IT’S ALL ABOUT VIDEO CONFERENCING- TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE
E-LEARNING APPROACH IN DEVELOPING REGIONS IN BOLIVIA

Ulf Stödberg
Department of Education
Umeå University
Sweden

Carljohan Orre
Department of Informatics
Umeå University
Sweden

This paper reports on the current transformation of higher education in Bolivia. The involvement of ICT, e.g. E-learning, has many facets. One is that it offers promising solutions that can help to bridge distance and provide education in rural areas. Another is that e-learning also seems to provide promising opportunities for dealing with problems found on campus. Here, we approach the motivating and initial conditions from a practice-oriented perspective and discuss the possibilities, restraints and expectations of e-learning at a public university in Bolivia. We identify factors that need to be addressed in the coming work to advance e-learning practices.

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