Economics and business journalism : Kenya   distance learning course

Bardini, Mark D.

Economics and business journalism : Kenya distance learning course

Bardini, Mark D.

As part of its commitment to broaden its worldwide reach via new technologies, the Economic Development Institute (EDI) launched its first course fully delivered through distance learning (DL) technologies on March 31, 1998, which continued once a week through May 12. Using the interactive television systems of George Washington University and the African Virtual University (AVU) , the Economics and Business Journalism core course reached 35 Kenyan journalists and broadcasters gathered at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya. In Washington, EDI task manager Tim Carrington managed the course in collaboration with Kenneth Best (an editor and publisher) and a course facilitator in Kenya. This course was important for several reasons. Most importantly, it was the first EDI course fully delivered by distance education methods. The distance learning delivery method was viewed as being beneficial in its ability to reach an audience of African journalists without the instructors having to leave the World Bank headquarters or the city of Washington, DC. It also allowed participants to attend who could not afford to travel outside of their country, but who could manage to take a bus to Kenyatta University. The program was delivered entirely from the United States to African journalists without traveling to Africa-the first course of its kind in EDI-except for one presentation from the Nairobi stock exchange which was the only part of the course that took place on-site in Kenya.

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