Strategy of Using ICT in ODL to Disseminate Higher Education in Tribal Communities: A Case of MP, India

Autor/inn/en	Nayak, Subash Ranjan; Kant, Nikhil; Anjali, Kumari
Titel	Strategy of Using ICT in ODL to Disseminate Higher Education in Tribal Communities: A Case of MP, India
Quelle	In: Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 15 (2020) 2, S.189-206 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kant, Nikhil)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2414-6994
DOI	10.1108/AAOUJ-05-2020-0029
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Barriers; Access to Education; Tribes; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Computer Uses in Education; Open Education; Indigenous Populations; Rural Areas; Urban Areas; Enrollment; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Tribal society; Stammesgesellschaft; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Sinti und Roma; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Einschulung; Indien
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to make an assessment of the challenges in disseminating higher education to the learners in tribal communities, and problems solving capacity of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) by strategically making use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) taking a case of Madhya Pradesh (MP), which is the most tribal dominated state of India. The paper offers valuable insight in to the usage of ICT as a strategy for the ODL system presenting an account of how it can be utilized effectively to disseminate higher education in tribal communities. Design/methodology/approach: Exploratory and descriptive techniques were utilized in this paper adopting the research strategy of case study in terms of the strategic potentialities of ICT in disseminating higher education in tribal communities by ODL using it as a strategy for their empowerment and development. Findings: The findings of the paper reveal that dissemination of higher education in tribal areas is a challenging task especially due to their socioeconomic conditions and ethno cultural settings in addition to numerous infrastructural and access related issues. In view of the need of integrating education with the Indigenous perspectives, ICT can be used as an effective strategy by ODL for disseminating higher education amongst learners in those communities by reaching out to them. Practical implications: This paper concludes that ICT can help ODL immensely in developing countries such as India strategically in reaching the tribal learners surpassing financial and geographical constraints with a learner centric approach increasing the capacity, quality and cost effectiveness of education system bringing the concept of strategy to center stage, at a time when ICT has fundamentally changed the strategies of different sectors including education with the unprecedented growth in its use. Originality/value: This paper concludes that ICT has fundamentally changed the strategies of different sectors including higher education with the unprecedented growth in its use. It also concludes that Indian higher educational sector faced with multitude of challenges is not insulated from the effect of ICT, and its emancipatory and transformative potentials in higher education can play a major substantive role by extending support to meet the increasing higher educational needs of the tribal communities by sufficiently embedding it so that their greater contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be ensured. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01