"Using the Internet to enable developing country universities to meet the challenges of globalization through collaborative virtual programmes"
First Monday brings us a peer-reviewed article by Derek W. Keats, Maria Beebe, and Gunnar Kullenberg titled: Using the Internet to enable developing country universities to meet the challenges of globalization through collaborative virtual programmes (Read More ... )
The abstract describes the paper's claim to include: "if used wisely, information technology has the power to help create powerful and synergistic educational partnerships at local, regional and global scale. Such new and large-scale partnerships, only possible because of the existence of the Internet, have the potential to allow educational institutions to respond positively to globalization and help promote development if enough partnerships can be created and sustained. This paper explores two emerging educational partnerships, NetTel@Africa and the International Ocean Institute Virtual University (IOIVU), in terms of the lessons for how technology can be used to respond to the challenges and opportunities of globalization, and to allow institutions in developing countries to achieve results that could not be achieved by either institution acting alone.
The description of the two case studies includes useful diagrams of the organizational structures that enable resources and funders in the developed world to support educational programs in the underdeveloped world, with the aid of the Internet.
Full report at: Using the Internet to enable developing country universities to meet the challenges of globalization through collaborative virtual programmes
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