The promise of open, distance and e-learning

By Paul Prinsloo. Considering the promise of open, distance and e-learning - ODeL - in Africa, we need to take cognisance of the high expectations that post-secondary school education will solve many current societal crises, such as unemployment and gross inequalities.
Realising the potential of ODeL in Africa is, however, intimately connected to trends in the international higher education landscape and the causal power of social, political, economic, technological, environmental as well as policy (legal) structures. Read more...