http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/35486 2013-05-25T10:58:43Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/45888 Title: Using the Internet to enable developing country universities to meet the challenges of globalization through collaborative virtual programmes Authors: Keats, Derek W.; Beebe, Maria; Kullenberg, Gunnar Abstract: Globalization represents a significant threat as well as a substantial opportunity to the economies and educational systems of Africa and other areas of the developing world. This paper shows that, 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. Although they are responses to different circumstances, and operate at different scales, NetTel@Africa and the IOIVU have many common elements. These partnerships serve as examples of how the Internet can unite widely the scattered expertise in most areas of human endeavor that exist in Africa and other areas of the developing world to create virtual concentrations, or "centres of excellence" that do not have a single physical base. 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/45887 Title: Collaborative development of open content : a process model to unlock the potential for African universities Authors: Keats, Derek Abstract: Given the cost of content, the under-resourcing of universities and the scattered nature of expertise in Africa, the collaborative development of open content seems like a useful way to get high-quality, locally-relevant content for using to enhance teaching-and-learning. However, there is currently no published operational model to guide institutions or individuals in creating collaborative open content projects. This paper examines lessons learned from open source software development and uses these lessons to build the foundations of a process model for the collaborative development of open content. 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/45886 Title: Knowledge Environment for Web-based Learning (KEWL) : an open source learning management system suited for the developing world Authors: Keats, Derek 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44840 Title: Field manual for the preparation of a participatory community development plan [Arabic version] Authors: Nefzaoui, Ali; El Mourid, Mohamed; Saadani, Youssef; Jallouli, Hanene; Raggad, Nasr; Lazarev, Grigory Description: Text in Arabic; Translators: Radouan Youssef and Mouofak Mohamed; Originally published by International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in English; Library has English version 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44839 Title: Field manual for the preparation of a participatory community development plan Authors: Nefzaoui, Ali; El Mourid, Mohamed; Saadani, Youssef; Jallouli, Hanene; Raggad, Nasr; Lazarev, Grigory Description: Library has Arabic version 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z