Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Martin Weller reports on being invited to the UN as part of a group of experts considering a proposal to develop a UN online university in STEM for Least Developed Countries (LDCs). On this post he outlines five potential models for such a venture, noting that, as always, the difficulty is in the details. He suggests "a network overseen by a reliable, experienced provider with a strong established model of online education," which is what we might expect from someone (formerly) from the Open University. In the comments Gavin Moodie references the Commonwealth of Learning, which the UN would do well to emulate.

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