Title:
The
Importance of Distance Learning Education for Developing Countries: The
Case of a Partnership between a US and an Algerian University
Abstract: The number of
students in Algeria is increasing every year, and many educational
institutions and industrial sectors need to strengthen and update their
knowledge. In this context, the distance learning can be an
effective way of learning and can help to fulfil these needs and
achieving goals efficiently. In such way of education, the distance is
no longer an obstacle for learning anymore and developing new skills in
various domains of education and technologies. With the advancement of
technology and increasing availability of high-speed Internet access,
it is now possible to earn a degree entirely online or for businesses
to provide company-wide training through e-learning. So due to the
importance of distance learning education, a three-year partnership
project was established between the university of Missouri-Rolla (UMR)
and the university Abou Bakr Belkaid of Tlemcen (UABBT). This project
entitled « Development of Engineering Management Curriculum and
Distance-Learning Methodologies in Algeria: An Educational Partnership
», aims at providing educational and technical support to the
university Abou Bakr Belkaid in order to help it to develop modern
teaching methodologies including Internet and distance
learning. For this purpose, a group of Instructors from the
university Abou Bakr Belkaid had training in distance
learning/education at UMR in order to monitor the distance learning
equipment and recording methods. This experience has been
very successful and will help the members of the group to defuse it in
Algeria. The aim of this paper is to explore in one hand,
the importance of such partnership in helping developing countries to
adopt online learning and focus on how such methods could be of a great
importance for the instructors to develop their way of teaching
efficiently and on the other hands, we will explore the impact that can
has the e learning on institutions, impinging on both
organizational structures and individual functions
Author:
Sahel
Sidi Mohammed