iLearn4Free Inc is a 501C3 non-profit, whose mission is to bridge the digital language divide and support cultural sustainability by creating digital educational applications in multiple languages for early literacy. Current situation: Despite the fact that 94% of the world’s children are not native English speakers, there is a shocking absence of digital educational tools […]
I am Martin Mungai, a secondary school teacher in Kenya, but currently on study leave undertaking my studies at Hokkaido University of Education in Japan. I am keen on researching children and information media. I wish to share my experiment that i carried a year ago on the use of Internet in classrooms in Kenya. […]
This month on the Educational Technology Debate we are opening up the discussion to our readership. We are actively seeking quality posts on topics of interest to you. You can write on a future topic or topics we haven’t thought of yet. We will publish the best six over the course of the month for […]
Technology has been a key driver to educational innovation in a number of Higher Educational Institutions. Makerere University in Uganda has been at the forefront of providing and implementing Online Learning through various initiatives it has undertaken since 1998. This mode of education was first introduced by the World Bank, through its African Virtual University […]
SchoolNet SA is a not-for-profit NGO, operating in South Africa since 1997. In the early days we attempted to cover all aspects of ICT in schools by sourcing and providing hardware and software as well as training teachers. Our mission has always been to create communities of teachers using ICT to enhance teaching and learning. […]
The Government of Guyana has recognized the huge potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to empower Guyanese to meet developmental challenges and strengthen the economy. The role of ICT in International Trade is making industries more competitive, in facilitating e-commerce, in the health and education sectors and in simply making a wide range of […]
The University of Pretoria is one of the premier research universities in South Africa, with approximately 40,000 contact students. The University has a comprehensive IT infrastructure and started to introduce the use of online technology officially in the delivery of its contact programmes as early as 1998. The local bandwidth available for the University is […]
Often, the word competency and skill are used interchangeably. While they are related, they are not the same. A competency is a demonstrated ability to perform a particular job or task. A competency includes skills, but also behaviors and the ability to apply those skills in order to perform a job or task. For example, […]
The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank, with the support of the African Union are producing a new report on how information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential to change fundamental business models in key sectors for Africa, with one of the specific focus areas being education. In the final phase of […]
Mobile devices are at the centre of a revolution delivering platforms to achieve knowledge transfer and behaviour change in Africa. With the accelerating growth of mobile devices in Africa the past few years, unique solutions have been developed to address barriers to large-scale adoption of learning platforms. In particular, the specific challenges and unique problems […]
