Abstract:
In the conventional education system the sources of knowledge and skill
receive more attention than the factors of knowledge dissemination. Knowledge
dissemination media, specially with the development of multi-media
communication technology, will become an important factor for the future
education. Thus, the rapid development of the information and the"
communication technologies may bring an unprecedented structural change in
the education system.
The total cost involving teaching fees, educational materials and living and
health expenses etc. for a foreign student in a Canadian representative
university is currently US$ 42,925. FUl1hermore,there are problems of cultural
and languages barriers. In the proposed model knowledge and skill transfer
will be possible through the multimedia communication. Tele-turorial teleconferencing
with teachers and fellowmate are now possible." Through the
Internet a student of Bangladesh can be a student of McGill University of
Canada without physically moving to Canada. So knowledge and skill transfer
becomes time wise and space wise flexible. This mode of knowledge transfer
can be more interactive. For an undergraduate engineering education of 120
credit the total cost involving teaching fees, Internet changes, educational
materials and living and health expenses is estimated to be Tk.14,22,392 (I.e.
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US$ 33,566). Developing countries like Bangladesh should encourage such
changes and be prepared to take advantage of the technological development
of the 21st century.