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African Distance Education Literature 

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AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES AND THE INFORMATION AGE

NEWS
Broadcasting in East Africa

Harvard Business School Publishing: Harvard Business Review

MIT GIVING AWAY ITS COURSES

UNESCO - Communication and Information in Knowledge Society
News: History of Distance Education in Africa
 

Institutes

South African Institute for Distance Education

REGIONAL

Distance Education in Africa
Southern African Network for Training on Environment

Tertiary Education
Worldbank

Creating Virtual Learning Communities in Africa

ICDL distance learning literature: Africa

Open Directory - Reference: Education: Distance Learning

Tertiary Distance Education and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Distance Education Abstracts

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Distance Education in Developing Countries
Govinda Shrestha, February 1997

The Imfundo Initiative: References Knowledge Bank

[PDF] Distance Learning in Developing Countries
Stephen Ruth and Min Shi, George Mason University, Virginia, USA

AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING: Opportunities and Challenges:
Association of African Universities

The Acacia Initiative - Distance Learning for Change in Africa A Case Study of Senegal and Kenya
Policy and Research Prospects for the  International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

IAU Task Force Activities, 1999-2000

Comment on the Education and Training of Distance Education Practitioners in Africa
Gbolagade Adekanmbi Centre for Continuing Education University of Botswana

Information and Communication Technologies for Education by Lishan Adam

The need for, and the Possibilities of, Distance Education
at Tertiary Level in Tanzania: Kuhanga, N.A.

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by the World Bank by Michael Potashnik
Maria Gonzales, William Mayville

A Review of Current and Future Online Learning and Teaching
by David L. Stoloff, Ph.D.
Education Department Eastern Connecticut State University

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[PDF] Distance Education for Agriculture and Rural Development

Synergy between Flexible and Distance Learning and Research and Technological
Development M.F. Ramalhoto  Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico

Distance Learning for Pre-tertiary Education in Africa Anthony Dodds

Organisational changes at the University of Zambia Richard Siaciwena
Directorate of Distance Education, University of Zambia

Pre-Service Teacher Education at a Distance: The Case of Zimbabwe
B.R.S. Chivore
 

Recent Developments in African Distance Education
Peter Kinyanjui

Some Trends in Distance Education in Africa: An Examination of the
Past and Future Role of Distance Education as a Tool for National
Development: Janet Jenkins

Propositions Related to the Development of Dual Mode Institutions
Commonwealth of Learning

Distance education and distance learning: A framework for the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: by Scott McLean

[PDF] OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING: Division of Higher Education, UNESCO

[DOC] Online Learning and Teaching: A Review of Current and Future of DistanceEducationin
Africa.

[PDF] Investing in Human Rights UNICEF

[DOC] The Digital Divide: the Challenge of Coordination

Harnessing Information for Development:WorldBank

Distance Learning Resources:Index Articles: By Authors

[PDF] Reaching Out, Reaching All Sustaining Effective Policy and Practice for Education in Africa
 
 

Bibliography of recent marketing articles about the Internet
The Ghana Computer Literacy and Distance Education Conference
 
 

International Conferences

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How to develop international cooperation in higher education institutions
and research through the use of information and communication technologies
(ICT)

An International Comparative Study of Library and Information Science
Distance Learning in Africa and the United States.
Vanessa D. Middleton, Wayne State University. ...

United Nations:Report of the Open-ended AdHoc Working Group
on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable
Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa

UNESCO & INTERNATIONAL UNION OFPURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY-

Information and Communication Technologies and Poverty
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Engaging with Adults The Case for Increased Support for
Adlult Eucation for SubSaharan Africa -

FAO: SD : Knowledge : Distance education and distance learning Scott McLean

African Technology Review Paper-
 
 

Expert Meeting Distance Higher Education in Africa: Professional and Course
Development and Workshop ICTs in Distance Education

Review of Distance Education Approaches in Developing Countries
Dahlia Fuller and  Michael Craven, University of Technology, Jamaica
Graduate Research Symposium, March 22-23, 2001

 

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