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National Research and Education Networks

How Can Research and Education Networks Increase African Educational Development?

Dr. FF.Tusubira

Posted on June 20th, 2011

. Research and Education Networks (RENs), at both the national and regional level, have been in existence for a long time in most parts of the world. They are normally driven by universities and research institutions, providing dedicated high speed networks that enable access to online resources for students and researchers; support content-level collaboration in […]

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Education Management Information Systems

EMIS Development in a New Era

Haiyan Hua

Posted on June 13th, 2011

For the past 20 years as computer technology has revolutionized the efficiency of information gathering and management, we have been witnessing a steady and impressive progress in EMIS development in education sector in almost all developing countries. Although the development has been uneven most can claim an accomplishment of achieving the goals of improvement in […]

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Education Management Information Systems

Let us prioritise investment in Education Management Information Systems

John Wood

Posted on June 8th, 2011

My work, in an information-oriented Education consulting company, has allowed me the opportunity to view EMIS work, in Africa and elsewhere, sometimes contributing to specifications and design but more frequently as a user, asking questions (reasonable questions, I think). So, for example: We work in evaluation and reviews using standard system-wide data on progress: What […]

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Education Management Information Systems

Educational Management Information Systems in Africa (and elsewhere)

Dr. John Lovely

Posted on June 3rd, 2011

Many of the international projects in which the author has been involved have been funder through the large international donors. Typically this involvement has been consultancy on the development of the requirements specification for a computer system. This is then followed by a procurement exercise which is usually a fairly lengthy exercise. This would then […]

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Education Management Information Systems

EMIS opportunities and challenges for mobile data collection and dissemination

Shem Bodo

Posted on June 1st, 2011

One of the measures of an efficient education management information system (EMIS) is the extent to which returns from school censuses and surveys are accurate, timely and up-to-date. This is important for any state in terms of proper allocation of per-capita funding to schools, effective monitoring of learner enrolments and attendance, addressing emerging institutional issues, […]

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Education Management Information Systems

How Can Holistic Education Management Information Systems Improve Education?

Lishan Adam

Posted on May 30th, 2011

Information and communications technology has been transforming education at different levels. One level where the ICT has been playing a key role for over the last three decades is in the management and allocation of educational resources and providing data on students and teachers often referred to as Education Management Information System (EMIS). According to […]

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Digital Learning Resources

The Open Course Library of the Washington State Colleges

Tom Caswell

Posted on May 27th, 2011

I will describe an initiative of the Washington state community and technical colleges called the Open Course Library (OCL). The Open Course Library is a large-scale curriculum redesign effort leveraging a variety of existing Open Educational Resources (OER) as well as original content by our faculty course designers. I will also discuss the advantages of […]

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Digital Learning Resources

Developing and using Open Educational Resources at KNUST

Peter Donkor

Posted on May 25th, 2011

The information and communication technology (ICT) boom of the 1990s significantly influenced higher education and opened the way for harnessing it to enhance education. It influenced the way knowledge was developed, disseminated and acquired and in effect, opened up vast opportunities for enhancing teaching and learning. E-learning and subsequently, open educational resources were some of […]

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Digital Learning Resources

Mindset Network is eTransforming Africa

Dylan Busa

Posted on May 23rd, 2011

The Human Development Index, originally developed by Amartya Sen and Mahbub ul Haq, places education and health as 2 key measures of human development. The founders of Mindset recognised that in order to nurture much neglected human development in South Africa and in other places on the continent, it was essential to place the focus […]

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Digital Learning Resources

Partners in Learning Network: Trials and Triumphs

Donna Preston

Posted on May 20th, 2011

. The Partners in Learning Network, an education initiative from Microsoft, is a dynamic web resource that connects teachers and education leaders in professional development communities enabling them to share challenges, solutions and teaching resources. Perhaps more familiar as the Innovative Teachers Network (ITN), the Partners in Learning Network (PiLN) was transformed in November 2009 […]

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