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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 »

Towards Glocal Learning Communities

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Tags: Glocal Learning Communities, ICT, knowledge repositories, Local Languages, mobile Internet, P2PU, Teemu Leinonen, Wikiversity
Posted in Open Discussion | 4 Comments »

How Student Technology Profiles Effect Open and Distance Learning in South Africa

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Tags: Dr. Johan Hendrikz, One Smartphone Per Teacher, Open and Distance Learning, South Africa, Teacher Professional Development, teacher technology, Teacher Training, University of Pretoria
Posted in Teacher Professional Development | 12 Comments »

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 »

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 »

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 »

There Are No Technology Shortcuts to Good Education

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Tags: 9 Myths of ICT4E, Computers, Educational Outcomes, EduTech Hubris, ICT4E, Justified Educational Technology, TCO, Teacher Training, Technology Cycle, Total Cost of Ownership
Posted in ICT in Schools | 158 Comments »

Book-Poor, but Mobile Phone-Rich? Look to M-Novels

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Tags: books, Connectivity, distraction, Kontax, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, mobiles, Nick Carr, Steve Vosloo
Posted in Literacies: Old and New | 4 Comments »

Let’s Focus on Educational Media, Not ICT Devices

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Tags: $10 Computer, 8-bit computer, Copyrights, Derek Lomas, Digital Educational Media, Intellectual Property, Millee, NYU, Oregon Trail, Playpower, Video Games
Posted in Low-Cost ICT Devices | 10 Comments »