Challenges of quality assurance in the integration of ICT in open and distance learning in developing countries
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Date
2008Author
Kidombo, Harriet J.
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The integration of ICT in open and distance learning is changing the way education is delivered
and accessed. While attention has been directed towards teaching and access by learners, the
attendant issues of quality assurance have not been adequately addressed. This paper highlights
what these issues are and how they pose major challenges to open and distance learning in
developing countries. It is argued that forces within the institution, the teachers, the learners
themselves, the ICT infrastructure, curriculum and content development processes and factors
within the environment pose challenges to quality assurance in the use of ICT in open and
distance learning programmes in developing countries. Suggested ways of overcoming them
would include: systematic approach to adoption of ICT; create awareness of importance of ICT;
provide technical and administrative support through training and policy statements; enhance
collaboration with other institutions to access open source software and policy makers to involve
stakeholders so as to create ownership of ICT programmes.
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Continuing and Distance Education, University of Nairobi
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