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[Tom Worthington]

On 27/01/13 22:11, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

> If the Internet does nothing else, this is enough ..
> > ... 2.4 million students ...

Using telecommunications for mass distance education is not exactly a 
new idea. In 2009 Professor Uma Kanjilal, Director of the School of 
Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) gave a talk in 
Canberra: 
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2009/05/research-intensive-distance-education.html

I explained I had an on-line course with more than a dozen students and 
asked how many distance students IGNOU had. I was taken aback when she 
said "3 million": 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_National_Open_University

IGNOU produced an e-learning handbook in 2009 with a chapter by Leigh 
Blackall in NZ: 
http://webserver.ignou.ac.in/institute/STRIDE_Hb8_webCD/STRIDE_Hb8_index.html

ps: Kristina Hoeppner is talking on "Using open source in over 1,100 
schools in New Zealand" at the Linux Conference in Canberra today: 
http://linux.conf.au/schedule/30187/view_talk?day=wednesday


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