PERSPECTIVES ON DISTANCE EDUCATION
Educational Media in Asia
Usha V. Reddi and Sanjaya Mishra, Editors
© Commonwealth of Learning, 2005
ISBN: 1-894975-15-4
COMMONWEALTH ASIA has often been a test bed for experimentation in, and use of, media for education. But this is a region of extremes. At one end are the "Asian tigers" - Malaysia, Singapore and India - that have successfully exploited the technology of the day for the purposes of education. At the other end are countries such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka which are still at the nascent stage of deploying technologies for education and development.
Recording experiences is critical if we are to understand the use of educational media and avoid costly mistakes made by others in the past. Until now, however, documentation of the Asian experience has been patchy. This is the first book to survey the region's use of educational media and summarise the experiences of different Commonwealth Asian countries in one collection.
The book opens with a review of the key issues in using media for education. It then proceeds through five country studies, written by highly qualified and experienced policy-makers and practitioners of educational media. The country studies are followed by research reviews that synthesise the major findings of evaluations. A final section presents several case studies on harnessing technologies for distance-learning initiatives.
The book is designed to serve as both a resource and a guide. It provides valuable background and the insights of leading academics, practitioners, researchers and students of educational media - while also offering a unique platform from which, it is hoped, new ideas and further developments will be stimulated.
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Preliminary Pages (378Kb)
Preface .......... vii
Sir John Daniel
The Contributors...... ix
Educational Media in Asia: An Introduction and Overview ...... xi
Usha V. Reddi
Part I: Country Profiles (772Kb)
Chapter 1: Educational Media in Bangladesh ..... 3
Monira Hossain
Chapter 2: Educational Media in India ..... 11
Binod C. Agrawal
Chapter 3: Educational Media in Malaysia .... 25
Rozhan M. Idrus
Chapter 4: Educational Media in Singapore ..... 35
Cher Ping Lim
Chapter 5: Educational Media in Sri Lanka .... 55
Shironica Karunanayaka and Rupa Wijeratne
Part II: Research Reviews (454Kb)
Chapter 6: Audio, Radio and Interactive Radio ..... 71
Sanjaya Mishra
Chapter 7: Educational Television and Teleconference ... 79
Sohanvir Chaudhary and Santosh Panda
Chapter 8: Computers, Multimedia and E-Learning .... 97
Paul Kawachi
Part III: Case Studies (938Kb)
Chapter 9: Educational Media Strategy at
Indira Gandhi National Open University, India ........ 125
Ramesh C. Sharma and Suresh Garg
Chapter 10:
Application of Educational Media at Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia ...... 137
Tian Belawati, Dewi Padmo and Eduard Sinar
Chapter 11: Use of Information Communication Technology in Teachers'
Professional Development Courses Via Distance: A Case Study of Teachers in Kedah ..... 147
Hisham Dzakiria and Zuber Hassan
Chapter 12: Educational Media in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Open University with Special Reference to Teleconference ...... 165
V. Venkaiah
Chapter 13: Satellite-Based Distance Education Program
at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India ...... 179
Kavi Arya, Saraswathi Krithivasan and Shyamala Iyer
Chapter 14: E-Learning for Development:
The Case of the University of the Philippines Open University ..... 189
Melinda dela Peña-Bandalaria
Epilogue (277Kb)
Epilogue: Educational Media in Asia ..... 203
Usha V. Reddi
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