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Tag Archives: developing countries
Banking on Open Development
The world of banking is perhaps not the first to spring to mind when we think of innovation, technology and solving the world’s problems. And at this time, when the threat of bankruptcy is looming over more nations than it’s … Continue reading
An Interview With Dr Mamun Habib – Comments On Open Access In Bangladesh
Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, assistant professor at the Department of Operations Management at the American International University Bangladesh (AIUB) held a speech recently addressing his students, and the occasion was a new book launching ceremony. The book in question was, … Continue reading
The African Virtual University
As we’ve had a story this week about open education and one on Stellenbosch University, it seems like a good time to mention a new supporter to the Open Courseware Consortium: the African Virtual University (AVU). The AVU on 31 … Continue reading
Posted in Developing Countries, Open Education, Uncategorized
Tagged developing countries, Open Access, Open Courseware
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Clearing a Path to Education
A Croatian friend asked me the other day if I knew anything about postgraduate courses being offered by a UK university. He had stumbled upon an ad for Work Based Learning courses being offered by the University of Middlesex. He … Continue reading
Posted in Developing Countries, Open Access, Open Education, Uncategorized
Tagged Academic Publishing, Carnegie Mellon, developing countries, Digital Libraries, distance learning, E-learning, MIT, MIT OpenCourseWare, open education, OpenCourseWare, Publishing, scholars, students, University of California at Irvine, University of Middlesex, Work Based Learning, Yale
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SunScholar Stands for Sun in Africa – Stellenbosch University and Oop Toegang
Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of the might within the land, bearers of a spark from the sacred fire. What greatness had … Continue reading
What a Tangled Web!
A former boss of mine used to say that organizations are like swans. If you look at a swan swimming on water, it looks beautiful and serene. But if you were able to see what was going on underwater, you … Continue reading
Posted in Developing Countries, Open Access, Open Education, Popular Science
Tagged Academic Publishing, Creative Commons, developing countries, Disruptive Technology, DSpace, MIT, OA, Open Access, Open Access Publishing, open government, Power of Information Task Force, scholars, Science, Scientific Publishing, Scientific Research, Sites we like, students, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, World Wide Web Foundation
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Open Access Movement in Developing Countries
The question has been raised about Open Access supporting the developing countries, and is it really sustainable by the institutions from developing countries? The surest way to find out is to pose that question to members of such institutions. To … Continue reading
