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Let us prioritise investment in Education Management Information Systems

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Posted in Education Management Information Systems | 1 Comment »

Sam Carlson: There is Enormous Wastage in the Implementation of Education Technology for Schools

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Tags: Board Exams, CBSE, Examination System, ICT Literacy, Iterative Training, Sam Carlson, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Teacher Training, World Bank India, World Links
Posted in Is ICT in Schools Wasted | 10 Comments »

Educational Technology Conferences for June to December 2014

Wednesday, May 28th, 2014

Tags: 2014, Clayton R Wright, Conference, EduTech, event
Posted in 2014 ICT4Edu Trends | Comments Off on Educational Technology Conferences for June to December 2014

MIT-Haiti Initiative Uses Haitian Creole to Make Learning Truly Active, Constructive, and Interactive

Friday, July 26th, 2013

Tags: culture preservation, Haiti, Haitian Creole, Kreyòl, Languages, Linguistics, Michel DeGraff, MIT
Posted in Cultural Heritage | Comments Off on MIT-Haiti Initiative Uses Haitian Creole to Make Learning Truly Active, Constructive, and Interactive

Learn Experientially and Connect Globally with MOOCs

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

Tags: Commonwealth of Learning, Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, Coursera, George Siemens, Learning4Content, Leigh Blackall, literacy, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC, Randy Fisher, Stephen Downes, Udacity, WikiEducator
Posted in Massive Open Online Courses | Comments Off on Learn Experientially and Connect Globally with MOOCs

Open and Distance Learning for Teacher Training: Evidence from Pakistan

Monday, July 23rd, 2012

Tags: Allama Iqbal Open University, Khalid Mahmood, Learning Management System, Open and Distance Learning, Pakistan, Teacher Professional Development, Teacher Training, Virtual University of Pakistan
Posted in Distance Education for Teachers | 2 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 »

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 »

Towards Free Learning Opportunities for All Students Worldwide

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Tags: African Virtual University, Creative Commons, Digital Content, Digital Learning Resources, OER, OER Africa, Open Education Resources, Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, Teacher Education Professional Courses, Wayne Mackintosh
Posted in Digital Learning Resources | 14 Comments »