Jim, I think you are absolutely on target...these ideas have nagged at many of us for years... and there have been significant if discrete efforts, but nothing yet on the scale you suggest... perhaps the most persistent proselyte is Alfred Bork, who is developing (has developed?) a new book on this subject, and surely will respond to this discussion .. your point of institutional constraint is also critical... while nothing quite matches the kudzu of academic tenure (although increasing use of adjuncts does seem to be one practical measure!), the grip is very strong of the teachers unions at BOP levels worldwide... and bringing them on board, rather than bypassing them, seems to be the crux of implementing these kinds of reforms....
John Lawrence On 8/5/05, Jim Stodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I've been an occasional lurker on this List for years. I have a > question to which I'd love a response. Can anyone give me good > references linking 'Base of the Pyramid' (BOP) strategies with Distance > Education (DE)? Forgive me if this seems too obvious for words, but > here's my thought: > > I just finished reading "Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid" by > Prahalad, and "Captialism at the Crossroads" by Hart. It occurs to me > that DE to the BOP would be one of the 'leapfrog' technologies of which > they speak, both because of (1) hard institutional constraints in the > 1st world and (2) huge cost savings of appropriate technology at the > BOP. If non-obvious, points (1-2) are developed below. ..snip... ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
