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