Distance Learning Across the Globe: Stanford University International Outreach Program (IOP)

September 13, 2007

in Distance Learning, Ideas

Stanford University International Outreach Program (IOP). ‘The Stanford University International Outreach Program (IOP), a new program under the auspices of Stanford’s International Initiative, supports the extension and adaptation of Stanford educational content and teaching programs for collaborative partnerships with tertiary institutions in developing countries.

Innovative teaching and learning approaches, multidisciplinary curriculums, appropriate uses of Information and Communication Technologies, in conjunction with building teaching capacity among partners provide the framework for directing IOP’s program activities.’

Stanford Report: Stanford expands distance learning across the globe. ‘Researchers at Stanford and at universities in Africa and Latin America are pushing the boundaries of distance learning to develop new collaborative models that will prepare students to work in an increasingly borderless world.

Under the recently launched International Outreach Program (IOP), headed by Reinhold Steinbeck, Stanford faculty are helping to redefine the way students learn whether they are in high-tech classrooms on campus, in remote wildlife parks in Tanzania, in teacher-training colleges in Chile, or at a university in Cali, Colombia.

“What’s really exciting about this is that it opens a whole new chapter in engaging students in these countries in globally distributed courses,” Steinbeck said of these and other pilot projects supported by IOP, which is based at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) under the auspices of the International Initiative. “We are very determined to make this a collaborative process”.’


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{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

BRANICE KIVARI MULEHANE June 22, 2008 at 10:14

I am so greatful with the information provided on this site. I am interested in pursuing a distance masters program with your institution can you send a brochure. Thanks.
Branice.

PRAVEEN KUMAR June 30, 2008 at 08:43

plz let me know about the distance courses offered by ur institute………..

Ankit Chhabra May 11, 2009 at 12:14

Thank you for all the information. I am interested in doing a Master degree (distance learning) in finance. Do you have any such course. Any information / help is highly appreciated. Thnx in advance.

Jorge Goncalves May 16, 2009 at 20:53

Thanks Ankit for your interest in my blog. You should redirect your inquiry to the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at http://fsi.stanford.edu/docs/contact_us/. Hope this helps.

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