Study Guide 13

Objectives:

By the end of this session you should be able to:

1. Name three or four countries (not in North America) where distance learning is being used and describe the nature of the use and the learners being served;
2. Describe the adaptations of distance learning "models" used in North America and Europe to developing nations;
3. State the educational "problems" being solved by the use of distance learning; and
4. State reasons to justify the use of distance education in countries other than your own.

Read:

Moore and Kearsley, Chapter 11 International Perspectives

Refer to:

Koul and Jenkins, Distance Education: A Spectrum of Case Studies

Focus Questions:

1. Why is distance education more prevalent in developing countries of the World than in North America?
2. What are the similarities and differences between post-secondary distance education in North America and Europe and in the developing nations?
3. What delivery systems for distance education are especially appropriate for developing nations?
4. What distance learning examples have you encountered, in reading about developing nations, that are especially useful?