The Industrialization of Education: Creating an Open Virtual Mega-University for the Developing World (OVMUDW).

New Search

Print Abstract

E-mail Abstract

Full Text

Save to My Collections

Export Citation

Wojcik, I. (2007). The Industrialization of Education: Creating an Open Virtual Mega-University for the Developing World (OVMUDW). In T. Bastiaens & S. Carliner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (pp. 2252-2262). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/26693.

• Share:
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Conference Information

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2007
Quebec City, Canada
October 15, 2007
ISBN 1-880094-63-0
  Theo Bastiaens & Saul Carliner
AACE

More Information on ELEARN
Table of Contents

Author

Isaac Wojcik, University of North Florida, United States

Abstract

Over the last two decades, international support for higher education in the developing world has diminished as the focus has shifted to primary and secondary schools. The most cost-effective way for the international community to support current efforts by nations, institutions and individuals in the developing world is to create a global, distance, higher-education system. This Open Virtual Mega-University for the Developing World will not only offer degrees directly to individuals but will also aid existing institutions in their efforts to increase the quality and access to higher education worldwide. Existing open-source technology provides a means of creating such a virtual mega university, and challenges such as funding and accessibility can be overcome.

Also Read

• Teaching for Application: A Model for Assisting Pre-Service Teachers With Technology Integration
• A ‘likely benefit’ from aligning Web2.0 technologies with an institutions learning and teaching agenda
• One Laptop Per Teacher: Content and Curriculum for (in-service) Teacher Training
• The Effects of the Use of Interactive Whiteboards on Student Achievement
• A New Teacher Tool, Interactive White Boards: A Meta Analysis
• Collaborative Software and Focused Distraction in the Classroom (Revised)
• Toward Technology Integration in the Schools: Why It Isn’t Happening
• Applying Peer-To-Peer Technology to the Building of Distributed Educational Systems
• Way of the Wiki: The Zen of Social Computing
• Teachers Facing ICT The Case of Greece

Tags