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3 Ways MOOCs Unleash the Power of Massive International Attendance

Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Tags: Attendance, Data, e-learning, Mass Customization, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC, statistical analysis, students
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Is the One Laptop Per Child Model Still Relevant in 2014?

Thursday, May 1st, 2014

Tags: Bring Your Own Device, ICT in Education, Nicholas Negroponte, OLPC, One Laptop Per Child
Posted in 1:1 Computing in 2014 | 11 Comments »

MOOCs Will Come and Mostly Go Like Other EduTech Fads

Monday, April 8th, 2013

Tags: EdX, Harvard, ICT4D Jester, ICT4E, Kentaro Toyama, Khan Academy, Massive Open Online Courses, MIT, MOOC, Udacity
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UNESCO Working Paper Series on Mobile Learning: Europe

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Tags: Computers, eLearning, Europe, Illustrative Initiatives, Laptop, Mark West, mLearning, Mobile Learning, Mobile Learning in Europe, Mobile Learning Network, Mobile Phone, Mobile Technologies, MoLeNET, Molly System, Oxford University, Policy Implications, Student-Centric, Teacher Professional Development, Teacher Training, Teachers, Unesco, United Kingdom, Working Papers, Yorkshire Coast College
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UNESCO Working Paper Series on Mobile Learning: North America

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Tags: Acceptable Use Policies, Canada, Children’s Internet Protection Act, CIPA, Computers, eLearning, Laptop, mLearning, Mobile Learning, Mobile Phone, Mobile Technologies, North America, Policy Implications, Student-Centric, Teacher Professional Development, Teacher Training, Teacher-proof, Teachers, Unesco, USA, Working Papers
Posted in Mobile Learning Initiatives | 1 Comment »

Technology and Child Development: Evidence from One Laptop per Child Program in Peru

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Tags: 1:1 computing 1:1 learning, academic achievement, academic software, Coding test, cognitive skills, computers in schools, Educational Outcomes, Evidence, Human Capital, IDB, Inter-American Development Bank, Language, Laptop, Math, objective data, OLPC, OLPC Peru, One Laptop Per Child, Peru, randomized evaluation, Raven’s Progressive Matrices, verbal fluency
Posted in OLPC in Peru | 28 Comments »

Making Interactive Radio Instruction Truly Interactive with Community Radio and Mobile Phones

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Tags: Amazon, Community Radio, Curriculum, EDC, ICT4E, Interactive, Interactive Radio Instruction, IRI, Literacy Bridge, Mary Myers, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, Revi Sterling, WiFi Phones
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EMIS Development in a New Era

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Tags: Data Abundance, Data Chaos, Data Overload, Disaggregates, Education Indicators, EMIS Development, EMIS Management, EMIS Success
Posted in Education Management Information Systems | 2 Comments »

Let us prioritise investment in Education Management Information Systems

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Posted in Education Management Information Systems | 1 Comment »

EMIS opportunities and challenges for mobile data collection and dissemination

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Tags: Broadband, EMIS, GATHER, Ghana, GIS, ITU, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phone, Mobile Phones, Mobiles4Dev, PDA, Shem Bodo, SMS, Text Message, Uganda
Posted in Education Management Information Systems | 11 Comments »