Virtual Educatıon in a Developing Nation (INDIA): Experiences of IGNOU
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TOJDE-The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Anadolu University
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IGNOU came into existence in the year 1985 with a mandate to democratize higher
education by a diversity of means using traditional and new technologies. The university has
achieved many milestones in a short span of 15 years existence in terms of courses and
programmes introduced, instructional technologies adopted and student services offered.
Above all it has enrolled a large number of students achieving a 'mega open university'
status. Since 1998 IGNOU has introduced virtual education, with a few academic
programmes pertaining to Computer and Information Sciences in two phases. In order to
assess the 'Virtual Campus' initiative a study was initiated by the researchers in the year
2000. The findings of which have been discussed in this paper. Also background information
about the trends in the development and delivery of academic programmes through Virtual
Campus at IGNOU have been explained.
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Virtual education, Devloing nation,Distance Education, India, Open Learning