Development of Distance Education in Mauritius

Autor/in	Dhurbarrylall, Roshun
Titel	Development of Distance Education in Mauritius
Quelle	In: Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 6 (2005) 3, S.185-197 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1528-3518
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Audiovisual Aids; Higher Education; Educational History; Educational Development; Developing Nations; Educational Policy; Program Development; Program Implementation; International Organizations; Open Universities; Teacher Education Programs; Correspondence Study; Extension Education; Mauritius; South Africa; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Audiovisuelles Medium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsentwicklung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Programmplanung; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Offene Universität; Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Großbritannien
Abstract	Correspondence institutions in United Kingdom and South Africa have enrolled Mauritian students in various courses and programs at different levels for more than 50 years. The institutionalization of second-generation distance education (DE) using print and audiovisual media had modest beginnings with the inception of the Mauritius College of the Air (MCA) in the early 1970s, at around the same time that the United Kingdom Open University was beginning its operations. The MCA was re-enacted in 1985 with renewed interest in media and distance education in the wake of World Bank interest in funding the development of the educational sector in Mauritius. In this article, the author discusses the development of distance education and its implementation in Mauritius. The author asserts that a national strategy for the further development of DE in Mauritius based on acquired experience is highly desirable and now is the opportune time to do this. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10