CBI

The Virtual Distance Education

In order to make education accessible to all segments of the society, Unity had started providing distance education in December 2002 to people who are not privileged to attend classes on a full-time basis through the School of Distance Education (SDE).

In order to make the distance education program at UUC strong and competitive, the senior management of the University College felt that its current operations be studied, problems identified and flexible solutions designed & developed to include using the state of the art information and communication technologies.

Project Mission and Objectives

Project Mission

The mission of the Virtual Distance Education Project is to establish online systems that bridge the instructional gap of the Distance Education Program at UUC so that it provides quality education for a large number of students in Ethiopia and the rest of the world.

Project Objectives

The overall objective of the Virtual Distance Education Project is to study the existing School of Distance Education (SDE) at Unity University College, identify its problems and come up with appropriate solution (s) that will:

Improve : -
- the registration, exemption, and record management of distance learners.
- course material preparation, Distribution and tutorial.
- worksheet/ assignment handling, and grade result delivery.
- Communication between student to SDE, and student to instructor.
Pave the way for a new market from the outside world
Make UUC ready for the global tendency of making education virtual (i.e., emergence of universities 'without walls' , open universities, virtual universities, etc.)

Project Benefits

The project will enable the School of Distance Education enjoy the following benefits:

Effective course content development (content authoring) system, course material distribution and continuous student assessment through a number of online tests, quizzes, worksheets, and exercises.
Timely grade/result distribution to students
Virtual proximity of the system to students.
Twenty four hours a day system availability.
Satisfy a distance learners and;
Attract a new category of distance learners who have access to the Internet.




The Virtual Distance Education In order to make education accessible to all segments of the society, Unity had started providing distance education in December 2002 to people who are not privileged to attend classes on a full-time basis through the School of Distance Education (SDE). In order to make the distance education program at UUC strong and competitive, the senior management of the University College felt that its current operations be studied, problems identified and flexible solutions designed & developed to include using the state of the art information and communication technologies.	Project Mission and Objectives Project Mission The mission of the Virtual Distance Education Project is to establish online systems that bridge the instructional gap of the Distance Education Program at UUC so that it provides quality education for a large number of students in Ethiopia and the rest of the world. Project Objectives The overall objective of the Virtual Distance Education Project is to study the existing School of Distance Education (SDE) at Unity University College, identify its problems and come up with appropriate solution (s) that will: Improve : - the registration, exemption, and record management of distance learners. course material preparation, Distribution and tutorial. worksheet/ assignment handling, and grade result delivery. Communication between student to SDE, and student to instructor. Pave the way for a new market from the outside world Make UUC ready for the global tendency of making education virtual (i.e., emergence of universities 'without walls' , open universities, virtual universities, etc.) Project Benefits The project will enable the School of Distance Education enjoy the following benefits: Effective course content development (content authoring) system, course material distribution and continuous student assessment through a number of online tests, quizzes, worksheets, and exercises. Timely grade/result distribution to students Virtual proximity of the system to students. Twenty four hours a day system availability. Satisfy a distance learners and; Attract a new category of distance learners who have access to the Internet.