Building Human Capacity Locally through Hybrid Distance Learning: A Haitian Case

  • Authors:
  • Sara Naab

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Michigan, American University of the Caribbean

  • Venue:
  • ICALT '05 Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Distance learning has long been seen as a means of reversing "braindrain." This exploratory paper introduces a model which will be tested at the American University of the Caribbean (AUC) to develop local human capacity through a hybrid distance learning program using the social capital of the national diaspora.