Designing to Promote Access, Quality, and Student Support in an Advanced Certificate Programme for Rural Teachers in South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Fresen, Jill W.; Hendrikz, Johan
Titel	Designing to Promote Access, Quality, and Student Support in an Advanced Certificate Programme for Rural Teachers in South Africa
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10 (2009) 4, (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Workshops; Foreign Countries; Educational Technology; Rural Schools; Distance Education; Barriers; Access to Education; Educational Environment; Educational Development; Economically Disadvantaged; International Education; Educational Policy; Inservice Teacher Education; Rural Areas; Program Effectiveness; Program Implementation; Program Evaluation; Instructional Effectiveness; Higher Education; Teaching Methods; Computer Uses in Education; Correspondence Study; Instructional Design; Telecommunications; Access to Computers; Blended Learning; Handheld Devices; Program Development; Printed Materials; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Bildungsentwicklung; Internationale Erziehung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lehrerfortbildung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Unterrichtserfolg; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Computernutzung; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Telekommunikationstechnik; Programmplanung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper reports on the re-design of the Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) programme, which is offered by the University of Pretoria through distance education (DE) to teachers in rural South Africa. In 2007, a team re-designed the programme with the goal of promoting access, quality, and student support. The team included an independent body, the South African Institute of Distance Education (SAIDE), and various education specialists. Training workshops for academics and a comprehensive internal and external review process contributed to the quality of the re-designed programme. Interactive web-based technologies were not included because of poor Internet connectivity; however, the authors note the use and potential of cell phone technology for DE programmes. Student support was enhanced by an additional short contact session, a capping assignment, a CD-ROM, and decentralised tutoring at contact venues. The programme was re-evaluated and approved in 2008, and the re-design methodology now guides similar projects. (Contains 6 figures and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10