INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON DISTANCE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA UNIVERSITIES (A CASE STUDY OF THE NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERISTY, EDO STATE)
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Promoting the development of a knowledge society through open and
distance education is one of the tactics increasingly adopted in recent times
by governments around the world who want to encourage economic
development at the local, state and national levels. Researchers (Howell, Williams & Lindsay, 2003) have shown that distance education programs in
particular are growing in importance as centers for the development of
knowledge society, and this has led several countries, notably those in the
west to develop strategies to encourage this effort aimed at providing people
who do not have the opportunities to attend conventional institutions of higher learning. However, advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have posed complex problem for colleges and universities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ololube, 2006, pp. 101-118), especially in their distance education programs to reaching the goal of promoting the development of a knowledge society
distance education is one of the tactics increasingly adopted in recent times
by governments around the world who want to encourage economic
development at the local, state and national levels. Researchers (Howell, Williams & Lindsay, 2003) have shown that distance education programs in
particular are growing in importance as centers for the development of
knowledge society, and this has led several countries, notably those in the
west to develop strategies to encourage this effort aimed at providing people
who do not have the opportunities to attend conventional institutions of higher learning. However, advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have posed complex problem for colleges and universities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ololube, 2006, pp. 101-118), especially in their distance education programs to reaching the goal of promoting the development of a knowledge society
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