A presentation summarizing the paper of Stale Angen Rye and Anne Marie Stokken which investigated how the students' everyday life influence participation in a global distance education class. Paper was published online by The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL) Vol. 13, No.1, January 2012

1. Presented by RenGuray, EDCS 230

2. - brought about by technology

3. In 2001, Kirkwood
warned about the
appropriateness of
global distance
education.
• Unequal access
to technology
• Cultural bias

4. “Students daily environments
are important for helping
determine how well students
perform and participate in
various forms of flexible
education.”

5. 1) How the education system interacts with the
students daily life
2) Materiality and the role of the technology in
their daily environments
3) How technology is imbedded in daily life, and
the role it plays
4) Cultural diversity, bias and capitalism
5) The state of “throwntogetherness”

6. Course: Master’s in Development Management
Developers: University of Agder, UNDP, UNU,

7. • Interviewees:
4 from Ghana
How they organized their
4 from Uganda study activities. How they
6 from Norway view and organized their
online activities.
• Face to face
What are the main
interviews;
challenges associated in
• Online survey
participating in the
programme.

8. • Social dimension
• Material dimension
• Cultural dimension

12. 1) Participation is critical
2) Assets and experience vary and are unequal
3) Social obligations act as constraints
4) Opportunity to participate is a high
motivator;
Educator and access to available resources
are key motivation
5) The global nature exposes inequalities and
differences

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