Title :
Bridging the Bandwidth Gap: Open Educational Resources and the Digital Divide
Author :
Haßler, B. ; Jackson, Alan McNeil
Author_Institution :
Centre for Commonwealth Educ., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents an overview of Digital Divide issues associated with the global disparity in availability and cost of bandwidth. We give examples and discuss the relevance of this to global use of Open Educational Resources. Strategies for mitigating low-bandwidth challenges are discussed.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; data communication; bandwidth gap; data communications; digital divide; low-bandwidth mitigation strategy; open educational resources; Bandwidth; DH-HEMTs; Data communication; Special issues and sections; Three dimensional displays; Transcoding; Low-bandwidth operation; Transcoding; data communications aspects; network management.;
Journal_Title :
Learning Technologies, IEEE Transactions on
