Presentation on community, distance education and Network delivery from Lagos Nigeria, July 2008

5. The old models of education have failed to meet these basic needs

11. It is the meeting of the needs of all learners in a given community, in formal and non-formal settings, without sacrificing their uniqueness, that constitutes inclusive education.” (Tanzanian, Joseph Kisanji, 1998 P. 66)

14. “ The name they chose, Schools Uniting Neighborhoods, or SUN schools, reflects the belief that schools, working with their communities can do more than just teach math and reading, they transform neighborhoods.” Portland Oregon

17. Nigeria 923,000 sq Kms Population 148,000,000

18. KNet First Nations E-Supported Communities

19. Delivery Model – Moodle Open Source LMS Real Time Web Conferencing A teacher at every community Students must complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement activities. Challenges: Bandwidth – installation of wireless in all communities Funding – competes with residential school model Teacher innovation -We teach the way we were taught

20. Slate Falls Ka Band Satellite Dish Install

23. Local Context Localized Issues, Opportunities, Support, Elders Challenges Internationally Defined Standards of Accomplishments, PISA Rather than attempting to shape stakeholders to the needs of some internationally defined conception of progress .....explore ways in which schooling might take account of the aspirations of stakeholders in order that it might be meaningful to their lives and to their own development needs (Carney, 2003) x

30. Costing is a Complex!

34. 3. Opportunities for Inclusion in a Net centric World

36. Distance Education: Instructivist Learner Centered Text Broadcast Structured Educ Resources Self Directed Traditional Education: Conversationalist Teacher Centered Lectures Elite Teacher developed Resources Group Based Communities Life Long LEARNING NETWORKS Trades Professions ProdUsers Churches Industry

39. A Tale of 3 books 32 Open Access 90,000 downloads 4 years after pub. - 6,000/month 350 hardcopies sold @ $50.00 Creative Commons License Free at www.aupress.ca Commercial publisher 934 copies sold at $52.00 Buy at Amazon!! E-Learning for the 21 st Century Commercial Pub. 1200 sold @ $135.00 2,000 copies in Arabic Translation @ $8.

40. Africa Average 5.3% - World Average 21.1% Increase of 1,030% since 2001 Nigeria increase 0f 4,900% since 2,001 EASSy

41. Internet Users in Nigeria

44. Ushahidi.com “ Ushahidi.com is a tool for people who witness acts of violence in Kenya in these post-election times

48. “ The use of a learning resource, through adaptation and repurposing, becomes the production of another resource. Though there is a steady stream of new resources input into the network by volunteers, this represents, not the result of an OER sustainability project, but the beginning of it.” Stephen Downes (2006)

54. OER Communities of Practice www.oerafrica.org / peoples-uni.org www.africaodl.org /

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58. INCLUSIVE EDUCATION Conclusion Community Distance Education Networks

59. “ "He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever." - Chinese Proverb Terry Anderson [email_address] Blog: terrya.edubogs.org Your comments and questions most welcomed!