Authors:
Jesus Martinez-Mateo
;
Susana Munoz-Hernandez
and
David Perez-Rey
Affiliation:
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Keyword(s):
Educational methods, e-Learning, Thin clients, Cooperation for the development, Satellite connection, Internet access, Teleconference, Videoconference, Off-line courses.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Computer-Supported Education
;
Cross-Cultural Education
;
e-Learning
;
e-Learning Hardware and Software
;
e-Learning Success Cases
;
Information Technologies Supporting Learning
;
Legal and Cultural Management Issues
;
Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning
Abstract:
From the educational point of view, the most widespread method in developing countries is on-site education. Technical and economic resources cannot support conventional distance learning infrastructures and it is even worse for courses in universities. They usually suffer a lack of qualified faculty staff, especially in technical degrees. The literature suggest that e-learning is a suitable solution for this problem, but its methods are developed attending to educational necessities of the First World and cannot be applied directly to other contexts. The proposed methodology is a variant of traditional e-learning adapted to the needs of developing countries. E-learning for Cooperation and Development (c&d-learning) is oriented to be used for educational institutions without adequate technical or human resources. In this paper we describe the c&d-learning implementation architecture based on three main phases: hardware, communication and software; e.g. computer and technical equippin
g, internet accessing and e-learning platform adaptation. Proper adaptation of educational contents to c&d-learning is discussed and a real case of application in which the authors are involved is described: the Ngozi University at Burundi.
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