JALN Introduction to the special issue on the right to education
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John R. Bourne, Janet C. Moore, Claudine Schweber
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Abstract
The eight papers in this special issue of the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
examine some of the roles that online education plays in implementing the right to education.
The 1948 Declaration called for free and compulsory education with choice and equal access based on merit.
The studies in this issue propose identifying metrics for progress towards universal access, using online
education for continuity of learning despite disasters, stewarding resources, marshalling partnerships,
and designing learning that promotes the values of the Declaration: ‘respect, understanding, tolerance,
friendship, and peace.’
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Distances et Savoirs editorial - Martine Vidal, Christian Depover, Jacques Wallet
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Martine Vidal, Christian Depover, Jacques Wallet |
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In 2007, Distances et savoirs, a reference journal on distance education for the
French speaking community of researchers and practitioners, with researchers from
Europe, Canada and Africa in its reading committee, initiated an original
collaboration with five other academic journals from Northern and Southern
America, Asia and Europe) focused on a common call for publication on the theme :
“Distance learning and the right – or access – to education”. The French version of
the call can be read in the following pages.
The aim of the project was to offer a set of references on that theme, from varied
educational environments in the world, and to publish them in the anniversary year
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 2008. The present common website
for all six journals is the result of that exceptional common endeavour.
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distances, distance education, right to education, French, world, educational environment, editorial, introduction
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