CROSS-BORDER DISTANCE EDUCATION (CBDE) IN A WIRED WORLD: The Experience of a Student in Nigeria

It is imperative for countries to provide quality education that would empower their
people to compete and benefit from the growing socio-cultural global exchanges of the
21st century. The Internet is expanding the global village, thereby, enhancing
communication, collaboration and the cooperation of peoples with each other across the
world. As a result, cross-border education is growing worldwide and creating greater
access to education in developing countries including Nigeria. Therefore, the concerns of
a potential online student among others should include the state of ICT infrastructure,
student’s computer skills, financial implications, and socio-cultural issues in distance
education among others. This article is a narrative of the lived experience of a Nigerian
student who has undertaken cross-border distance education in a wired world-an age of
the Internet.