David Richardson Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Jag har nyss fått ett e-post från Per Westman vid Nätuniversitet: "Nästa webbmöte har inte annonserats ut, men du är välkommen att delta om du vill. Martin Burman från vår internationella kommitté ska prata om Kommitténs resa till Indien." Alla andra är också välkomna. Jag skriver igen så fort jag vet vilken dag och tid. Mötet äger rum via Karlstad universitets Marratech server (jag eller Per kan beskriva hur man gör för att koppla upp sig) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Richardson Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 Det blir imorgon, 29/4, kl. 13-14! Om någon vill vara med, så maila till mig direkt, och jag beskriver hur. Jag fick även den här sammanfattningen från Per W.: Summary: India with a population of just over one billion spread over a large continent made up of 28 states is in very great need of higher education for its future development. From the time of its declaration of independence in 1947, India has seen its higher education grow at a rapid rate. During 2004 approximately eleven million students were participating in the higher education system and about 20 per cent of these are distance students. India has had long experience of distance education, which is now at a high competence level. Distance education is an important tool for providing education to many at a low cost. Thanks to the efforts put into distance education in India, it has been possible to recruit new groups to participate in higher education. India has the largest university in the world, the Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) with 1.2 million students (2004). This university has been an important motor and coordinating power for the development of distance education in India. IGNOU produces educational material for its own courses and study programmes, but other universities also use this material. Wide-band expansion is very limited. The percentage of Indian households that either have computers or access to computers is very low. These two factors have a limiting effect and because of this the major part of distance education is in the form of modern correspondence courses where the material is distributed to the students via letters, CD-ROM and such like. There is an expanded network of study centres that are equipped with computers and videoconference equipment. Lectures, training programmes and study guidance are also given at these study centres. Many lectures are broadcast to study centres via wide band from various studios in India. Because of the poor expansion of wide band, lectures are also mediated with the help of satellite transmission. The Indian universities and companies engaged in the educational sector, which we visited, are extremely interested in establishing educational activities in Europe, including the Nordic countries. They are also very open for collaboration with European universities. Powerfully developed is the cooperation between the Indian universities, research institutes and industry. Companies participate in various educational programmes with qualifi ed experts, trainee posts, assistance with degree preparations, etc. Many Indian universities provide extensive skills development for industry. There are also examples of companies given the opportunity to open a university. If Sweden is to work for increasing the number of foreign students, there must be a comprehensively improved marketing of the education and research provided by Swedish universities and university colleges. To attract high performance students from abroad, Swedish institutes of higher education must be seen to be international. Our view is that the Swedish universities and university colleges need support and assistance in order to be able to successfully market and sell higher education courses on the global educational market. Such a support would be to have strategic alliances with either foreign universities or major educational companies who are already in this market. Throughout our journey in India, we met both universities and educational companies who have been successful actors for many years on the international market and who are very interested in a cooperation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Richardson Posted April 29, 2005 Author Share Posted April 29, 2005 Det var ett intressant möte med 17 deltagare från olika håll i Sverige. Indien är tydligen en expansiv marknad för högre utbildning, och det är fler där som vill ha kontakt med Sverige. Hör av er till mig om ni vill ha en längre referat av mötet. Nästa möte blir på 13/5 då Johnny Widén från Luleå tekniska universitetet pratar om synkrona nätbaserade möten (han har nyss varit inblandad i en stor enkät/undersökning om ämnet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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