SIC ODL
Conference Theme:
Open and Distance Learning as a Key Growth Driver for Socio-Economic Development
Sub-Themes:
  • ICT
  • Quality
  • Governance
  • Student Support Services
  • Sustainable Development
 
Topics under Sub-Themes:
ICT Quality
  • Use of ICT to Promote Learning
  • Technology Enhanced Higher Education
  • Educational Technology in ODL
  • ICT for Cost-Effective Learning
  • Use of ICT in Student Support Services
  • Quality Assurance in ODL
  • Assessment & Accreditation as a Tool of Quality Improvement in ODL
  • Promoting Quality for Faculty Improvement
  • Best Practices in ODL
  • Training of Teachers as a Measure of Quality Improvement
Governance Student Support Services
  • Good Governance of ODL Institutes
  • Centralized versus Decentralized Management of ODL Institutions
  • Benefits of Credit Transfer across the National Boundaries
  • Cross Border Higher Education through Distance Learning
  • Convergence between ODL and Face-to-Face Teaching Institutions
  • Developing a Student Information System
  • Satisfying Student Queries through
    (a) Telephone, (b) E-mail, (c) Website
  • Role of Regional / Study Centres as part of the Student Support Services
  • Supporting Distance Learners from Small Rural Habitations, Far-Flung Habitats and Other Disadvantaged Locations
Sustainable Development
  • Education for Sustainable Development
  • Access & Equity: Reaching the Unreached
  • Gender Parity in Education: Role of ODL
  • Using ODL for Environmental Education
 
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