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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Paths of participation in a knowledge-based era: disseminating online learning opportunities in Central Asia - Carlos Machado, EURODL
In education, as in many other aspects of modern life, the question of how to implement Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) is an important challenge for anyone with a stake in training and learning, as educational technologies are spreading rapidly in a globalised world. According to the Task Force of the International Council of Distance Education there have been more than 20 changes to teaching and learning behaviour which have caused a shift on the educational paradigm. All these changes have brought about new reformed curricula in many areas. This paper concentrates on the implications of reforming curricula, extending the Bologna Declaration and introducing learning technologies in a number of higher education institutions (HEIs) within developing countries of Central Asia. With the objective of innovating in education, while administrators (i.e. what it can be understood as rectors and vice-rectors) are busy in following national action plans and strategies for education, the pressure for change and the pace of education change have increased considerably over the last years, partly due what has been defined as a world wide education reform movement (Hargreaves, 1996). As a result, educational systems – and not only in Central Asian countries - are experiencing new directions in the areas of teaching practice, curricula, teacher education and the involvement of educationally significant stakeholders. Our experience and conclusions from years of participation in developing programs to improve the quality of education is put forward hereunder.
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