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Do Open Educational Resources Actually Increase the Digital Divide?

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Tags: Content, Digital Content, Digital Divide, Educational Technology, Free Content, Internet Access, OER, Open Content, Open Education Resources, Teacher Training
Posted in OER and Digital Divide | 7 Comments »

Does Google Make Us Stupid? Attention, Thoughtfulness and Literacy in the Networked Age

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Tags: books, Digital Divide, Gutenberg divide, ICT Literacy, Ines Dussel, Marion Walton, Nick Carr, Steve Vosloo
Posted in Literacies: Old and New | 16 Comments »

The Role of Language in Knowledge Society Educational Systems

Monday, July 15th, 2013

Tags: Cultural heritage, Educational Systems, ICT4E, Knowledge Society, Languages, OER, Roxana Bassi, Susana Finquelievich
Posted in Cultural Heritage | Comments Off on The Role of Language in Knowledge Society Educational Systems

Oscar Becerra on OLPC Peru’s Long-Term Impact

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Tags: 1:1 laptop, doomed to failure, Educational Resource Center, elementary school, Huascarán project, ict industry, ICT4E, Ministry of Education, OLPC, OLPC approach, OLPC Peru, Oscar Becerra, Pedagogy Innovation, Peru, Primary School, Public school, Una laptop por nino, XO Laptop
Posted in OLPC in Peru | 25 Comments »

Is Open and Distance Learning the Key to Quality Higher Education for All?

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Tags: Brazil, BRIC, China, Distance Learning, ICDE, India, Indira Ghandi National Open University, International Council for Open and Distance Education, Nick Moe-Pryce, Open and Distance Learning, Open University of China, post-secondary learners, Quality Higher Education for All, Russia
Posted in Open and Distance Learning | 15 Comments »

How Open Educational Resources Can Increase Opportunites for Everyone

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Tags: 21st Century Skills, Content, free public education, free public libraries, ICT, OER, Open Education Resources, Open Learning Exchange, Richard Rowe, School BeLL, Teachers, technical infrastructure, Technology, Twenty-First Century skills
Posted in OER and Digital Divide | 18 Comments »

The contextualization and implementation of a teacher competency framework for ICT4E in Guyana

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Tags: Associate Degree in Education, Commonwealth Secretariat, Guyana, Guyana ICT Professional Development Framework, ICT Competence Framework for Teachers, ICT Professional Development Strategy, Marcia Joy Thomas, Ministry of Education, National Centre for Educational Resource Development, SuccessMaker, Teachers in Guyana, Unesco, UNESCO ICT CFT
Posted in Teacher Professional Development | 4 Comments »

Assessing the Impact of iPads on Education One Year Later

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Tags: App Market, Battery Life, Consumption Device, Educational Device, eTextbooks, GarageBand, Instant On, ipad, iPad Usage, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, Sam Glicksman
Posted in Tablet Computers in Education | 13 Comments »

How We Use Technology in Education is More Important than Which Technology We Use

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Tags: CERI, Digital Divide, EU Digital Agenda, European Commission, IDC Skills for Innovation Survey, Invisible Learning, OECD, PISA, serendipic learning, technological capital
Posted in ICT in Schools | 21 Comments »