Table of Contents

Foreword; Biographical Notes on the Editors; Biographical Notes on the Authors; Acronyms; Introduction: Bridging the Knowledge Divide: Educational Technology for Development, Stewart Marshall, Wanjira Kinuthia, and Wal Taylor; SECTION 1: FLEXIBLE EDUCATION FOR EMPOWERMENT; Flexible Education and Community Development, Martin Franklin and Roger Hosein; Flexible Learning for Community Economic Development, Haaveshe Nekongo-Nielsen; Contribution of the IDE in Promoting Gender Equality and in Empowering Women in Swaziland, C. W. S. Sukati, Esampally Chandraiah, and Nokuthula T. Vilakati; A Virtual Wheel of Fortune?: Enablers and Constraints of ICTs in Higher Education in South Africa, Laura Czerniewicz and Cheryl Brown; Delivering Distance Education for the Civil Service in the UK: The University of Chester's Foundation for Government Program, Jon Talbot; SECTION 2: MANAGING AND COMMUNICATING KNOWLEDGE; Knowledge Management Strategies for Distance Education, Neil Butcher; The Effectiveness of Mobile Short Messaging Service (SMS) Technologies in the Support of Selected Distance Education Students of Makerere University, Uganda, Richard Kajumbula; The Impact of Video Conferencing on Distance Education Courses: A University of Namibia Case Study, Trudie Frindt; Open Resources for Open Learning in Developing Countries: Deciphering Trends for Policies, Quality, and Standards Considerations, Wanjira Kinuthia; Freedom, Innovation, and Equity with Open Source Software, Richard Wyles; Copyright Issues and their Impact on Flexible Education in Africa, Pauline Ngimwa; SECTION 3: FLEXIBLE DELIVERY IN HIGHER EDUCATION; University Education for National Development: Makerere University's Dual Mode Experience, Jessica N. Aguti; Considerations for Higher Education Distance Education Policy for Development: A Case of the University of Botswana, Judith W. Kamau; Blended Online and Face-to-Face Learning: A Pilot Project in the Faculty of Education, Eduardo Mondlane University, Xavier Muianga; Evaluating the Impact of CABLE: A Cognitive Apprenticeship-Based Learning Environment, Ioana Chan Mow, Wing Au, and Greg Yates; From Distance Learning to E-learning in Central and Northern Mozambique, Aurelio Gomes and Elizabeth Walker; A Framework for the Delivery of Cross-Regional Distance Education to Professionals in Developing Countries, Kim I. Mallalieu and Pamela Collins; Distance Learning-Challenges and Opportunities for Postgraduate Medical Education: A Case Study of Postgraduate Training in Family Medicine Using Distance Learning at the University of the West Indies (2001-2006), Pauline Williams-Green; SECTION 4: PREPARING TEACHERS USING FLEXIBLE APPROACHES; Preservice Teacher Preparation and Effective eLearning, Susan Crichton and Gail Shervey; Distance Teacher Training in Rwanda: Comparing the Costs, Alison Mead Richardson; Beckoning E-Learners through Exploration of Computer Technology, Pier Angeli Junor Clarke; Educational Technology and Flexible Education in Nigeria: Meeting the Need for Effective Teacher Education, Nwachukwu Prince Ololube and Daniel Elemchukwu Egbezor.