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Staff related factors contributing to quality in Open and Distance Learning
(2010-11)
Quality is one of the main concerns among institutions and stakeholders today especially those involved in open and distance learning (ODL). This study sought to examine staff related factors contributing to quality in the ...
Reformation of Female Prison Inmates in Benin and Kirikiri Prisons: ODL to the Rescue
(2013-11)
Post-conviction stigmatisation and the failure of the Nigerian prison system as a means of reformation for prisoners make it imperative for prisoners to be equipped with the means for self dependence upon reintroduction ...
Pie Edusols: Out of School Free Learning in Western Province of Kenya
(2010-11)
The problem of being out of schools is quite a critical issue that creates not only problems of the uneducated future generation but also contributes to the proliferation of antisocial elements in the country for example, ...
A case study to demonstrate the role of community radio in Khayelitsha, South Africa, as a platform for ODL and the empowerment of mothers of children under the age of five
(2013-11)
The adoption of community radio as a platform for ODL in Africa plays an increasingly important role in health and development interventions. This paper will explore how a training and mentorship programme contributes to ...
Training in Business Entrepreneurship Skills through Distance Learning
(2010-11)
Training imparts skills and enriches the skills of people towards increasing productivity. Training is part of any business proposition not only to see its impact on sustainability of the organization but also to ensure ...
Design, Implementation and Institutionalization of Mobile Learning in Higher Education
(2010-11)
Among the sectors in which mobile phones have become very vital are banking, health management and education. In education, for example, as Houser, Thornton and Kluge (2002) have noted, mobile learning (i.e. learning with ...
A Management Model in Open and Distance Learning at the Polytechnic of Namibia to Ensure Competitive Advantage and Optimum Benefits
(2010-11)
Even before independence in 1990, it was recognised that Open and Distance Learning (ODL) has the potential to address Namibia’s educational and training needs in a cost-effective manner. ODL has the flexibility to accommodate ...
Building Chinese Language Skills for Sino-African Cooperation through Open and Distance Learning
(2010-11)
China’s influence and deep relationships in Africa are the result of many years of investment in building relations through aid, trade, and cultural and technical exchange. In international politics, this is regarded as ...
The accessibility of ODL to the disadvantaged-teenage employees
(2010-11)
Most importantly, distance learning provides opportunity to those teenage employees, who could not continue with their education for various reasons. These include loosing parents due to HIV/AIDS, and having no one to take ...
Security Challenges as a Socio Economic Factor Engendering Gender Disparity of Access to University Education: Towards Full Utilization of Open and Distance Education in Curving Gender Disparity among Potential University Students in Nigeria
(2013-11)
The paper is about the issue of insecurity situation in Kano State as one of the socio economic forces which, serves as a constraint to access to university education most especially to girls and women. It is abundantly ...