Distance Education and Spatial Citizenship in Africa– Challenges and Prospects

dc.creator	Detlef KANWISCHER
dc.creator	Fabienne QUENNET
dc.date	2012-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:50Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:50Z
dc.identifier	2146-0353
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9624fcef498346479a4af2155370cdcc
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27898
dc.description	The relevance of GIS for sustainable development in Africa is undisputed. One web 2.0 application which plays a particularly strong role within local governance structures in Africa is PGIS (Participatory Geographical Information System). In fact, Spatial Citizenship education is the basis for the empowerment of the indigenous capacity for using PGIS. This article will introduce the concept of Citizenship and address the question: What are the conditions in Africa that enhance Spatial Citizenship through distance education? Consequently, the relationship between ICT, distance education, e-government, geographic information technologies, and PGIS in Africa is of central interest. These interrelationships have been studied within the context of a meta-analysis of already published data and qualified studies of these topics. One of the results of this investigation is that there is no lack of distance education materials for GIS and PGIS; even so, all are being developed for the post-secondary education sector and not for primary and secondary education. In addition, online-based distance learning is not accessible for all African citizens due to a lack of skills, technical equipment, and financial means. As a solution for this problem, m-learning approaches need to be advanced.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Review of International Geographical Education Online
dc.relation	http://www.rigeo.org/vol2no1/2.6.RIGEO-VOL.2.NO.1-6.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2146-0353
dc.source	Review of International Geographical Education Online, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 95-117 (2012)
dc.subject	GIS
dc.subject	spatial citizenship
dc.subject	distance education
dc.subject	e-government
dc.subject	ICT
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	Distance Education and Spatial Citizenship in Africa– Challenges and Prospects
dc.type	article