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spelling okr-10986-107502021-04-23T14:02:52Z Indigenous Knowledge - Cross - Regional Distance Learning Course (India, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Tanzania) Prakash, Siddhartha AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DIET DISEASES DISTANCE LEARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS FARMERS FOOD PROCESSING FORESTRY GENDER HEALTH CARE IMMUNITY INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INSTITUTIONALIZATION INTEGRATION INTERVENTION KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE USE LEGISLATION LIVESTOCK MEDIA MEDICINE MENTAL HEALTH MORTALITY NGOS NURSES PARTNERSHIP PATIENTS POLICY MAKERS POLICY­ MAKERS PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PROPERTY RIGHTS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SCHOOLS SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY SUSTAINABLE USE UNIVERSITIES Indigenous knowledge (IK) is usually shared among local communities and transferred from one generation to the next, through oral traditions and story-telling. The IK distance learning course was an effort to facilitate this process across four countries and two continents. Information communications technology (ICTs) enabled the bridging of the geographical and perceptional distance between the 102 participants, through the videoconference facilities of the global development learning network. The course effectively demonstrated how leveraging traditional and modern knowledge systems can help address development challenges. 2012-08-13T13:01:47Z 2012-08-13T13:01:47Z 2005-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6261515/indigenous-knowledge-cross-regional-distance-learning-course-india-sri-lanka-uganda-tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10750 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 84 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa South Asia India Tanzania Uganda Sri Lanka
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topic AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURE
COLLABORATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DIET
DISEASES
DISTANCE LEARNING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ENGINEERS
FARMERS
FOOD PROCESSING
FORESTRY
GENDER
HEALTH CARE
IMMUNITY
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
INSTITUTIONALIZATION
INTEGRATION
INTERVENTION
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
KNOWLEDGE USE
LEGISLATION
LIVESTOCK
MEDIA
MEDICINE
MENTAL HEALTH
MORTALITY
NGOS
NURSES
PARTNERSHIP
PATIENTS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY­ MAKERS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAFETY
SCHOOLS
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
SUSTAINABLE USE
UNIVERSITIES
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURE
COLLABORATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DIET
DISEASES
DISTANCE LEARNING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ENGINEERS
FARMERS
FOOD PROCESSING
FORESTRY
GENDER
HEALTH CARE
IMMUNITY
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
INSTITUTIONALIZATION
INTEGRATION
INTERVENTION
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
KNOWLEDGE USE
LEGISLATION
LIVESTOCK
MEDIA
MEDICINE
MENTAL HEALTH
MORTALITY
NGOS
NURSES
PARTNERSHIP
PATIENTS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY­ MAKERS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAFETY
SCHOOLS
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
SUSTAINABLE USE
UNIVERSITIES
Prakash, Siddhartha
Indigenous Knowledge - Cross - Regional Distance Learning Course (India, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Tanzania)
geographic_facet Africa
South Asia
India
Tanzania
Uganda
Sri Lanka
relation Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 84
description Indigenous knowledge (IK) is usually shared among local communities and transferred from one generation to the next, through oral traditions and story-telling. The IK distance learning course was an effort to facilitate this process across four countries and two continents. Information communications technology (ICTs) enabled the bridging of the geographical and perceptional distance between the 102 participants, through the videoconference facilities of the global development learning network. The course effectively demonstrated how leveraging traditional and modern knowledge systems can help address development challenges.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Prakash, Siddhartha
author_facet Prakash, Siddhartha
author_sort Prakash, Siddhartha
title Indigenous Knowledge - Cross - Regional Distance Learning Course (India, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Tanzania)
title_short Indigenous Knowledge - Cross - Regional Distance Learning Course (India, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Tanzania)
title_full Indigenous Knowledge - Cross - Regional Distance Learning Course (India, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Tanzania)
title_fullStr Indigenous Knowledge - Cross - Regional Distance Learning Course (India, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Tanzania)
title_full_unstemmed Indigenous Knowledge - Cross - Regional Distance Learning Course (India, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Tanzania)
title_sort indigenous knowledge - cross - regional distance learning course (india, sri lanka, uganda and tanzania)
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6261515/indigenous-knowledge-cross-regional-distance-learning-course-india-sri-lanka-uganda-tanzania
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