Successful Distance Education Programs In Sub-Saharan Africa

Authors : John LEARY, Zane BERGE

Pages : 136-145

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Publication Date : 2007-06-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This paper explains the purposes, delivery methods, and program characteristics of successful distance education insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DE); in sub-Saharan Africa insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SSA);. This paper investigates the design and delivery systems of these programs and identifies ways the DE programs are working to improve. There are about 150 formidable distance education programs working in SSA. They aim to increase and improve a variety of existing programs, including primary and high school education, college-level and graduate programs, language training, teacher training, and continuing education for adults. The primary delivery system used by most institutions consists of printed manuals and texts that are distributed to all students. Despite the continued development of information and communication technology insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ICT);, including videos, online training modules, and web-based training insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WBT); systems, traditional DE delivery methods continue to prove as the most reliable, most sustainable, and most widely used.
Keywords : Information and Communication Technology ICT, , Distance Education DE, , in sub Saharan Africa SSA, , Web Based Tr