Comments on: Strategies for Deploying eLearning in Developing Countries

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:27:31 +0000

CyberSmart Africa is working in Senegal to maximize students' exposure to such great software initiatives, with our adapted interactive whiteboard: cybersmartafrica.org
[youtube otGNYiCkfYw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otGNYiCkfYw youtube]

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By: Cahyana E. Purnama

Cahyana E. Purnama — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:04:51 +0000

Some experiences have shown that providing students with a relatively advanced ICTs for their learning benefit must be with a serious and active participation of teachers in the class. Introduction on how deal with is so important in order to avoid a beyond time of necessary use – just for fun or wonder. However, students still have collected a better quality of education when the teacher has been there to be a mentor of innovative thought, especially when a balance portion between practices in the field have an ample portion in the whole time of learning.

By: @Pamela_McLean

@Pamela_McLean — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:27:39 +0000

Sannu Kelechi

It is interesting to get your feedback ref LaL. (How did I miss a demo of it last time I was at Fantsuam ? Probably I spent too much time looking at People and Place http://www.peopleandplace.co.uk/ with the Childrens Computer Club.) Please give me more info about it, either here or outside this discussion.

Is it just being used with the children or is it also used with other parts of Fantsuam Foundation's HIV/AIDS outreach work?

I realise there are big logistics issues in sharing it more widely – given that the Children's Computer Club has the advantage of happening at the Fantsuam Foundation site, but the HIV/AIDS programme involves a lot of outreach in hard-to-reach places with minimal infrastructure.

BTW – Welcome to this discussion and to Twitter .

Pam

By: @kelechibg

@kelechibg — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:10:22 +0000

Sannu Pam, , I attended a workshop last year hosted by LaL team. We have been using LaL since 2008 for Children Computer Club activities. It is a great learning tool.

By: @Pamela_McLean

@Pamela_McLean — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:35:10 +0000

Great news that The LaL is still active. Please do get me information for Nigeria.

What of Cameroon? One of my contacts there (Zoneziwoh Mbondgulo http://www.facebook.com/zoneziwohis) is involved in a health workshop next month. It would be good to get information to her about LaL, so she could find out if it would be relevant for any of the participants.

I agree with you completely that the important thing in eLearning in Developing Countries is results. Don't we all agree that the point of having the technology and the information is to serve a genuine purpose for real people, and to do that as effectively as we can?

By: @HealthIT_Africa

@HealthIT_Africa — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:52:18 +0000

@Pamela_McLean The LaL is still active and they are currently working to scale-up and extend the program into hundreds of schools and community centers across Nigeria’s six geopolitical regions. I could get some information for you on how to participate.

On informal or formal traditional learning, I believe the end should justify the means. If behaviors are changed for good, life becomes better, people are more healthy, young people make good life choices, etc then the approach is justified. And as Ian Thomson rightly said, content is king. If the information is not making any impact on the target audience, the platform and the method are altogether useless.

By: @Pamela_McLean

@Pamela_McLean — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:18:00 +0000

Is the Learning for Living project still running? If new people can join in then I would like to know how (so that I can pass on the information to some teachers and health workers I know in rural Nigeria).

Also, I appreciate the phone follow up as a great example of non formal mLearning – no exams, no certificates, no set curriculum – just an opportunity to learn. Once the area of interest had been defined, people were encouraged to ask questions and answers were given. People were learning because they wanted the knowledge, not for some other objective.

It often seems to me that most people only think of formal traditional learning when they discuss mlearning. Is that just my impression or do others get the same feeling?

Thanks for sharing this excellent video.

By: Ian Thomson

Ian Thomson — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00:30 +0000

We must not forget content in this debate. Using western centric educational resources will not be appropriate for developing countries (as we have already seen in the existing colonial based education systems)
Looking at the growing Open Education Resources (OER) movement is encouraging, but what is especially interesting is the approach taken by Wiki Educator. It uses the wiki approach of using existing content and re-purposing it for local conditions. As an example, a teacher in PNG can download a lesson plan, with attached resources, modify it for their own requirements (for example put it in the local language) and then re-store it on the wikieducator site for others to use. Have a look at
http://wikieducator.org/Main_Page
Ian