The Transformation by Innovation in Distance Education (TIDE) project aims to contribute to the strengthening of Distance Education (DE) in Myanmar as set out in the National Education Strategic plan. This paper presents a short case study exploring how TIDE is working with stakeholders to develop an inclusive ‘digital strategy’ for the project. It outlines opportunities and challenges specific to the Myanmar context and concludes by highlighting some key emerging digital strategy approaches. These approaches have both the potential to improve the quality and workplace relevance of DE courses, and to meet wider economic development goals.
Impact / Outcome
It is evident from the policy level changes and rapidly emerging digital initiatives outside the TIDE project that strategy has to be emergent and flexible. Our approach has been one of iterative collaboration based on partnership principles that value co-design, and that is responsive to a changing context. This has led to development of an understanding of priorities that are linked to emerging strategy. This helps to ensure the project remains focussed on key capacity development and longer term objectives that make effective use of ICTs. It has been important to set up mechanisms for monitoring change in the external context, identify other relevant ICT projects and developments and ensure clarity on what is within TIDE scope and what is beyond.
Funding sources
Public
Key Metrics
Make effective use of digital technologies for teaching and learning at a distance
Operating model
Fully publicYear published
01 January 2019