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Derginin Adı:
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The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
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Cilt:
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2011/12
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Sayı:
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3
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Makale Başlık:
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GLOBALIZATION, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs) AND OPEN/DISTANCE LEARNING IN NIGERIA: Trends, Issues and Solution
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Makale Alternatif Dilde Başlık:
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Makale Eklenme Tarihi:
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11.04.2015
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Okunma Sayısı:
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1
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Makale Özeti:
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The main thrust of this paper is to discuss the development of open and distance
education in Nigeria and the major manifestations of the use of information and
communication technologies (ICTs) in education in open and distance learning. This
study further discusses the importance and use of ICTs in open and distance learning in
making education accessible to a larger population of students. From that vantage
point this paper reviews the phenomenon of ICTs in open and distance learning in
developing countries such as Nigeria.
The paper identifies a number of issues that impede the effective optimization of ICTs
in open and distance learning in developing countries. Prominent among the issues
highlighted are poverty, intermittent supply of electricity and language barrier.
The paper argues that these problems are to be tackled if the objective of enhancing
the potentials of ICTs in open and distance learning in developing countries were to be
achieved. On that note the current paper makes some humble suggestions on how to
curtail the problems. The study employed descriptive method. An intact class of
students that registered for the Bachelor of Education distance learning programme of
the Faculty of Education of the Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife formed the samples
used for the study. This was done to collect information on the factors affecting usage
of ICT. The result shows that lack of skills rank highest (46.1%), following this is non
availability of ICT at home (18.8%), costs (11.3%) and non familiarity with ICT
(10.6%).
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