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Microfranchising Microlearning Centers: A Sustainable Model for Expanding the Right to Education in Developing Countries?

by Sloan-C

Author Information

Author(s):

Tiffany Zenith Ivins, Director of International Programs

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

Center for Open Sustainable Learning

Volume and Issue Information

Volume:

12

Issue:

1

Month:

February

Year:

2008

While availability of information and access to it enables education in developing countries, information alone does not secure transmission of knowledge—especially to remote learners in low-tech, infrastructure-poor communities. For this reason, 21st century distance education tools require innovative mechanisms for accessing the hardest-to-reach learners. This paper explores an ethnographic case study from Nepal as a means for illuminating the possibility for expanding the right to education in developing countries through an innovative approach: the microfranchising of microlearning centers.

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