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Ju, Chuanjin; Hou, Songyan; Shao, Dandan; Zhang, Zhijun; Yu, Zhangli – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this report is to demonstrate open and distance education (ODE) can support poverty alleviation. Taking the practices of the Open University of China (the OUC) as an example, this paper aims to reveal how open universities make contributions to local residents in rural and remote areas. Design/methodology/approach: Focusing…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Poverty
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Stevens, Ken – International Journal of Instruction, 2013
The proliferation of Internet-based networks linking small schools in rural communities in some countries challenges the appropriateness of teaching exclusively in the closed environments of traditional classrooms. The development of Internet-based school networks, facilitating the creation of virtual classes, has implications for the professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Rural Areas, Internet
Stevens, Ken – Online Submission, 2013
The proliferation of Internet-based networks linking small schools in rural communities in some countries challenges the appropriateness of teaching exclusively in the closed environments of traditional classrooms. The development of Internet-based school networks, facilitating the creation of virtual classes, has implications for the professional…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Internet
Lawrence, Arul A. S. – Online Submission, 2015
The XX IDEA annual conference has been focused and reflected on different ways and means of meeting various kinds of methodological challenges, new technologies and multi-media developments, newly emerging partnerships and collaboration between emerging sectors on one hand and between the institutions functioning with similar objectives and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Education, Distance Education, Barriers