- African Virtual Memory Project Promote knowledge-sharing and historical preservation through the systematic compilation of the collective memory of Indigenous African Populations
- Using a Podcast Intervention to Improve the Academic Performance of Students in Overcrowded Higher Learning Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa Overview of a study in order to determine how Higher Education students using podcasting intervention will improve their score
- UNESCO Participation in the E-learning Africa 2009 Discover the Presentations
- 2nd Pan-African Forum on Open Education Resources (OER) and Open Access (OA) In the framework of e-Learning Africa - Dakar, Senegal - May 27, 2009
- Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning Open Learning is a leading international journal in the field of open, flexible and distance learning.
- eLearning Africa 2009 The 4th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training will be held in Dakar, Senegal, from May 27 to 29 2009
- Cape Town Open Education Declaration: Unlocking the promise of open educational resources
- The Open Educational Resources for Educators Version 1.0 is online !
- Workshop on North/South Research Partnerships for ICT in Education
- February 09: New discussion on the Unesco’OER Wiki: Access to OER Join this new discussion!
- global list of educational technology conferences, January to August 2009
- CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY ADEA’ Working Group on Distance Education and Open Learning (WGDEOL) - MAURITIUS, DECEMBER 3-4, 2008 Building on the success of the Advocacy workshop held in Mauritius in April 2008, the WG in collaboration with its SideCap partners had organised a Workshop on Capacity Building for ODL Practitioners that has as objective to address for themes that emerge as major considerations for ODL practitioners in Africa: Quality Assurance; ODL Policy Framework; OERs; and ODL Authoring using Open Source Tools.
- Launch of the African Virtual Campus - Dakar 4-7 November
The African Virtual Campus, initiated by the African Union will be launched next week at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar.
At this occasion, the government of Senegal has requested for technical assistance of Unesco to create a national virtual campus.
- eLearning Zambia Conference 20-21 st November 2008 eLearning Zambia Conference is an attempt to bring all players in Zambia to share experiences and vision of where we should take our country in the area of education and training, how best this can contribute to national development, and how best to achieve that.
- elearning papers This issue of eLearning Papers is dedicated to the thriving work around Open Educational Resources (OER) by committed individuals, institutions and user communities.
- Open Source & More IT for African Business "Open Source & More IT for African Business" is a compilation of advanced e-learning courses covering six topics related to business & IT consultancy in an African context. The focus lies on "Free and Open Source Software" (FOSS) as a key technology to drive innovation, add local value and create sustainable and affordable ICT-solutions. The courses are organized as online modules for self-study and include lessons, tests and selected references.
- ICT and Changing Mindsets in Education , Edited by Kathryn Toure, Therese M.S. Tchombe, Thierry Karsenti The debate is no longer whether to use information and communication technologies (ICT) in education in Africa but how to do so, and how to ensure equitable access for teachers and learners, whether in urban or rural settings. This is a book about how Africans adopt and adapt ICT. It is also about how ICT shape African schools and classrooms. Why do we use ICT, or not? Do girls and boys use them in the same ways? How are teachers and students in primary and secondary schools in Africa using ICT in teaching and learning? How does the process transform relations among learners, educators and knowledge construction?
- UNESCO OER Community receives 2008 MANeLA Leadership Award!
- UNESCO report on advancing Open Educational Resources released UNESCO has just published the results of an extensive international consultation to identify an agenda for advancing the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement worldwide. The report, "Open Educational Resources: the Way Forward" is the fruit of the UNESCO OER Community’s collective reflection, following two years of intensive discussion and debate. Initially released in English, the report is being translated collaboratively by community members. Eleven language versions are currently in preparation.
- FLOSS4EDU in Africa
The FLOSS4Edu project is an initiative aimed at addressing the following challenges:
* The absence of Free content in African Schools * The lack of skills and knowledge to use FLOSS technologies and * Access to FLOSS resources given the high cost of bandwidth and shortage of FLOSS distribution channels.
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