"In addition to reducing geographical isolation,distance education, thanks to its more favourable cost structure, allows the monitoring of social and economic remoteness.It may thus have much to offer for developing countries. Digital technologies not only bring remote populations closer, they also
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permit the development of adapted and diversified pedagogical models, with an economic approach aiming at more than just economies of scale. In this book, Christian Depover and François Orivel examine some of the ways developing countries - in particular on the African continent, where needs often exceed resources - might benefit from distance education. The authors give particular attention to the development of higher education, its quality, productivity, and cost control." (Back cover)
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"This article proposes an enhanced model of radio drama for development, which places forum theatre on the community radio platform. The model responds to the key development priorities of democratic, multi-directional communication, participation and social advocacy. It utilizes the mass disseminat
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ion advantages of the radio medium, the distinctive, dialogic qualities of community radio and the democratic and empowering tendencies of forum theatre to propose a prototype for fully participatory radio drama for development. The model was developed and tested during fieldwork at community radio stations in Laos in 2010 and 2011. Forum Theatre on the Air draws on two of the major theoretical paradigms of development communication: participatory communication and entertainment-education. The model creates an argument for a greater integration of these broadly complementary yet parallel hypotheses." (Abstract)
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"Este documento resume los principales logros del proyecto de investigación 'Lectura, escritura y desarrollo en la sociedad de la información' encargado por el Cerlalc y la AECID. La identidad del proyecto está en la forma de entender las experiencias de lectoescrituras: no como procesos aislados
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sino como ámbitos de comunicación en los que se provocan cambios culturales. El equipo ha sido dirigido por Jesús Martín-Barbero, coordinado por Gemma Lluch Crespo y Roxana Morduchowicz y conformado por Pablo Andrade, Patricia Correa, Alma Martínez y Anderson Tibau. Los países participantes han sido Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, México, España y Portugal. La elaboración y posterior redacción del documento ha sido realizada por Jesús Martín-Barbero y Gemma Lluch Crespo. Los resultados de la investigación se dirigen, principalmente, a los políticos, a quienes queremos comunicar que hablar de políticas de lectoescrituras dirigidas a los ciudadanos de cualquier edad y condición no es hablar de enseñarles a leer y a escribir (o no sólo eso), es hablar de la creación de espacios y medios en los que puedan contar su propia historia; que pensar los tiempos en las políticas no es lo mismo que pensarlos en las culturas: las políticas culturales sólo perviven, sólo dan todos los resultados si se insertan en las memorias y en las experiencias sociales de las comunidades y las personas." (Presentación, página 11)
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"Provincial Information Service of Battambang, with technical assistance from the ABC International Projects, has produced two regular radio programs. Light of the Region is a one-hour talkback program which broadcasts from Monday to Friday at 11am. Covering wide ranging topics from governance to re
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ligion and gender, the program is aimed at those aged 25 and above. Youth Voice is a youth-focused magazine combining a variety of components, including talkback show, music, news and personal stories. The program is aimed at younger people aged between 15 and 24. To assess the extent to which the Youth Voice and the Light of the Region have achieved their objectives and to make further necessary improvements to the programs, this qualitative audience evaluation was conducted using eight Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) in the Provincial City of Battambang and Moung District of Battambang Province. The two programs are overall well received by their listeners except a few downsides expressed by some of the participants in the FGDs." (Executive summary)
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"This report provides the results of an evaluation of a CRS adult education program and a mobile phone-based adult education pilot program in Niger. The study found that students in the villages where the pilot project was carried out used mobile phones more frequently and in more “active” ways,
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particularly by making calls and writing texts, which require more advanced letter and number recognition than for simply receiving calls. Students also had higher math scores after the program was over." (www.crs.org)
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"The Policy Brief reviews the functionalities of learning platforms and analyzes reasons to cause and accelerate diversification of learning platforms in terms of changes in learning content, variety of learning software, and transformation of ICT environment. Whereas in the past learning platforms
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used to be focused on simple delivery of content, current learning platforms utilize distributed learning resources and tools as competitive advantages in which teachers and learners can compose and control their learning activities on diverse learning devices in an unrestricted physical environment. The Policy Brief describes key challenges and limitations for adopting learning platforms, and recommends to consider changes in learning platforms and technologies as a continuous phenomenon." (Back cover)
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"The effective implementation of the “One Laptop per Child” program was not enough to overcome the difficulties of a design that places its trust in the role of technologies themselves. The use of technologies in education is not a magic and rapid solution through which educational problems and
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challenges can be solved with the simple acquisition of technological devices and system." (Summary)
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"Betrachtet man die Beliebtheit und den Hörerzuspruch für Loke Pol, kann man von einem Erfolg des Programmes sprechen. Auch wenn einige Aspekte des Senders Mega FM wie die quasi-Monopolposition die Rezeption des Programmes begünstigen, zählt Loke Pol sowohl in den Augen der Produzenten, angesich
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ts der prominenten Platzierung im Programmplan, und auf der Seite der Hörer durch die hohen Einschaltquoten und hohe Sendungskenntnis zu den populären Formaten. Obwohl insgesamt Nachrichtensendungen häufiger eingeschaltet werden, ist Loke Pol für Informationen zu den beiden Themenkomplexen der Sendung, Reintegration und Rücksiedlung, als Informationsquelle relevanter. Informationen vermittelt über Loke Pol sind für die Hörer zugänglicher und können leichter in Handlungen übersetzt werden, wie sich besonders in den Fokusgruppendiskussionen gezeigt hat.
Daraus lassen sich drei Schlüsse ziehen. Erstens kann Loke Pol erfolgreich sein, dieser Erfolg aber nicht auf das Format EE übertragbar sein. Zweitens kann der spezielle Kontext, in dem das Programm eingesetzt wird, unterstützend wirken, aber ein ähnliches Programm wäre in einem anderen Kontext nicht erfolgreich. Drittens können Evaluationsmethoden nicht sensibel genug gewesen sein, um sämtliche Effekte zu erfassen. Schlussfolgerung Nummer eins kann sicherlich bestätigt werden. Zwar sind die Ergebnisse für Loke Pol ein Hinweis darauf, dass das EE-Format wirken kann. Jedoch ist es kein Hinweis darauf, dass es wirken muss. Effekte können nicht nur dem Format EE direkt zugeordnet werden, sondern ergeben sich erst aus dem Zusammenwirken von Sendungsformat und Kontext. Dies wird deutlich, wenn man die „Extremen“ bei den Hörergruppen, nämlich Frauen, über 45-Jährige und Jugendliche betrachtet. Die zweite Schlussfolgerung trifft im Falle von Loke Pol in dem Sinne zu, dass der Kontext unterstützend auf die Rezeption und Popularität wirkt. Der Kontext, in den die Sendung eingebettet ist, unterstützt in zweierlei Form die Rezeption. Zum einen begünstigt die Ausgestaltung der nordugandischen Medienlandschaft die Loke Pol Einschaltquoten. So spielt die geringe Menge an Lokalnachrichten in den Nachrichtensendungen der Sender Gulus eine Rolle. Die einfachere Zugänglichkeit der Informationen aus Loke Pol hängt sicherlich auch nicht nur mit Formatbedingten Aspekten der Darstellung, sondern auch mit einer größeren inhaltlichen Nähe für das Alltagsleben der Hörer zusammen. Zudem wirken der offizielle Diskurs und das politische Klima fördernd auf die Unterstützung der Botschaft. Regierung und ein Großteil der NROs in Norduganda unterstützen die Rücksiedlungsprozesse." (Fazit, Seiten 75-76)
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"The following contribution about radio ECORA in Bolivia describes the motives, goals, contents, and methods of a radio project in an indigenous region where the people live in situations of cult ural and economic domination and are still in the process of defining and defending their own interests.
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Radio offers them an opportunity to gain new appreciation for their autochthonous languages and to practice using them. It supports the indigenous population in their search for their own identity and self worth. The project described in this article took place thirty years ago, which is a long time in the development of our field of continuing education. The methodological approach, however, is just as current as its objectives. The example of ECORA, which Jorge Aliaga Murillo describes from his own experience, shows that in countries where acute situations of conflict exist, community radio projects linked with socially committed efforts to represent the interests of disadvantaged groups, are capable – and perhaps even obliged – to assume the role of opposition, even if it involves confrontation with the State and its mechanisms of control. It is also clear from the history of ECORA, which was not able to survive under the Bolivian dictatorship, that such projects cannot disassociate themselves from conflicts resulting from the stands they take. The closure of ECORA, however, was not the end of commitment to promote community radio. Other projects were able to build on the experience gained from ECORA, and they further developed their methods in similar endeavours. Radio San Gabriel was one such project that received support from DVV International for its bilingual measures. The work of Radio ECORA was carried on by “Qhana”, an organization which is still active today not only in the province of La Paz, but throughout the entire country." (Introduction)
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"This kit is comprehensive and contains 40 modules with several different components, with each component having its own specific method of instruction or pedagogy. In some areas, there will be the need for an instructor, and a sizeable number of learners. In other cases, the learner (depending on h
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is/her level and experience in a specific area) will be able to follow components of the course on his/her own using available modern technology. In this respect, certain modules will be stand-alone and will be user-friendly. The end result will be that the kit will enable users to pursue a process that would strengthen their abilities as individual journalists or communication officers/experts, or as institutions such as ministries of education, finance, media houses, and even societies that would make efficient use of this tool kit as a resource to achieve the goals of Education for All initiative on a sustainable basis." (Page 11)
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"The UNESCO Guidebook is now available in an updated and supplemented edition. The revision has taken into account recent developments in textbook production and textbook research: the rapidly growing market for electronic instructional media, the differentiation and regionalization of textbook prod
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uction, and the continuing trend toward the introduction of educational standards and quality criteria. Since its first publication in 1999, the Guidebook has proven to be a useful tool for scholars, textbook authors, teachers, and curriculum developers who analyze, compare, and elaborate instructional media of social science subjects on a national and international level. The Guidebook has been translated into Albanian, Serbian, Croatian, and Turkish, among other languages. The new edition places textbook revision in the context of legal and other social measures for reconciliation in transition societies. These include trials, truth commissions, and memorial ceremonies. Of particular importance in this context are the pros and cons of different formats of textbook projects, as well as the development of bi- or multilateral history textbooks. Therefore, the methodological and pedagogical aspects of bi- or multinational projects, as well as the construction of group identities in textbooks, are given greater weight. Like its predecessor, the expanded Guidebook provides quick orientation and actionable information. It is a practical reference for all experts working in the broader field of international textbook research and revision." (Georg Eckert Institute homepage)
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"This white paper takes a first look at the everyday world of digital tools and media in the lives of three- to five-year-old children, with a particular focus on non-intentional learning opportunities in developing and least-developed nations. It begins a discussion about how digital media learning
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opportunities, including non-intentional opportunities such as cell phones and video games, when combined with intentional learning opportunities such as educational television or computers, may be affecting emergent literacy skills development (Anderson & Pempek, 2005). An understanding of this phenom enon is important, because when new digital tools and media, as well as novel combinations of old and new media, become available and commonplace, “the media that children use and create [will be] integral to their growing sense of themselves, of the world, and of how they should interact with it” (Center for Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital, 2008, np). Digital media may be transforming the language and cultural practices that enable the development of emergent literacy skills. A new generation of young children is experiencing a new kind of interconnectedness in the language they see, hear, and use. For example, a young child may observe a sister talking with a friend, texting (writing) the friend, and then reading the text. Young children are increasingly surrounded by language sculpted by digital media, and this process has implications for the way their neural circuitry learns to speak, listen, read, and write (Small & Vorgan, 2008)." (Page 2)
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"El presente texto es una aproximación básica a distintas cuestiones de la producción de radio que son necesarias para comenzar. No aspira a ser un manual de uso, de esos que tienen pasos a seguir para lograr el éxito, sino todo lo contrario: aspira a ser un texto de guía basado en conocimiento
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s obtenidos por la experiencia. Y cada experiencia, al ser distinta, puede generar distintos conocimientos. Por eso, en este texto se encontrarán algunas claves, algunos consejos, y la mención de algunos puntos a tener en cuenta, como para saber de su existencia, poder adentrarse en ellos y, sobre todo, animarse a investigar, intentar, equivocarse y encontrar las formas y estilos propios para encarar una producción radiofónica. Nos manejaremos otorgando conceptos habituales, herramientas útiles, caminos posibles. Hablaremos tanto sobre generalidades de la radio, sus formatos, sus características y posibilidades, la importancia de la radio social, como así también sobre claves para la producción, el guión, la edición y la difusión de contenidos. La intención es brindar herramientas para la producción independiente." (Introducción, página 7)
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"Acción Cultural Popular, más conocida como Radio Sutatenza, fue la organización social pionera en Colombia que se encargó de la Educación Fundamental Integral del campesino colombiano, mediante la utilización de los medios de comunicación de masas. La escuela radiofónica de ACPO fue modelo
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para más de 20 países en el mundo y la primera iniciativa de educación a distancia en el país. El movimiento de radiodifusión tenía como fin proporcionar herramientas para la capacitación y transformación del hombre como sujeto de su propio mejoramiento. Radio Sutatenza, las cartillas, el semanario El Campesino, los libros de la Biblioteca del Campesino, el Disco Estudio, entre otros, fueron los elementos de acción y los componentes del movimiento radiofónico. Uno de los aspectos más innovadores fue el papel del auxiliar inmediato, un campesino voluntario que fue puente entre el profesor radial y los oyentes. Este agente educativo ejercía el liderazgo de opinión en las comunidades, sin ser necesariamente un docente. Más de 1.400 empleados formaron parte de la Institución y 23.000 personas se capacitaron en los Institutos de Líderes para campesinos no solo para aprender a leer y a escribir, sino para que tomaran consciencia de su propio valor y así pudieran servir a los demás en la 'cruzada contra la propia pobreza'. ACPO es el objeto de [este] estudio el cual relata 4 historias de vida de personas que formaron parte de la organización. El primer capítulo explica cómo el periodismo puede reconstruir memoria de la Institución a partir de las ciencias sociales, específicamente desde la historia oral como conjunto de metodologías de investigación. El segundo capítulo describe los procesos históricos más importantes de Acción Cultural Popular desde el comienzo hasta el final de los servicios de ACPO; así mismo, explica conceptos importantes para su comprensión tales como la escuela radiofónica, la Educación Fundamental Integral, la educación no formal, las campañas, la Editorial Andes, los elementos de acción, entre otros. El capítulo tercero es la narración que reúne las historias de vida de 4 personas que vivieron la acción cultural popular." (Introducción)
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