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The
University of Leicester (UoL) is a UK University based
in the Midlands. It has a good research and teaching profile
including a large number of Distance Learning students. This
project has been developed with the aid of the University
of Leicester's Teaching
Enhancement Forum. This Forum is a 'community of practice'
exploring important teaching issues including citizenship. |
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The
African Virtual University (AVU)
is based in Nairobi, Kenya but has 57 learning
centres in 27 African countries. The AVU principally believe
in the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)
to overcome some of the access problems to quality education
which Africans experience. This is acheived by means of the
Open Distance and eLearning
(ODeL) initiative. |
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The
Higher Education Academy
(HEA) rationale is "to help institutions, discipline
groups and all staff to provide the best possible learning
experience for their students". To this end it supports
various initiatives and developments including through its
Subject
Centres. One such initiative which benefited this project
was their Education for Sustainable Development Project. |
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Wreake
Valley Community College (WVCC) is a UK school based in
Leicestershire. |
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Forum
for the Future is a UK Non Governmental Organisation (NGO)
specialising in matters relating to
Sustainable Development. To this end they work with businesses,
the public sector and others. |
