Browsing by Subject "Rural Development"
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Changing lives through LIVES (Learning Through Interactive Voice Educational System)
(Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2011-12-12)A video presented at the First UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (12-16 December 2011), held in Paris, France by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning. Duration: 3:25 // Resource contains link to video as well as a transcript ... -
Empowering And Educating Communites For Rural Development
(2013-11)In Africa rural dwellers make up the majority who, while scratching a living, still aspire to be urbanized -hence the continuing migration to cities, despite evidence that industry and manufacture no longer offer employment. ... -
Helping Each Other: Sharing through Microfinance
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2010-11-11)While microfinance was an important breakthrough it is, as the name implies, concerned with small loans. It is a start, but only a start, to a process that allows rural people access to credit to implement their ambitions ... -
High Cost Of internet Connectivity In Africa: How Do We Achieve Mobile Telephony Success Story?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // The basic requirement for meaningful use of any web-based tools is to be able to have hassle-free access to the internet. Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) can only serve as ... -
Investments by the Commercial Banks in Training of Rural Communities and its Impact: Scope of Open and Distance Learning
(National Institute of Bank Management, Pune;Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2013)The Lifelong Learning for Farmer's (L3F) project of Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is seen as a livelihood promotion and poverty alleviation strategy for India and the rest of the developing countries. This is because of ... -
The Jeffrey Town Model for Community Development
(2013-11)This paper will set out to show how the Jeffrey Town model for community development has been effectively applied to the deep rural community of Jeffrey Town in Jamaica, hence the Jeffrey Town Model with ICT as a key ... -
Learning, Technology and Gender: Need, Opportunity and Obligation
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2002-12-16)In the next 20 minutes or so that I have, if you permit and indulge me, I wish to reflect with you, from an educational perspective, on: i. where our rural and marginalized populations find themselves in a world that is ... -
Networks for Lifelong Learning and Rural Poverty Reduction in Asia – Lessons and Challenges
(CEMCA, 2006)Who should fund development? This billion dollar question has ideological, perceptional, operational and political connotations. Public sector, private sector, donor agencies and external aid are some of the sources ... -
Outdoctrination: Society, Children, Technology and Self-organisation in Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2006-11-03)Slides from presentation at the Fourth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open and Distance Learning (PCF4), in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 3 November 2006. Presented by Sugata Mitra. -
The role of Open and Distance Learning in community development in Malawi
(2010-11)According to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 2007 report, deeply entrenched poverty is a major obstacle for development and growth in Malawi where about 8 million people (representing 70 percent ... -
University-Community Links for Rural Prosperity
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008-11-28)We argue today that universities should do more to tackle the single most important development challenge for most poor countries, which is to improve rural prosperity. -
Web Centres for Rural PNG: For Socioeconomic and Rural Development
(2010-11)The international community has a high interest in implementing a development strategy that would be in accord with the resource-poor situation of developing countries and marginal areas. This strategy recognizes the ...
