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Factors Influencing Technology Planning in Developing Countries: A Literature Review
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Keengwe, Jared; Malapile, Sandy – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
This article is a literature review concerning the factors that play an important role in the development of educational technology plans in the educational system of developing countries (DCs). Largely, the technology plans are influenced by factors that emanates from within the country (internal) and those outside of their borders (external).…
Descriptors: Technology Planning, Literature Reviews, Performance Factors, Developing Nations
Instructional Development and Third World Textbooks.
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Chadwick, Clifton – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1990
Discussion of educational opportunities in Third World countries focuses on textbook development projects financed by international organizations, including the World Bank. It is concluded that instructional systems development elements are needed in textbook development projects to improve both the quality of textbooks and inservice teacher…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Higher Education Challenges in Developing Countries: The Case of Vietnam
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Oliver, Diane E. – International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies, 2004
This review of literature was written in preparation for conducting a research study on the U.S. community college system as a potential model for developing countries, and using Vietnam as a specific case. It is divided into four sections: (a) a discussion of the purposes of higher education (HE), (b) an examination of problems faced by the HE…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Higher Education, Community Colleges, Institutional Autonomy
Funding Problems of Technical Education in Developing Countries.
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Bordia, Surek – 2000
During the past decade, funding mechanisms for universities and technical education institutions and colleges have undergone massive restructuring in developed and developing countries alike. Governmental support has generally decreased, resulting in greater reliance on fee-based education or creation of privately sponsored engineering/technical…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems
Distance Education and Open Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Criteria and Conditions for Quality and Critical Success Factor-- Working Group on Distance Education and Open Learning. A Survey of Policy and Practice. Final Report
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Commonwealth of Learning, 2004
Both of these "Surveys of policy and practice" were conducted on behalf of COL by the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) as part of COL's partnership agreement with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Working Group on Distance Education and Open Learning. The first report identifies…
Descriptors: Open Education, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Quality
Training Systems in South-East Asia. VTET Accreditation and Certification Systems in SEAMEO Member Countries (with an Appendix in Australia).
Alto, Romulita; Isaacs, Irene; Knight, Brian; Polestico, Rebecca – 2000
This book provides an overview of vocational-technical education and training (VTET) in the 10 member countries of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SAMEO). The book begins with an introduction explaining the objectives and methodology of the cooperative research project on which the study was based. Each of the 10…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies