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The King is dead Long live the King!

All-Africa Ministers' Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education 1 – 4 February 2004 Cape Town, South Africa DISTANCE EDUCATION: IS IT STILL RELEVANT IN 2004?  Sir John Daniel Assistant Director-General for Education. The King is dead Long live the King!. Continuity Change.

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The King is dead Long live the King!

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  1. All-Africa Ministers' Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education1 – 4 February 2004Cape Town, South Africa DISTANCE EDUCATION: IS IT STILL RELEVANT IN 2004?  Sir John DanielAssistant Director-General for Education

  2. The King is dead Long live the King!

  3. Continuity Change

  4. The King is dead Long live the King!

  5. Doubts about DE • Changing Technology • Changing Nomenclature

  6. WHAT’S IN A NAME? Open learning Virtual education Online learning e-learning Distributed education Flexible learning

  7. Doubts about DE 2) Use of DE techniques in the classroom

  8. All-Africa Ministers' Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education1 – 4 February 2004Cape Town, South Africa

  9. The International Council for Correspondence Education

  10. The International Council for Distance Education

  11. The International Council for Open and Distance Education

  12. open universities • (purpose) • distance education • (practice)

  13. Distance education has achieved one of the rare revolutions in the history of education.

  14. The Eternal Triangle of Education ACCESS QUALITY COST

  15. ACCESS QUALITY COST

  16. Example OPEN UNIVERSITIES

  17. The Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU) • - one million students • one of the top ten Indian universities for teaching quality • low costs

  18. 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% • OXFORD 86% • IMPERIAL COLLEGE 82% • UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 77% • ESSEX 77%

  19. THE SECRET: deconstruct the educational process

  20. The Educational Process • Design • Plan • Implement • Evaluate

  21. The Educational Process • Design • Plan • Implement • Evaluate all done by the teacher

  22. The Educational Process • Design --- • Plan --- • Implement --- • Evaluate --- division of labour

  23. THE SECRET: deconstruct the learning process

  24. Two types oflearning activities: INDEPENDENT

  25. Two types oflearning activities: INDEPENDENT INTERACTIVE

  26. Balance: INDEPENDENT INTERACTIVE

  27. ACCESS QUALITY COST

  28. INDEPENDENT - listen to radio - multi-media

  29. INDEPENDENT = Economies of scalesuch as:- printing books- broadcasting TV- downloading software

  30. INDEPENDENT = QUALITYof scalesuch as:- printing books- broadcasting TV- downloading software

  31. Balance: INDEPENDENT INTERACTIVE

  32. INTERACTIVE = PEOPLE

  33. INTERACTIVE = PEOPLE (division of labour)

  34. Can INTERACTION occur through INDEPENDENT media?

  35. APPLICATION TO AFRICA

  36. UNISA is an African MEGA-UNIVERSITY

  37. NIGERIAN OPEN U will be an African MEGA-UNIVERSITY

  38. INDEPENDENTmedia have falling costs - webcasting- broadcasting TV/radio- downloading software

  39. COL and UNESCO are encouraging the OPEN COURSEWARE movement

  40. African Virtual University Virtual University of SmallStates of the Commonwealth

  41. Teacher training/retraining = a vital application ofDISTANCE EDUCATIONfor Africa

  42. Do not be traumatised by thedigital divide!

  43. WANTED!! - clear thinking- good organisation- specialisation- division of labour- teamwork

  44. ACCESS QUALITY COST

  45. ACCESS QUALITY COST

  46. All-Africa Ministers' Conference on Open Learning and Distance EducationDISTANCE EDUCATION IS VERY RELEVANT TO AFRICA IN 2004!

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