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NREN Impact: Reflections based on the INTERNET2 experience

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Tags: Africa-wide REN, BTOP, Community Anchor Network, High-Speed Network, Internet2, k20 Initiative, Kabul University, NREN, public key infrastructure, SEGP, USA, USHER
Posted in National Research and Education Networks | Comments Off on NREN Impact: Reflections based on the INTERNET2 experience

5 Key Barriers to Educational Technology Adoption in the Developing World

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Tags: Clayton R Wright, Electrical Power, Internet Connectivity, Sustainability, Teacher Professional Development, Teacher Training, Value Teachers
Posted in 2014 ICT4Edu Trends | 44 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

All 1-to-1 ICT4E Programs Around the World and Evaluation Metrics For Them

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Tags: 1-to-1 computing, Classmate PC, croudsourcing, donor agencies, Global list, governments, ICT4E, ICT4E Deployments, laptop programs worldwide, Laptops, Netbooks, NGOs, OLPC, OLPC Peru, One Laptop Per Child, tablets, XO Laptop
Posted in OLPC in Peru | 7 Comments »

ABCs and ICTs: Delivering Scale and Value with a Whole Class Learning Solution

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Tags: Columbia University, CyberSmart Africa, Earth Institute, ICT, infrared pen, Interactive White Board, national curriculum, netbook, Professional Development, Reading Delivery Systems, Reading Skills, SMS, Teacher Training, Total Cost of Ownership, USAID Senegal, video projector, whole-class learning
Posted in Reading Skills in Primary Schools | 10 Comments »

Village Teacher Training via Video Conferencing

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Tags: CONAFE, IDB, Internet Access, Internet Cafe, Jeffrey Swindle, Mexico, NGO, Teacher Training, Telecenter, Video Conferencing, WebEx
Posted in Open Discussion | 1 Comment »

Opportunities and challenges for use of mobile phones for learning

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Tags: Bas Hoefman, Corporate Social Responsibility, ICT Policy, Legal Framework, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Coverage, Mobile Phones, SMS, Text Messaing, Text to Change
Posted in Affordable Technology | 12 Comments »

The Role of NRENs in National Development

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Tags: CERT, ICT, IXP. ccTLD, KENET, National Research and Education Networks, NREN, RwEdNet, SUIN, TENET, TERNET, UbuntuNet Alliance, WACREN
Posted in National Research and Education Networks | Comments Off on The Role of NRENs in National Development

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 »

We Cannot Train More Teachers, We Must Empower Them with Technology

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Tags: Digitizing Textbooks, eBooks, ICT4E, India, OECD, OLPC, Open Content, Open Education Resources, Retraining Teachers, Teacher Mentors, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Training, Textbooks
Posted in Teacher Training | 20 Comments »