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Globalization of trade and its challenges for the developing countries: An overview of free trade policy regime and some recommendations
No full textAn Evaluation of Bangladesh Open University: Problems and Prospects
No full textAbstract: Distance education in Bangladesh started in 1956 with a distribution of 200 radio receivers. Open and distance learning (ODL) got institutional status through establishing the Bangladesh Open University (BOU) and it received the autonomous status by the Parliamentary Act, 1992. About 80 per cent of the total fund was a loan from ADB for this project. After ten years of the project, the ADB conducted an ex-post evaluation in 2002. The main purpose of this study was to develop the logical model and explore the present situation, prospects, constraints; and provide further recommendations. Research publications, report of ex-post evaluation of ADB and other secondary materials have been used as sources of information for this study. Further, the observation technique has been a strong input for this study. The study suggested a vision for BOU, utilizing the media center, and development of WebCT for an integrated software-based web for the ODL system. This study can help the policy makers and other stake holders of ODL in Bangladesh.Keywords: Open and Distance Learning (ODL), Bangladesh Open University (BOU), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Web-Based Course Tools (WebCT), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)<br/
Critical factors in service quality measurement for private universities: The case of Bangladesh
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Bangladesh Open University: An Evaluation
No full textPCF4 // Distance education in Bangladesh started since 1956 with a distribution of 200 radio receivers. Open and distance learning (ODL) get institutional status through establishing the Bangladesh Open University (BOU) and it receives the autonomous status by the parliamentary act, 1992. About 80% of the total fund was a loan from ADB, for this project. After ten years of the project, the ADB conducts an ex-post evaluation, in 2002. We find some inconsistency in this evaluation report, especially in defining the components of the logic model and in the evaluation criteria. The main purpose of this study is to develop the logic model and evaluate the ex-post evaluation. We study research publications and other secondary materials for this study. Further, online literatures and our experience and observation with BOU have been strong input for this study. The key findings of this study suggest developing vision for BOU, utilizing the media center, and development of WebCT for an integrated software based web ODL system. This study can help the policy makers and other stake holders in greater comportment. // Paper ID 4
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