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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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Tags: Africa, High-Speed Network, Internet Access, National Research and Education Networks, NREN, REN, RREN, UbuntuNet Alliance, University, WACREN
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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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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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Tags: application software, computer system, database software, Dr. John Lovely, EMIS, EMIS Home Unit, IT Skills, Rapid Application Development, requirements specification, user acceptance
Posted in Education Management Information Systems | 9 Comments »
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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Tags: Broadband, EMIS, GATHER, Ghana, GIS, ITU, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phone, Mobile Phones, Mobiles4Dev, PDA, Shem Bodo, SMS, Text Message, Uganda
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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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Tags: Africa, Analysis, database software, Decision Making, Education, Education Management Information System, EMIS, logistical support, Policy, statistics, Tom Cassidy
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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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Tags: Connexions, Creative Commons, eLearning, OCL, OER, Open Course Library, Saylor Foundation, SBCTC, Strategic Technology Plan, Tom Caswell
Posted in Digital Learning Resources | 3 Comments »
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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Tags: Hewlett Foundation, ICT Directorate, KNUST, OER, OER Africa, Self-Learning, University of Ghana, University of Michigan, University of Western Cape
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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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Tags: Digital Learning Resources, DStv, eTransform, Human Development Index, Mindset, Mindset Network, MXit, South Africa, video content
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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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Tags: African Teaching Community, courseware, curricula guidelines, Microsoft, Partners in Learning Network, PiLN, Windows Live ID
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