WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. African Virtual University - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Virtual_University

    African Virtual University. The African Virtual University ( AVU) is a pan-African effort to create an open and affordable distance learning institution to serve the African continent. The AVU began in 1997 as a project of the World Bank and later developed into an autonomous institution after it was handed over to African governments in 2003.

  3. Distance education - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education

    In South Africa, the University of South Africa, formerly an examining and certification body, started to present distance education tuition in 1946. William Rainey Harper encouraged the development of external university courses at the new University of Chicago in the 1890s.

  4. History of virtual learning environments - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_virtual...

    Tandata Td1400 Prestel terminal. A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a system specifically designed to facilitate the management of educational courses by teachers for their students. It predominantly relies on computer hardware and software, enabling distance learning. In North America, this concept is commonly denoted as a "Learning ...

  5. Massive open online course - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course

    A massive open online course ( MOOC / muːk /) or an open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web. [1] In addition to traditional course materials, such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions to ...

  6. Management College of Southern Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_College_of...

    The Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) is an education institution located in Durban, South Africa.It is a private higher education institution, established in 1995 as a post-apartheid empowerment institution, offering affordable and accessible management education primarily to persons previously denied access to postgraduate education.

  7. Open educational resources - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources

    OER Africa is an initiative established by the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide) to play a leading role in driving the development and use of OER across all education sectors on the African continent. The OER4Schools project focusses on the use of Open Educational Resources in teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa.

  8. Vista University - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vista_University

    Location. Pretoria. , South Africa. Campus. Urban. South Africa portal. Vista University, South Africa was established in 1981 [1] by the apartheid government to ensure that urban black South Africans seeking tertiary education would be accommodated within the townships rather than on campuses reserved for other population groups. [2]

  9. Bible Institute of South Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/.../Bible_Institute_of_South_Africa

    The Bible Institute of South Africa is an evangelical Bible college located on the False Bay coastline in Kalk Bay, Cape Town in South Africa. The college has students from across Africa, as well as from Europe, Asia and North America. BISA is a non-denominational bible training college. Staff and students are drawn from a range of church ...