"This open access handbook offers a one-stop-shop for both new and established researchers, educators, policy makers and administrators in the field of open, distance and digital education (ODDE) to gain a comprehensive overview of the history, theory and practice at all levels of ODDE, and at the s
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ame time stimulates in-depth discussions on various themes and issues of ODDE for today and future. Researchers, scholars and students in the field of ODDE can use this handbook as a major reference to conduct their own research and learning agendas. To cover the field comprehensively, the handbook is structured following the 3M framework developed by one of the chief editors, Zawacki-Richter. The 3M framework categorizes the major research areas and issues in ODDE on three levels. Accordingly, the handbook is divided into six sections in total, two section at each of the three levels: 1) Macro Level - ODDE Systems and Theories, 2) Meso Level - Institutional Perspectives, Management and Organization, and 3) Micro Level - Learning and Teaching in ODDE." (Publisher description)
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"Quality assurance (QA) systems applied in educational contexts are generally concerned with inputs — how much money is spent, what staffing, resources and support are provided, what kinds of teaching and learning are involved, and so on. There is an assumption — not always fulfilled — that th
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e higher the standards of the inputs, the higher the quality of the outputs. In this toolkit, we propose a different approach: the evaluation of the programmes’ outcomes, outputs and impacts. We examine the differences between informal and self-directed learning, nonformal education and training (NFE) and formal education; provide examples of NFE programmes using a variety of face-to-face, distance education and technology-based teaching and learning methods; examine the approaches to QA that are required in NFE; consider the outputs, outcomes and impacts that can be achieved in NFE programmes; propose the adoption of a rigorous but simple-to-use QA framework which is based on outputs, outcomes and impacts." (Back cover)
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"This publication provides readers with fresh insights into the practice of participatory educational communication. The first section explores the educational potential of community media, reaching from participatory radio campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa to school radios in Brazil. The second secti
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on, "stories of learning", shows the power of experience-based stories through interviews with community stakeholders or through drama and other cultural forms. The third section, "Praxis in Latin America", emphasises the centrality of popular and engaging formats, the importance of blended approaches, and the role of mobile and social media in reinforcing and complementing community-based broadcasting. The fourth section, "Praxis in the Commonwealth", examines strategies for enabling participation, experiences of collaboration at the local level, and the importance of assessing programme outcomes. The final section looks at how broadcasters and other community-based groups can make use of the voice and text functions of mobile telephones across different aspects of educational programming, including content provision, programme logistics and learner support." (CAMECO Update 2-2012)
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"[...] this book provides students with an introduction to the theory and practice of Theatre for Development (TfD). Since the 1970s, TfD has established itself as a process through which communities can address issues within their own self-development through participation in theatre practice. From
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its beginnings in sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian sub-continent and Latin America, TfD has now spread across the globe as an effective development strategy. The author examines TfD within the context of evolving development theories and practices, including participatory approaches that encourage individuals and communities to transform themselves from the objects into the subjects of their own development. The book is illustrated with case studies taken from around the world, and from many different development sectors, including health, literacy and voter education." (Publisher description)
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"In fact this paperback is about narration and about text in whatever form: spoken, written or printed. Or even better, this book is about the importance of narrative art. It therefore invests all kinds of storytelling, not only the person-to-person oral tradition, but also the mediated forms of sto
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rytelling. Is taken for granted that the radio is giving an extra dimension to the spoken word, like books are giving an extra dimension to the printed word, or the cinema or television are connecting texts and visuals again, like woodcut printings have done in the past. Stories from the oral tradition found their way to the mass media like movies, radio and television. Therefore a wide variety of media will be discussed in this book without showing any preference for one medium or another. The focus of interest is more on storytelling then on de media used to tell stories. It is about the athletics of words and the flexible relatedness between the various media. All these media make use of characters to present stories. Therefore characters with stereotyped traits are present in every medium that makes use of narrative or dramatic elements like comic books, photo novels and soap operas. Mass media have been taking over the role of traditional storytelling. Nowadays, it seems as if instead of listening to an individual storyteller, the global community sits down and have stories told by their favourite radio plays and television series like situation comedies and soap series. Some social scientists strongly reject this change in media consumption. They regret the changing patterns in spending leisure time. They regret for example the supposed decline of reading habits which has been considered as an effect of changing media consumption. And they are not the only ones to regret this. On the one hand there are the educationalists worrying about the latest statistics on literacy rates. These figures certainly do not show any worldwide improvements in literacy and numeracy. And there are the publishers too, who regret the declining reading habits. On a global scale the selling of books and other printed matter is at a decline. With an expanding media market, people are spending their leisure time in a more varied way leaving them less time to read. However, despite this conclusion the educational system in whatever country cannot do without a structured transfer of knowledge. And it seems that the most effective medium within the educational system still is the written word, being presented to the people by printed materials. Learning children as well as adults to read and write is the main preoccupation of as many multilateral aid organisations as national governments." (Pages 10-11)
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"El libro reúne las experiencias de diez destacadas rádios populares u organizaciones de capacitación, mostrando los cambios metodológicos y del contenido en el transcurso de los últimos 30 años y señalando las posibilidades y los lÃmites de educación por radio. Se trata de Radio Santa MarÃ
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a de la República Dominicana (desde 1963), de ICER de Costa Rica (desde 1973), de Radio San Gabriel (desde 1955) y PARI (desde 1988) de Bolivia, de ERPE (desde 1962), Radio Latacunga (desde 1981) e IRFEYAL (desde 1974) de Ecuador, de Radio Cutivalú de Perú (desde 1985), Radio Fe y AlegrÃa de Venezuela (desde 1975) y de PEBA de El Salvador (desde 1986). Aparte de estas experiencias concretas el libro documenta las reflexiones y pautas que fueron frutos de un seminario llevado a cabo el año pasado por ALER y La Red Latinoamericana de Información y Documentación de Educación (REDUC)." (CAMECO Media Forum 2-1994)
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"Este libro es resultado de un seminario realizado en Las Vertientes (Chile) en octubre de 1991 que contaba con el auspicio de la UNESCO y de la UNICEF. Presenta las experiencias pedagógicas más relevantes que hasta la fecha se han realizado en América Latina por asumir crÃtica y creativamente l
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a presencia de la cultura mediatizada. Descrito por los propios equipos que los impulsan, la mayor parte del libro muestra programas, proyectos y metodologÃas de Educación para los Medios de Comunicación. Se presenta en total 19 experiencias concretas de todo el continente de trabajo educativo con niños, jóvenes y adultos. El panorama de reflexión y experiencias que este libro ofrece lo convierte en un punto de partida para futuros esfuerzos en esta temática crucial. Un directorio de instituciones y la bibliografÃa seleccionada además facilitan el acceso a informaciones más detalladas." (CAMECO Mediaforum nr. 2/1994)
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