E-Learning as Part of Disaster Recovery Planning

Resource type
Conference Paper
Authors/contributors
Title
E-Learning as Part of Disaster Recovery Planning
Abstract
The world has recently witnessed large natural disasters with the Asian tsunami, the Pakistan earthquake, etc, which has resulted in loss of life measured in hundreds of thousands. One or two years later surveys of reconstruction work have revealed less than 25% of schools have been re-established, implicating long term economic and social consequences. Disaster Recovery planning could include rapid deployment of E-learning systems adapted to disaster zones, even with an apparent lack of broadband telecommunications infrastructure. This paper proposes technically innovative solutions to the rapid re-starting of education in disaster-struck communities by introducing the concept of a mobile E-school. Planning for Disaster Recovery could include the solutions proposed herein, as it is also possible to imagine in this Globalization World that budgets of wealthier nations encompassing these concepts. (Contains 1 figure.)
Date
2007/05/00
Conference Name
International Educational Technology (IETC) Conference (7th, Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, May 3-5, 2007
Language
en
Accessed
01/12/2020, 15:08
Library Catalogue
ERIC
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Publication Title: Online Submission
Citation
Hanssen, G. M., & Rana, T. A. (2007, May). E-Learning as Part of Disaster Recovery Planning. International Educational Technology (IETC) Conference (7th, Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, May 3-5, 2007. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED500138