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Richard Rowe
Posted on January 17th, 2012
I am Richard Rowe and I have, for the first time that I am aware of, valid and reliable evidence of substantial improvements in basic literacy in a developing country over a short period of time, at a scalable cost, directly related to the introduction of a technology-supported learning system. I have in many ways […]
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Tags: Africa, Innovations for Learning, literacy, OLE Rwanda, Open Learning Exchange, Reading, Reading Skills, Richard Rowe, RTI, Rwanda, Teachermate, TeacherMate Differentiated Instruction System, Testing, USAID
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Wayan Vota
Posted on January 10th, 2012
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and World Vision (collectively referred to as the “Founding Partners”) are seeking game-changing innovations with the potential to dramatically improve reading skills and low literacy rates among primary grade children. Through a multi-year initiative called All Children Reading: A Grand […]
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Tags: All Children Reading, AusAID, Education, Education Management Information Systems, EMIS, Grand Challenge for Development, Grant, ICT4EDU, literacy, Proposal, Reading, RFP, USAID, World Vision
Posted in Education Management Information Systems | 5 Comments »
Michael Trucano
Posted on January 5th, 2012
The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank, with the support of the African Union, are producing a new ‘flagship’ report on how ICTs, especially mobile phones, have the potential to change fundamental business models in key sectors for Africa. The overall goal of this effort, which is known as eTransform Africa, is to […]
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Tags: Affordable technologies, Africa, African Development Bank, African Education, African Governments, African Union, Digital Learning Resources, Education, Education Management Information Systems, Educational Systems, eTransform Africa, Final Report, National Research and Education Network, Teacher Professional Development, World Bank Group
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Richard Rowe
Posted on December 20th, 2011
Let me begin by suggesting a different question than “Do Open Educational Resources actually increase the digital divide?” Instead, let me ask: How can OERs be used to reduce the digital divide? Or more importantly, how can OERs be used to increase the opportunities for everyone to maximize their potential? To me, that is the […]
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Tags: 21st Century Skills, Content, free public education, free public libraries, ICT, OER, Open Education Resources, Open Learning Exchange, Richard Rowe, School BeLL, Teachers, technical infrastructure, Technology, Twenty-First Century skills
Posted in OER and Digital Divide | 18 Comments »
Justin Reich
Posted on December 8th, 2011
Basically, I think there are two visions for free and Open educational resources and technology, that can be summarized by these two figures. Scenario #1: Closing Gaps In the left figure, we have the “closing gaps” vision. In this vision, everyone benefits from new educational technologies, but low-income students disproportionately benefit. The hope here is […]
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Tags: blog, educational inequalities, Gates Foundation, Graduate School of Education, Harvard, Hewlett Foundation, Honors Students, inequality, John Rawls, Justin Reich, Khan Academy videos, multimedia publications, National Science Foundation, OER, open educational resources, pedagogical models, social technology, Wealthy Schools, wiki
Posted in OER and Digital Divide | 19 Comments »
Wayan Vota
Posted on December 5th, 2011
We have often focused on Open Educational Resources (OER) in the Educational Technology Debates. We talked about the need for creating digital content and examples of existing Open Educational Resources. But this month we’re going to ask a controversial question: Does OER actually expand the digital divide? The proponents of Open Educational Resources are right […]
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Tags: Content, Digital Content, Digital Divide, Educational Technology, Free Content, Internet Access, OER, Open Content, Open Education Resources, Teacher Training
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Samantha Burton
Posted on November 17th, 2011
The greatest challenge with promoting literacy with ICT is that ICT may not be the most appropriate tool to promote literacy. The issue here is that we are starting with the solution instead of the problem. We are asking: “How can ICT help address low literacy levels?” Instead of: “How can low literacy levels be […]
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Tags: Curriculum, Feature Phones, FM Radio, Human Constraints, ICT in Schools, ICT interventions, ICT4D, ICT4E, ICT4EDU, Language, Literacy with ICT, low literacy, Market Failure, Samantha Burton, technology restrictions, Total Cost of Ownership
Posted in Literacy ICT Challenges | 16 Comments »
Toni Maraviglia
Posted on November 15th, 2011
I’m not convinced that the challenge of promoting literacy ICT is a market failure, a human constraint, or a technological constraint. It’s a bit more nuanced than that. The tech capabilities are there, teachers will use good literacy tools, and the market exists. But what is lacking is the connection between all three of these […]
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Tags: adaptive test, artificial intelligence, Classroom teacher, ESL, fluency level, ICT Tool, language tools, phonemic awareness, phonics, reading adoption, reading comprehension, student confidence, Teacher-Centered Solutions, Toni Maraviglia, vocabulary words
Posted in Literacy ICT Challenges | 5 Comments »
Wayan Vota
Posted on November 11th, 2011
If you looked at the buzz in ICT for education, you would think the solutions to problems of teaching literacy and reading are mainly around hardware price points. You have everyone talking endlessly about $100 laptops, $30 tablets, $15 teacher laptops and projectors, and $10 talking books. But all this is fluff. The sideshow to […]
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Tags: Aakash, Basic literacy, digital curriculum, e-reader, Early Grade Reading Assessment, eBooks, Evaluations, Grand Challenge, Hardware, ICT, ICT intervention, ICT4E, ICT4EDU, ipad, kindle, Laptop, literacy, OLPC, Plan Ceibal, Reading, Reading ICT, Reading Skills, Tablet, TCO, Total Cost of Ownership, UbiSlate, USAID, Vital Wave Consulting
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Wayan Vota
Posted on November 3rd, 2011
Building on last month’s Educational Technology Debate on the theme of What ICT can improve reading skills of learners in primary schools?, for this month, we will focus on why there are so few ICT tools available that promote and facilitate reading and literacy skills at the primary school level in educational systems of the […]
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Tags: appropriate hardware, Content, Developing World, eBooks, Human Constraints, ICT infrastructure, ICT tools, ICT4E, literacy, Market Failure, Primary Schools, Reading, Reading Delivery Systems, Reading ICT, Software, Technology
Posted in Literacy ICT Challenges | 10 Comments »
