Title : 
Building human capacity locally through hybrid distance learning: a Haitian case
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Distance learning has long been seen as a means of reversing "braindrain". This exploratory paper introduces a model which will be tested at the American University of the Caribbean (AUC) to develop local human capacity through a hybrid distance learning program using the social capital of the national diaspora.
         
        
            Keywords : 
distance learning; economic indicators; educational computing; user centred design; American University of the Caribbean; Haiti; braindrain; hybrid distance learning; local human capacity development; national diaspora; social capital; Africa; Computer aided instruction; Computer aided software engineering; Economic indicators; Education; Educational programs; Environmental economics; Humans; Power generation economics; Testing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2005. ICALT 2005. Fifth IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7695-2338-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICALT.2005.76