education and e-educational materialsmaterials
• Kabul University
• Kabul Polytechnic
• Kabul Medical• Nangarhar• Balkh• Herat• 14 provincial
(?)
Digital Library
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Learning
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Socio-political factorsSocio-political factors
• Geography• Ethnicity and language• Power struggles• Human development indicators• Islam• Higher education
Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
StrengthenedAcademic disciplines
Standards of excellence
Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
StrengthenedAcademic disciplines
Standards of excellence
Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
StrengthenedAcademic disciplines
Standards of excellence
Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
StrengthenedAcademic disciplines
Standards of excellence
Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
StrengthenedAcademic disciplines
Standards of excellence
Alliance factorsAlliance factors
• Networking• Coordination• Cooperation• Collaboration• Multiple roles• Leadership• Communication and the use of IT
Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
StrengthenedAcademic disciplines
Standards of excellence
Key strategies: alliances and ITKey strategies: alliances and IT
• University of Arizona– Development of the integrated
digital library platform– Development of library science
courses
• Private sector providers– Ebsco– Cambridge Review– Springerlink– Others
Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
StrengthenedAcademic disciplines
Standards of excellence
Key strategies: alliances and ITKey strategies: alliances and IT
• University of Western Cape– Development of the course
management system: ANGeL for Afghans NextGeneration effective/eLearning
• Washington State University– Development of a certificate in
eLearning
• Ministry of Communications– Localization
• NATO//University of Groningen– link up to NATO bandwidth
Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
StrengthenedAcademic disciplines
Standards of excellence
Key strategies: alliances and ITKey strategies: alliances and IT• Computer Science
– TU Berlin– Colgate University– University of Maryland– University of Western Cape
• Engineering– Ohio– Colorado– Hartford
• Public Policy and Administration – IIPA, TISS, TERI from India– Tokyo University from Japan– University of Washington
Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
StrengthenedAcademic disciplines
Standards of excellence
Integrated Digital LibraryIntegrated Digital Library
Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
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Course management softwareCourse management software
Digital Library
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ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
StrengthenedAcademic disciplines
Standards of excellence
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Digital Library
Effective elearning
ANGeL Center for Teaching &
Learning
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Alliance outcomesAlliance outcomes
• Students – use of IT, internships• Lecturers – use of IT, English, and use of
IT for teaching and learning• Lecturers going for masters scholarships
in the US, South Africa, Japan• Executive masters in public policy and
administration
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Learning
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Fathers learning course management Fathers learning course management systems, with sons helping to navigate systems, with sons helping to navigate computerscomputers
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Challenges for national Challenges for national educational developmenteducational development
• 3 years – not enough time• Sustained conversation is not
happening• Changing Interlocutors • National policies remain in flux
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Implications for educational Implications for educational policypolicy
• Accreditation• Credit system• E-learning• Sustainability in a fractured state
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