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The Benefits of Open Education for Underserved Communities
How openly licensed learning materials can extend what underserved communities have locally, from thin school provision to few libraries, and where their limits lie.
Access and Inclusion
Rural and Underserved Communities
Reaching places with limited schools, services or connectivity.
Breaking Down Barriers: The Benefits of Open Education for Underserved Communities
Practical delivery models for open courses: libraries, community centers and shared-device hubs that bring free learning materials to people who lack access at home.
Developing Open Education Resources for Rural and Remote Communities
A practical guide to building learning materials for low-connectivity areas: lightweight files, printed sets, local language and examples drawn from local life.
The Benefits of Open Education for Community Development
How open learning materials can support local projects, from skills for community groups to shared knowledge bases and better-informed local decisions.
The Benefits of Open Education for Rural and Remote Communities
How remote communities can use downloadable and offline-friendly materials to study without long journeys, and what travel and time costs that may help them avoid.
The Benefits of Open Education for Rural and Underserved Communities
How rural schools short of specialist teachers can use open lessons to fill subject gaps, and the practical limits of doing so without extra staff or support.
The Benefits of Open Education for Students from Rural or Isolated Areas
A learner's view of studying far from a classroom: building a self-study routine, finding peer contact online and keeping motivation going when you study alone.
The Benefits of Open Education for Students with Limited Access to Technology
What the digital divide is, and practical workarounds for students with limited technology: offline packs, mobile-first content, low-bandwidth design and shared devices.
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