OpenCourseWare, Global Access and the Right to Education: Real access or marketing ploy?

dc.creator	Henk Huijser
dc.creator	Tas Bedford
dc.creator	David Bull
dc.date	2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:46Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:46Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d44d67ca92f94ea8a7d2ec3d4a6d42f0
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16299
dc.description	This paper explores the potential opportunities that OpenCourseWare (OCW) offers in providing wider access to tertiary education, based on the ideal of ‘the right to education’. It first discusses the wider implications of OCW, and its underlying philosophy, before using a case study of a tertiary preparation program (TPP) at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) to draw out the issues involved in offering a program that is created in a particular national and social context on a global scale. This paper draws specific attention to the digital divide, its effects in national and global contexts, and the particular obstacles this presents with regards to OCW. This paper argues that OCW provides many opportunities, both in terms of access to education and in terms of student recruitment and marketing for universities. To take full advantage of those opportunities, however, requires a concerted effort on the part of tertiary education institutions, and it requires a vision that is fundamentally informed by, and committed to, the principle of ‘the right to education’.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/446/1002
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2008)
dc.subject	OpenCourseWare (OCW)
dc.subject	the right to education
dc.subject	digital divide
dc.subject	tertiary preparation programs
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	OpenCourseWare, Global Access and the Right to Education: Real access or marketing ploy?
dc.type	article