{"id":2620,"date":"2009-09-26T17:41:27","date_gmt":"2009-09-27T01:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/?p=2620"},"modified":"2009-09-26T17:44:41","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T01:44:41","slug":"investigating-an-alternative-marketplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/2009\/09\/26\/investigating-an-alternative-marketplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigating an Alternative Marketplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For this activity, investigate the alternative marketplace offered by international development opportunities through the links provided and others that you find. Join the online discussion in the <strong>Module 3: Global Learning Technologies Marketplace<\/strong> where we will examine the kinds of business opportunities that may exist in a development market where divergent thinking may needed to validate \u201cthe cube,\u201d or develop a new market analysis paradigm.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">RE: Alternative Learning &amp; Skills Development Project (ALSD)<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(From the African Development Bank Group)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/projects-operations\/project-portfolio\/project\/alternative-learning-skills-development-project-alsd-525\/\">http:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/projects-operations\/project-portfolio\/project\/alternative-learning-skills-development-project-alsd-525\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FACE 1: MARKET FOCUS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\">ALSD is intended for out-of-school youth.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FACE 2: TYPES OF OFFERINGS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>ALSD is a project aimed at developing human resource by providing access to alternative learning, to skills, and to employment opportunities.\u00a0 Here, ALSD is to (a) provide assistance to out-of-school youth attain basic and secular education and (b) improve self-employment further.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FACE 3: THE BUYER<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Learning bought nationally \u2013 open to regions \u2013 local guide offers via the African Development Bank Group<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FACE 4: GLOBAL MARKETS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A region with no, restricted, or poor quality Internet service<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FACE 5: DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Market does not seem to support E-learning\/learning technologies<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FACE 6: LEARNING TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION WITH OTHER FORMS OF LEARNING<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Not yet applicable<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As an educational venture analyst (EVA), there may be a business opportunity present in this project, for there is no infrastructure (i.e. LMS, CMS, virtual classrooms), no market development around E-learning, and no E-learning system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this activity, investigate the alternative marketplace offered by international development opportunities through the links provided and others that you find. 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