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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 »

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 »

The question is not whether, but how ICT can be useful in education

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Tags: Athens, Constructivist, Debate, Drill, Educational Technology, happiness, health, ICT4E, Lycurgus, Socrates, Sparta, Teacher Productivity, Virtual Classroom, Wealth
Posted in ICT in Schools | 17 Comments »

The State of Research and Education Networking in Africa

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Tags: Afren, Africa, AfricaConnect, ASREN, Boubakar Barry, GARNET, KENET, MARWAN, massification, NREN, REN, RENET, RENU, RREN, SudREN, UbuntuNet Alliance, WACREN
Posted in National Research and Education Networks | 8 Comments »

African NRENs can expand educational opportunities across education sectors

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Tags: African NREN, ASREN, cyberinfrastructure, HDTV, Information Age, IPv6, KENET, Middleware, NREN, Peering, RENU, telepresence, TENET, UbuntuNet Alliance, Xnet
Posted in National Research and Education Networks | 3 Comments »

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

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 »