Recurring Issues Encountered by Distance Educators in Developing and Emerging Nations

This article explores a number of challenges faced by e-learning or distance educators in developing and emerging countries, provides a context for many of the challenges, and outlines some measures devised to overcome them. These educators must determine a sound rationale for employing online learn...

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Autores principales:	Clayton R. Wright, Gajaraj Dhanarajan, Sunday A. Reju
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2009
Materias:	quality assurance distance education international developing nations development Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c5d3c125842d42ea8710f4bddc99a1f92021-12-02T19:26:05ZRecurring Issues Encountered by Distance Educators in Developing and Emerging Nations10.19173/irrodl.v10i1.6081492-3831https://doaj.org/article/c5d3c125842d42ea8710f4bddc99a1f92009-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/608https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This article explores a number of challenges faced by e-learning or distance educators in developing and emerging countries, provides a context for many of the challenges, and outlines some measures devised to overcome them. These educators must determine a sound rationale for employing online learning, recognize that technology is only part of the educational transformation process, address the lack of infrastructure and the cost of internet bandwidth and equipment, counter the cultural imperialism of courseware from Western nations, deal with limited educational resources, place a greater emphasis on quality assurance systems and change negative perceptions of distance education, respond to the needs and concerns of both students and faculty, access or develop up-to-date educational resources, and consider the implementation of mobile learning. The continued growth and success of distance education in developing and emerging nations will depend on the extent to which issues covered in this article are addressed as they bear on the quality of the learning experience provided to students.Clayton R. WrightGajaraj DhanarajanSunday A. RejuAthabasca University Pressarticlequality assurancedistance educationinternationaldeveloping nationsdevelopmentSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2009)
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description	This article explores a number of challenges faced by e-learning or distance educators in developing and emerging countries, provides a context for many of the challenges, and outlines some measures devised to overcome them. These educators must determine a sound rationale for employing online learning, recognize that technology is only part of the educational transformation process, address the lack of infrastructure and the cost of internet bandwidth and equipment, counter the cultural imperialism of courseware from Western nations, deal with limited educational resources, place a greater emphasis on quality assurance systems and change negative perceptions of distance education, respond to the needs and concerns of both students and faculty, access or develop up-to-date educational resources, and consider the implementation of mobile learning. The continued growth and success of distance education in developing and emerging nations will depend on the extent to which issues covered in this article are addressed as they bear on the quality of the learning experience provided to students.
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Recurring Issues Encountered by Distance Educators in Developing and Emerging Nations

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