【中图分类号】G728【文献标识码】A【文章编号】1007-2179（2010）03-0050-06

南非大学：推进非洲大陆的开放与远程学习^*

南非大学校长    巴尼·皮特亚纳

    【摘要】南非大学在推动非洲远程与开放学习方面具有重要的战略作用，虽然在非洲，增加高等教育的机会仍然是一个潜在的迫切需要，但南非大学和非洲远程教育理事会(ACDE)决心不能以牺牲开放与远程学习所培养学生的能力、课件内容、教学和学习、学生支持等的质量为代价。为了实现这一目标，南非大学已经参与了一系列合作、质量保证，以及大学层面和非洲层面的数据分析。在大学层面，南非大学旨在通过合作伙伴关系、制定一套前沿的质量规则、周密的数据聚合，促使制定能在国家政策环境下成长和发展的最佳的、适当的决策，从而提高南非大学的影响力及其对开放与远程学习的贡献。在非洲层面，南非大学积极参与了一系列创新举措,本文将深入探讨这些创新举措，从而洞察非洲大陆开放远程学习的现状，以及南非大学在其中所起的作用。

     * 本文系作者在“2010非洲国家高级教育官员研修班暨开放远程教育国际大讲座”上的主题报告。

The University of South Africa: Advancing ODL on the Continent

Nyameko Barney Pityana

 (Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Africa)

Abstract: South Africa has an important and strategic role to play in advancing open and distance learning on the Continent.While increased access to higher education on the Continent remains an underlying imperative, both Unisa and the ACDE are resolved that this should not be done at the expense of quality: in respect of the calibre of students that ODL produces; courseware content; teaching and learning; and learner support. In pursuit of these goals，Unisa has engaged in a number of collaborations, quality assurance efforts and data analyses both at the institutional and continental level.  At an institutional level，Unisa aims to increase its impact on and contribution to ODL through collaborative partnerships, a leading edge quality regimen, and the thoughtful aggregation of data in order to facilitate the best possible decision making for growth and development within the national policy environment.  At a continental level， Unisa is actively engaged in initiatives.