by: Agung Purwadi Centre for Policy Research and Educational Innovation, Ministry of National Education, Indonesia Indonesia is one the most populuous nations in the world.   Her population was about 219 million with 67 percent of them were under the productive, 15-64 years, age in 2005 (CBS, 2005 inter-cencal survey results).   About 106 million were considered as labor force with an employment rate of...

Jos Luhukay The Indonesian National ICT Council Abstract: The availability of interconnection and better bandwidths have caused the current rise in e-Learning implementations. While the multi-channel approach is increasingly accepted and practiced, the scarcity in quality content and instructors remains a major issue. Multisourcing is a method well within existing regulatory boundaries which can be utilized...

Dr. Insung Jung (Professor, International Christian University, Tokyo)   A keynote speech The International Symposium on Open, Distance, and E-Learning 2007 organized by the Ministry of National Education, The Republic of Indonesia   Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, Bali 13 – 15 November 2007     Abstract     Open, distance, and e-learning (ODEL) is enjoying phenomenal growth in Asian higher education,...

Education is an important thing for everyone to exploit his potential, to develop his knowledge, skill, character, and for every nation to build its civilization. It is the obligation of every nation to provide quality education for its people. This issue of education and distribution of knowledge is very topical and important for every nation in this world represented in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...

The capacity of Information and Communications Technology to act as a catalyst of change (both positive and negative) in the realm of education is irrefutable. The concern, however, in most of the developing world is the potentially high cost of implementing ICT in education and a distinctive lack of empirical evidence of the success of such implementation. The existence of infrastructure in and of itself is...

Since the Development Era (Pelita) of the 1970s, communications technology has been applied to educational purposes. Since then, several new technologies, such as radio, film, television, computing and computer-assisted learning became media of teaching and learning. During 1970-1980s, radio remained the most important medium for teachers training in the rural and remote areas. This has been proven to be particularly...