Schedule for DEPM 625
Distance education, development and globalization
Fall 2007

Timing
Modules/content
Week 0: August, 28. to September, 03.Preweek: (read only)
- How to prepare for this course.
Week 1: September 04,. to September, 10.

Introduction:
- Getting to know each other,
Module 1: Development and education
-- The millenium development goals
-- Development and poverty
-- Classifying developing countries
-- Development policies / theories of development

Week 2: September 11. to September, 17.

Module 1 (cont.)
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- Human capital theory
-- Education as human right

Week 3: September 18. to September, 24.
Module 1 (cont.)
-- Assignment 1: due date: end of module
Week 4: September 25. to October, 01.

Module 2: Distance education in the South
-- reasons for using DE in the South
-- organizational models for DE in the South

Week 5: October 02. to October, 08.

Module 2 (cont.)
-- Basic and non-formal education
-- community radio
-- vocational education and training
Week 6: October 09. to October, 15.
Module 2 (cont.)
-- teacher training
-- alternative routes to school education
-- open schools
-- open universities
Week 7: October 16. to October, 22.

Module 2 (cont.)
-- Conference with Hilary Perraton

Week 8: October 23. to October, 29.

Module 2 (cont.)
-- Project conferences (dates are individually scheduled)

Week 9: October 30. to November, 05.

Module 3: Globalization, ICT and the 'knowledge society'
-- characteristics of globalization
-- ICT and globalization
-- digital divides

Week 10: November, 06. to November, 12.

Module 3 (cont.)
-- the knowledge society

Week 11: November, 13. to November, 19.
Module 4: ICT-based distance education in the South
-- telecenters, digital radio, radio browsing
Week 12: November, 20. to November, 26.
Module 3 (cont.)
-- computers in schools
-- schoolnets
Week 13: November, 27. to December 03.

Module 3 (cont.)
-- virtual univesities and the internationalization of HE

Week 14: December, 04. to December 10.

Module 3 (cont.)
-- Project thesis (due date: three days before end of term)

Week 15: December, 11. to December 15.

Module 3 (cont.)
-- wrapping up