posted on 04/26/2010 - 10:29
Given their low costs and increasing ubiquity, even in very poor communities, much has been written about the potential for mobile phones to aid in the delivery of 'anytime, anywhere' education. But what might such educational practices look like in practice? The MILLEE project (Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies) has been examining this issue for the last six years, beginning with low-income communities in the urban slums and villages in India.
In a recent presentation at the World Bank, Matthew Kam, the founder of MILLEE, shared...
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posted on 04/19/2010 - 16:23
Within the framework of the 50th anniversary of African independence, the Social and Human Sciences Sector of UNESCO (SHS) is launching a “Call for Ideas” for prospective proposals in favour of Africa’s development within the next decade.
Among the proposals, which should be submitted before Friday 30 April 2010 at midnight (Paris time), 10 ideas will be selected by an international jury and presented by their author(s) during 10 small-scale conferences to be held at UNESCO Headquarters, in mid-June 2010.
These 10 contributions to the thinking on Africa’s future will...
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posted on 04/14/2010 - 23:03
Submitted by Jill Duffy 04/08/2010
Discussions about eLearning (or rather, education in general) in Africa have really surprised me, in a good way.
The leaders of the education movement, it seems, are prepared to take bold steps by skipping a whole bunch of technology in their education agenda and jumping full-on into using what they've got: mobile phones.
Mobile phone use and ownership in Africa is huge. So why not use that accessible, ubiquitous technology to reach people?
From the eLearning Africa email blast a few days ago:
eLearning Africa: Will Africa Learn by Mobile Phone or by...
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posted on 03/29/2010 - 18:58
Technology Enhanced Learning in Science Education
Deadline 3 May 2010
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have opened new ways of learning science. With ICT tools, for example, learners have now access to enhanced hands-on experiments and empirical data such as simulations and virtual reality environments in several areas of physics, chemistry, biology and nano-science. These developments have changed the context of learning natural sciences in the initial education, as well as during vocational education and professional training. Moreover, by supporting collaborative...
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posted on 03/17/2010 - 12:22
More than 60% of students who qualify for University or tertiary education in the developing countries are not able to join due to limited physical infrastructure. With the introduction of elearning, these students can be admitted in extra mural programs. The concept of brick universities has to be replaced with click technology.
The World Wide Web and advances in Open Source Software have led to an eLearning Revolution, where students can access a plethora of learning materials, easily and conveniently. This has been propelled by the Hardware Industry where the processing power of...
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posted on 03/05/2010 - 22:26
The city of Cape Town is currently running a competition for entrepreneurs in Biotechnology, Telecom and Media, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Clean Technology, Healthcare and Social Entrepreneurship. The winner of the Cape Town competition will also get a chance to participate in the Global Entrepreneurship competition in Barcelona in June.
The city of Cape Town has approved R1.8 Million, 600,000 will be used for the competition while the rest will be used for development of entrepreneur networks in Cape Town.
Mansoor Mohamed, the City’s Executive Director: Economic,...
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