OER for Distance Learning: Means to Knowledge Empowerment For Developing Nations
OER for Distance Learning: Means to Knowledge Empowerment For Developing Nations
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2008
Authors
Jena, Sitansu S
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
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Abstract
The role of distance education is changing drastically both at micro and macro context. Education
has no longer remained either the prerogative of institutions or even knowledge has no longer
remained under the sole control of teachers only. Thanks to Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) which has not only brought the revolutions in the education system but also
changed the strategies for learning amongst the young masses. As one progress in the present
century, almost every day new and advanced technologies are added, and thereby the strategies
for learning are also getting updated in the educational institutions. The role of teachers in the
context of planning learning strategies in the classrooms is getting replaced with the updated
inputs as supported by the ICT. Hence, each and every player in the education need to get them
selves updated to this changing scenario. This calls for not only self-renewal for teachers on a
continuous basis but also the planners, the policy makers and even parents need to adopt
themselves to this changing environment. It is in this context, the Open Educational Resources
(OER) plays a significant role not only to updates ones own knowledge but also empowers to
create a knowledge society amongst the developing world. // Paper ID 188
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Open Educational Resources (OER),
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Country
India
Region
Asia