Enable higher institutions in emerging countries:

• Promote learning research, innovation and development, with a focus on student learning rather than on developments in technology per se, enabling students to learn through and be supported by technology.
• Meet the needs of learners and their own aspirations for development, using technology to transform higher education into a more student-focused and flexible system.
• Support institutions in the strategic planning, staff capacity for e-learning, curriculum design and pedagogy. change management and process development that are necessary to underpin their development and embedding of e-learning.