Course Introduction
       
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The Gap

 

  

In the sustainable development and agricultural community, there is a large gap between the number of people espousing the promise of the Internet to increase access to education and training and the number of people actually developing relevant and instructionally sound content.

  
   
This course is designed to address the gap between the number of people espousing the promise of the Internet to increase access to education and training, and the number of people actually developing relevant and instructionally sound content.

The Need
  

Development organizations are making tremendous investments that will link people in remote locations to learning opportunities on the Internet. But where is the content to deliver over these links? The problem is not one of demand or lack of suitable content. Rather, the people best positioned to add value to knowledge by packaging content in Internet-accessible and educationally sound ways lack the skills to do so.

  
   

High speed fiber optic cable for the Internet and telecommuncations is being laid in Tamil Nadu state, Southern India between Chennai and Coimbatore. The photo above is an Internet cafe in Coimbatore that is connected to this network (March, 2002).

The Audience
  

This introduction to e-Learning is designed to upgrade the skills of conventional educators and trainers who have a mandate for developing instructional materials for the Internet.

  
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