Distance Education International

Do you need to formulate distance education policies and strategies?
Do you need to get education and training to a wide audience efficiently and cost-effectively?
Do you need to update and retrain the workforce?

Distance Education International is an independent organisation that provides help, advice and guidance on distance education and implementation.

We offer extensive world-wide experience of distance education at strategic and operational levels. Through teams of a number of Associates, we provide solutions to a wide range of issues including:

policy formulation in wider participation and lifelong learning at national and local government levels;
policy evaluation;
strategy development and implementation for wider participation and lifelong learning;
maximising external funding and investment opportunities;
development and management of all aspects of open and distance learning and flexible learning systems;
development, production and delivery of multi-media teaching and learning materials;
training and support of teaching and materials development staff;
provision of appropriate student support and IT systems;
costing and costing methodologies;
quality control in materials development, assessment and examination of educational programmes;
establishment, development and management of new approaches to teaching and learning;
advice on pre-existing courseware and its local adaptation.
provision of workshops and seminars on all aspects of ODL.

Solutions are provided as a three-step process

investigation and analysis;
advice, recommendations and provision of costed alternatives;
implementation of new processes, procedures and systems including evaluation and assessment.

Flexible, learner-focused, cost-effective and efficient solutions are offered for short-, medium- and long-term scenarios designed to operate in a particular environment and make the best possible use of any existing resources.