Poverty Alleviation Through Access to Education: Can E-Learning Deliver?

Khan, Habibullah; Williams, Jeremy B.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1606102

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“…In conclusion, Anadolu University Open and Distance Learning System makes important contributions to social and economic welfare, whilst helping to reduce poverty, particularly among urban area residents. Likewise in Ambre-Uva' study (2010) and Khan and Williams (2007), the ODL system made contributions to poverty alleviation. They both showed that ODL had the positive effects in reducing poverty.…”

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“…In addition, student contact with universities in the distance learning system has been put into question by Shea et al (2015) and Moore (2011). Khan and Williams (2007) suggest that e-learning platforms are powerful tools for decreasing poverty and increasing the social welfare of disadvantaged groups (people on low income, the disabled, the long-term ill, minorities, and suchlike). Open and distance learning systems also have positive effects on income and poverty.…”

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Perceptions and Opinions of Graduates about the Effects of Open and Distance Learning in Turkey

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Günsoy

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Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

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Open and distance learning in higher education provides an opportunity to individuals who cannot attend university full time on campus. Urban area residents especially have an advantage by accessing such higher education. There are almost three million people who receive university education in this way, and almost 1,5 million students in the Open and Distance Learning System at Anadolu University. On campus university graduates can also register for any department as a second university to receive university education in the Open and Distance Learning System. Therefore, the number of students and graduates increase every year. The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of the Open and Distance Learning System at Anadolu University, which has helped Turkish higher education by means of increasing economic and social welfare. To achieve the goal, 9131 graduates were surveyed. The results indicate that the Open and Distance Learning System in question has been effective with regard to their employment status (before and after education), income levels and their social-economic welfare positions.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Economical and Social Returns Of Open And Distance Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions and Opinions of Graduates about the Effects of Open and Distance Learning in Turkey

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Günsoy

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Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

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“…Birinci, ikinci ve yükseköğretim birbirlerini tamamlayan bir bütünün parçalarıdır. Yükseköğretim, toplum ve ekonominin tüm sektörlerinin temel bilgisini sağlar (Khan ve Williams, 2006).…”

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“…Eğitimle becerileri güçlendirilmiş bir kişi, sahip olduğu eğitim ona geleceğini tahmin etmesini sağlayarak, yaşantıları üzerlerindeki kontrolü ve mevcut seçme haklarını genişletir. Eğitim bir insan hakkı olarak tanımlanır ve ekonomik gelişimin, sosyal ve insanî tüm boyutlarıyla fiili olarak açıkça ilişkilidir (Khan ve Williams, 2006).…”

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Poverty, Education Technologies and Eurasian Economies

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2012

International Conference on Eurasian Economies 2012

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While poverty has been a phenomenon encountered practically in all societies in the past, it still continues to exist as a significant social phenomenon in our day. In this study, poverty concepts, significance of education in fighting with poverty, opportunities offered by the latest innovations in education technologies for education and the contributions that can be provided by these innovations to education programs aimed to fight with poverty have been explained. How the Eurasian countries may use education technologies in the anti-poverty programs that they could collectively implement and the opportunities that could be offered by collective action have been discussed.

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