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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 »

Teacher Training on ICT Cannot Be a One-Time Event

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Tags: AED, CBAM, Classroom Usage, Concerns Based Adoption Model, Laura Hosman, Macedonia, Macedonia Connects, Maja Cvetanoska, Ministry of Educational Development, multi-disciplinarity, Pedagogy, Teacher Training, Technological Expertise
Posted in Teacher Training | 4 Comments »

How We Use Technology in Education is More Important than Which Technology We Use

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Tags: CERI, Digital Divide, EU Digital Agenda, European Commission, IDC Skills for Innovation Survey, Invisible Learning, OECD, PISA, serendipic learning, technological capital
Posted in ICT in Schools | 21 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 »

The System-wide Approach from Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Tags: Budgeting, e-School model, Educational Objectives, GeSCI, Global e-Schools and Community Initiative, ICT in Schools, System-wide approach, TCO, Technology Platform
Posted in Computer Configurations for Learning | 4 Comments »

SMS4Learning: Supporting healthcare providers through FrontlineSMS:Learn

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Tags: Forgetting Curve, FrontlineSMS:Learn, Health Workers, Healthcare Education, Jhpiego, Learning Reinforcement, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, SMS, SMS4Learning, Text Messaging
Posted in mEducation Initiatives | 6 Comments »

One Mouse Per Child: Simultaneous Participatory Educational Interaction

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Tags: Chile, Intelligent Tutoring System, Miguel Nussbaum, One Mouse per Child, Participatory Interactions, Pedagogy, Pointing Device, Power Point
Posted in Low-Cost ICT Devices | 11 Comments »

10 Global Trends in ICT and Education for 2010 and Beyond

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Tags: 1:1 Computing, 2010 Trends, Cloud Computing, Gaming, Horizon Report, ICT4E, Learning Spaces, Mobile Learning, Open Content, Robert Hawkinds, Teacher Mentors, Ubiquitous Learning
Posted in 2010 ICT4E Trends | 6 Comments »

Designing a sustaining and sustainable ICT4E initiative

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Tags: ICT4E, James BonTempo, Jhpiego, KSDACON, Minimum Standards for Teaching, Motivation, National Educational Technology Standards, Sustainability, Sustaining
Posted in ICT4E Sustainability | 4 Comments »

Asymmetrical OER Country Problems and Needs

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Tags: Affordability, courseware, Global Library Network, ICT Devices, Incentives, Intellectual Property, Languages, OER
Posted in Creating Electronic Educational Content | 5 Comments »