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Distance Education Association of Southern Africa
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The Distance Education Association of Southern Africa (DEASA) is considered to be a regional powerhouse in distance and open learning. Per [ its web site] a primary goal is that:
- ...SADC [Southern African Development Community] member states can be globally competitive in ODL and can even produce materials for export to other less developed regions of the continent.
DEASA seeks to rectify inequalities in the immediate region by tacklilng them with e-learning, "to come up with new objectives and solutions fitted to the specific needs of Southern African people. The Southern Africa’s cultures and past may provide exciting ingredients for ODL that the rest of the world has been waiting for."
Members listed at are:
- Zimbabwe Open University - ZOU
- Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning - BOCODOL
- Emlalatini Development Centre - Swaziland
- Lesotho Distance Teaching Centre (LDTC)
- Mozambique Department of Distance Education
- Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL)
- Polytechnic of Namibia - Centre for Open and Lifelong Learning (COLL)
- University of Namibia
- University of Botswana
- University of South Africa (UNISA)
- Open Learning Systems Education Trust
- University of Swaziland
- National Association Of Distance Education Organisations Of South Africa
- Institute of Distance and Continuing Studies (Lesotho)
- University of Zambia
- University of Pretoria:Unit for Distance Education
The DEASA Secretariat is located in Pretoria, South Africa.
The ____ web site is at http://www.uname.edu/