Capacity Development supported by ICT in Higher Education

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• Capacity Development supported by ICT in Higher
  Education
• Keetie Roelen Maastricht Graduate School of
  Governance
• Bart Rienties University Maastricht, FdEWB
• Dirk Tempelaar University Maastricht, FdEWB
• Contact keetie.roelen_at_governance.unimaas.nl
• Website http//www.governance.unimaas.nl/

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Agenda

• ICT and (capacity) development
• Two mechanisms in three different stages
• Phase 1 Online Summer Course Mathematics
  (methodology, technology and results)
• Phase 2 Master programme in Social Protection
  Financing (methodology, technology and results)
• Phase 3 Capacity building upon return to home
  country
• Further research

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ICT and (Capacity) Development

• The importance of ICT for development is
  recognized throughout the development debate
• Capacity building and creation plays a large role
  in the development arena
• ICT can promote (capacity) development through
  higher education.

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Two mechanisms in three different stages slide 1

• Supportive role of ICT
• Direct role of ICT

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Two mechanisms in three different stages slide 2

• Phase 1 Before the start of the educational
  programme Online Summer Course Mathematics
• Phase 2 During the educational programme
  Master programme in Social Protection Financing
• Phase 3 After completion of the educational
  programme upon return in the home country

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Online Summer Course Mathematics
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Online Summer Course Mathematics

• Methodology
• Individual learning
• Computer adaptive testing (knowledge space
  theorem)
• Content available
• Technology
• Commercial programme ALEKS (http//www.aleks.com)
• Accessible via Internet

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Online Summer Course Mathematics
Table 1 Evaluation of Online Summer course
Mathematics
Note Except from last 3 questions, all other
questions on Likert scale (1 totally disagree
5 totally agree)
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Master programme in Social Protection Financing

• Social Protection Policy receives great attention
  in developing countries
• Master students consist of predominantly
  government officials
• The majority of students returns to original work
  environment after completion of the programme.

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• Use of Blackboard Electronic Learning Environment

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Master programme in Social Protection Financing

• Results

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Capacity building upon return to home country
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Further research

• Following students in curriculum
• Following students after return to home-country
• Extension of student-population/sample-size in
  summer 2006
• Extension of methodology to other
  courses/content
• Looking for Collaboration with partner(s) from
  the South.

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• Capacity Development supported by ICT in Higher
  Education
• Keetie Roelen Maastricht Graduate School of
  Governance
• Bart Rienties University Maastricht, FdEWB
• Dirk Tempelaar University Maastricht, FdEWB
• Contact keetie.roelen_at_governance.unimaas.nl
• Website http//www.governance.unimaas.nl/