There is increasing interest in how computers and the Internet can improve education at all levels. In both formal and non-formal settings, older ICT technologies, such as radio and television, have for over forty years been used for open and distance learning, although print remains the cheapest, most accessible and therefore most dominant delivery mechanism in both developed and developing countries.
The use of computers and the Internet is still in its infancy in developing countries, if these are used in combination rather than as the sole delivery mechanism. For example, the Kothmale Community radio Internet uses both radio broadcasts and computer and Internet technologies to facilitate the sharing of information and provide educational opportunities in a rural community in Sri Lanka. The Open University of the United Kingdom (UKOU), established in 1969 as the first in print-based materials supplemented by radio, television and, in recent years, online programming.
Similarly, the Indira Gandhi National Open University in India combines the use of print, recorded audio and video, broadcast radio and television and audio conferencing technologies.
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