Governance and social justice

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List of Contributions

ID	First name	Surname	Institution	Paper
112	At	van Schoor	University of South Africa	How open should open be? Managed open admission at the University of South Africa
140	Rotimi	Ogidan	National Open University of Nigeria	The role of open and distance learning institution in providing access to education among the prison inmates
69	Kallie	De Beer	Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT)	Community open distance and eLearning with open education resource approaches to peacekeeping and post-conflict challenges in Africa
405	Andy	Lane	UK Open University	Am I good enough? the mediated use of open educational resources to empower learners in excluded communities
77	Abdul	Mannan	University of Papua New Guinea	Higher education institution in post conflict recovery: a case study of Bougainville Autonomous Region of Papua New Guinea
534	Pushpa Chakrapani	Ghanta	Dr B.R. Ambedkar Open University	Empowerment of marginalised communities: the role of open and distance learning in India
178	Olugbenga	Ojo	National Open University of Nigeria	Empowering women prisoners through education: open and distance learning option in Africa
359	Patrick	Kilby	Australian National University	So, what happened in Kabul today? Flexible learning in conflict and social justice programmes at the Australian National University
340	Margaret	Kovach	University of Saskatchewan	Distance education for social justice in the wireless era: enabling indigenous students' access to post-secondary education through distance learning
447	Anne	Pike	UK Open University	Discussion session on the role of open and distance learning in prisons
76	Abdul	Mannan	University of Papua New Guinea	Distance learning student retention: a case study of the University of Papua New Guinea Open College
604	Nathaniel	Aniekwu	University of Benin	Distance learning intervention in unserviced rural communities in the Niger Delta of Nigeria
799	Som	Naidu	University of Melbourne	Integrating technology education for orofessional development of teachers: developmental experiences
739	Ajaga	Nji	University of Dschang	Governance Issues in the design and delivery of open and distance learning programmes: lessons from the Cameroon experience (1988-2007)
186	Jyotsna	Misra	Sandhan Foundation	Coastal Community Resource Centre (CCRC) young women: a hawking experience
406	Beatrix	Schmelzle	Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management	Disseminating knowledge from the world around the world: The Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation
149	Siran	Mukerji	Arab Open University	Role of integrated learning environment towards enhancing professional competency of women: a case study of Arab Open University - Saudi Arabia branch
746	Olalekan Abiodun	Fadeyi	Centre for Governance & Qualitative Studies	Distance learning and women marginalisation: the gender-oriented perspective
209	Bobby	Barrett	American Public University	Using eLearning as a strategic tool for students with disabilities
285	Nanda	Wanniarachchi	National Institute of Education	Rights-based approach on education and management to protect child rights and reduce drop out rate of students in the Open School system in Sri Lanka
92	Mahendranath	Busgopaul	Internet Child Safety Foundation	The need to protect young children on the internet
253	Carolyn	Anderson	Mount Royal College	Uncharted territory: the creation of interactive online international community courses
175	Nikhila	Bhagwat	S.M.R.K.Women's College	Development of distance mode learning material to give gender education to tackle discrimination for social transformation and justice
793	Jyotsna	Jha	Commonwealth Secretariat	Female literacy, education and empowerment: risks and potentials of open and distance learning
458	Hugh	Starkey	Institute of Education	Distance learning and human rights education: a contribution to development?
198	Edith	Mhehe	Open University of Tanzania	Women improvise 'learning technologies' to access learning for development: increase access and success in higher education and manage family roles
288	Daniel	Mbwoge	Research for Enterprise, Industries, Technology and Development (EITD Research)	Transforming citizen-leadership engagement, governance institutions, and development in communities or quarters: the example of mile 19 in Cameroon
538	Kabir	Mia	International Labour Organisation	Elimination of worst forms of child labour and poverty alleviation through distance education
720	Gul	Rabia	Allama Iqbal Open University	Impact of Aga Khan Rural Support programme’s gender strategy on rural women in district Chitral
461	Anne	Adams	UK Open University	Security issues within prison and health open and distance learning programmes
591	Nom	Ambe-Uva	National Open University of Nigeria	Experiences from and impact of open and distance learning in conflict and post-conflict rural communities
476	Nancy Evelyn	Berke Burg	City University of New York- LaGuardia	Open access in North America's most diverse county
609	Irshad	Hussain	International Islamic University Islamabad	Distance education as a strategy for eliminating gender disparity in Pakistan
407	Ndeshimona	Afunde	Namibian College of Open Learning	The role of open and distance learning in providing support for the decentralisation and democratisation process in Namibia
428	Majed	Rashid	Allama Iqbal Open University	Executive students' attitude towards technological change : a case study of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU)
309	Nainendra	Nand	University of the South Pacific	Legislative drafting, distance education, and its contribution to good governance in the Pacific
727	Brooke	Prater	The World Bank Institute	Parliamentary Strengthening Programmes: improving access, availability and governance through a self-paced learning programme
63	Dudley Morgan	Elias	Worldwide Resources Training Centers	Women in Africa’s development: pushing for progress through entrepreneurship education
213	Peter	Cannell	UK Open University in Scotland	Access to higher education, language and academic literacy
606	Ayodeji	Ige	National Open University of Nigeria	Open and distance education as a catalyst for sustainable human development
314	Savita	Datta	University of Delhi	The value of new technology and collaboration in extending capacity and widening participation
512	Anne	Pike	UK Open University	Investigating the digital divide for UK Open University distance learners in prison
554	Chhaya	Jha	Human Resource Development Center	Developing actors for change for conflict prevention through distance learning
441	Richard	Saunders	York University	Strengthening African civil society organisations through university web-based learning
339	Chandraiah	Esampally	Dr B.R. Ambedkar Open University	Widening access to quality learning through information and communications technologies in distance education: problems and possibilities – a case study
345	Riffat	Haque	Allama Iqbal Open University	Launching MSc in Gender and Women’s Studies in Pakistan: a case study
325	Stella	Chege	Fahamu	Strengthening the capacity of African civil society organisations through distance learning training
652	Cornelia	Muganda	Open University of Tanzania	Open and distance learning and social justice in higher education in developing societies: increasing the probability of the possibilities
361	Belinda	Tynan	University of New England	The use of wiki in teaching/learning peace studies: a platform for the disadvantaged

Open Abstracts

Proposal Outlines on Governance, Conflict and Social Justice

• Distance education for social justice in the wireless era: enabling indigeonous students' access to post-secondary education through distance learning, by Dr Margaret Kovach
• The role of open and distance learning in prisons, by Ms Anne Pike
• Experiences from and impact of open and distance learning in conflict and post-conflict rural communities, by Mr Ambe-Uva Nom
• Education for a digital world: advice, guidelines and effective practice from around the globe, by Ms Sandra Hirtz
• Distance learning and women marginalization: the gender-oriented perspective, by Olalekan Abiodun Fadeyi
• Distance learning and human rights education: a contribution to development, by Dr Hugh Starkey
• The evolution of a policy to meet the challenges of distance: the case of the UWI Open Campus, by Dr Anna-May Edwards-Henry and Mrs Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi
• Mobile Learning: Reaching the disadvantaged, by Ms Gomang-Seratwa Ntloedibe-Kuswani
• Towards the design of a decentralised support system for online learners, by Dr Olabisi Kuboni
• Parliamentary strengthening programmes: improving access, availability and governance through a self-paced learning programme, by Mr Rick Stapenhurst