Open and distance learning: trends policy and strategy ...
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UNESCOs initiatives in open and distance learning are based on its overall ... UNESCO continues to strengthen the role of open and distance learning ...
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Open and distance learning: trends policy and strategy considerations; 2002Page 1Page 2OPEN AND DISTANCELEARNINGTRENDS POLICY AND STRATEGY CONSIDERATIONSUNESCO 2002Page 3UNESCOCoordinator: Evgueni KhvilonEditorial coordinator: Mariana PatruEditors and ContributorsMichael M. Moore The Pennsylvania State University USAAlan Tait The Open University UKOthers ContributorsPaul Resta The University of Texas at Austin USAGreville Rumble The Open University UKYuri Zaparovanny UNESCOIITE Moscow RussiaGraphic design: Sylvaine BaeyensCover design: Bertrand Ambry UNESCOCover photo credit: Tatyana Khvilon Institute of New Technologies RussiaFor further information please contact:Mariana PatruDivision of Higher EducationUNESCO7 place de Fontenoy75352 Paris 07 SP France.Phone: 33145 68 08 07Fax: 33145 68 56 26Email: m.patru@unesco.orgThe authors are responsible for the choice and presentation of facts contained in thispublication and for the opinions expressed therein which are not necessarily thoseof UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. The designations employed andthe presentation of the material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal statusof any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.Division of Higher EducationUNESCO 2002Printed in FranceED.2003/WS/50Page 4FOREWORDAs a force contributing to social and economic development open and distancelearning is fast becoming an accepted and indispensable part of the mainstream of educational systems in both developed and developing countrieswith particular emphasis for the latter. This growth has been stimulated inpart by the interest among educators and trainers in the use of new Internetbased and multimedia technologies and also by the recognition that traditional ways of organizing education need to be reinforced by innovativemethods if the fundamental right o ...
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