Based largely on experiences with the World Bank's World Links project (use this link; the document contains the wrong URL) the author outlines ten 'lessons' for online learning in the developing world. Some are common sense - technical support, wireless access, community support. But some are not. The report stresses public/private partnerships throughout, for example, while blaming the private sector's unreasonable pricing policies on 'regulatory issues'. The article favours top-heavy investment laden programs - such as expensive computer labs and "equipping schools" (insead of smaller scale personal access programs) and then says business must be involved because "a ministry of education cannot take on the task... it is simply too big a job."
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