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Cyberspace, Distance Learning, and Higher Education in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9789047404606
Platform/Publisher: BRILL / BRILL
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
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Amidst the euphoria about the new frontiers of technology sometimes perceived as a panacea for expansion of higher education in developing countries, there is a need to analyze persistent and new grounds of unequal opportunity for access, learning, and the production of knowledge.

This volume addresses fundamental questions about the educational process such as:

· The use of technology in higher education for a holistic educational system for social development

· The actual technological capacity in Africa and possibilities for virtual higher education

· Cultural relevance of the curriculum and pedagogy

· Pedagogy and gender in cyberspace education

· Perils of externally-driven distance education programs in Africa and the quest for ownership towards development

· Challenges and opportunities in the making of knowledge society in an Asian context

· Strategies to promote constructive virtual higher education in Africa and Asia.