Thursday, October 4, 2012

Research Around the World

I chose to explore the Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU) Sub-Saharan Africa websites:
http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/index.php
http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/major_reports.php

1.) What are some of the current international research topics? 
On both websites, I did not see any current international research topics. I saw the ECDVU Sub-Saharan Africa: Mission Statement, a paragraph on Innovative Approaches to Education and Partnership, some publications, communities but no research topics.

2.) What surprising facts/insights/new ideas about early childhood did you gain from exploring this international early childhood website? 
The Early Childhood Development Virtual University is accredited.  It is a training program offered online that offers web-based course work as well as face-to-face seminars.

3.) What other noteworthy information did you find on this website?
The website offers a page that has: Final Major Projects and Theses. This page lists many students name alphabetically, the country in which they live and a PDF file of their project/thesis. The courses offered are specifically for people in Africa.










3 comments:

  1. Stacy,
    I did look at this website also, and I was quite intrigued by the virtual university aspect. What do you think about it?

    Deb

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  2. Stacy,
    It is obvious that research field in Africa is not really developed comparing to the rest of the world. However, it is interesting that Virtual University offers face-to-face seminars and training. Thank you for sharing information about it.

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  3. Stacy, I wonder why the website did not offer any research topics. I would think that Africa has a lot of research information. I can remember visiting some of the websites about Africa and found quite a bit of research that has taken place. Maybe it was just this particular website, because I did not choose to research this website I can not say.

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