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How to Upgrade 22,000 Nurses in Kenya |
 Nairobi (KEN), May 2007 - In a
public-private partnership, Accenture and the African Medical and Research
Foundation (AMREF) have developed the Kenya Nurses Training Program.
eLearning Program Manager Adesuwa Akinboro from AMREF will present this
very successful case study in the conference section "Online Learning
Opportunities for Health Professionals".
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| Project Funding |
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Partnership Opportunities between Europe and Africa |
 Dakar (SEN),
May 2007 - START (also called the EuroAfrica-ICT initiative) is a project
supported by the European Commission. It aims at connecting Sub-Saharan
Africa and the European Union for ICT partnerships through the Framework
Programme 7. Ken Lohento from the Panos Institute West Africa is
Coordinator of the START initiative in West and Central Africa. He gives
us an update on the situation.
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| Evaluation |
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eLearning Certificate at the University of Botswana |
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Gaborone (BOT), May 2007 - As one of the measures to ensure high-quality
eLearning standards, the University of Botswana has offered the "Centre of
Academic Development (CAD) eLearning Certificate", a workshop series on
eLearning-related topics. To evaluate the effectiveness of the Certificate
in relation to its objective to promote more eLearning, Daniela Gachago and
Spoon Mafote, both from the Educational Technology Unit, conducted a study.
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| Informal Use |
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VULA Means "Open" |
 Cape Town (ZA), May 2007 –
Open Source and informal use of eLearning are buzzwords in the eLearning
world. Stephen Marquard, Learning Technologies Co-ordinator at the
University of Cape Town (UCT) will give us a lesson from practice,
speaking about UCT’s use of the open source environment Sakai under the
aspect of informal eLearning.
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| Mobile Learning |
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Development of an Educational Model for Southern Africa |
 London (UK)/Pretoria(ZA), May 2007 -
Jon Gregson from the Imperial College London and Dolf Jordaan from the
University of Pretoria work together on a two-year project that
incorporates mLearning in postgraduate distance learning. Jon Gregson
reports to CHECK.point eLearning on the details of this project and
mobile learning in the African context.
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| German Cooperation |
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Capacity Development for eLearning |
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Eschborn/Bonn (GER), May 2007 - Education and knowledge are the key factors
driving national economic and social development. Broad-scale citizens’
participation in education processes is therefore crucial for sustainable
poverty reduction. In the majority of developing countries, however, only
a small fraction of the population has access to education and knowledge,
and the educational services on offer are frequently of poor quality and
hence not very effective. The problem of insufficient teaching and
learning materials is compounded by a lack of qualified teaching staff.
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| Civil Servants |
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Enhancing Training for District Offices in Uganda |
 Kampala (UGA), May 2007 - "Provide Internet, and They Will
Learn How to Use It" summarizes Daniel Stern from Uconnect in regard to
his experience with a project that trained 110 officials in ICTs. For
CHECK.point eLearning, he gives detailed insight into this project,
whose task was to teach remote rural district officers in Uganda how to use
computers and the Internet as tools to help them do their work.
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| eJournals in Rwanda |
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New Roles and Challenges for Librarians and Libraries |
 Karlskrona (S), May 2007 - With financing by the Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency, the not-for-profit
institutions of Rwanda have acquired access to a great number of eJournal
collections from publishers and aggregators. Anna Stockman from the
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden speaks with CHECK.point
eLearning about eJournals in real life and her experiences from the
National University of Rwanda.
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| Botswana Approach |
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Building an Information Literate Community |
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Gaborone (BOT), May 2007 - Institutions of higher learning acknowledge the
relevance of teaching Information Literacy Skills (ILS). What is the role
of University Libraries here? Ayanda A. Lebele, Chief Librarian at the
Botswana Institute for Development Policy, speaks about her experience at
the University of Botswana.
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| SchoolNet Uganda |
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Inspiring Science Education for Girls |
 Kampala (UGA), May 2007 -
Across Africa, there is an alarming decline in the number of students
graduating from universities and higher education institutions who have
completed science-related courses. The situation is extremely bad for the
female students. SchoolNet Uganda is working with NGOs as well as the
Ministry of Education and Sports to address this serious issue. Daniel
Kakinda, Executive and Training Director of SchoolNet Uganda gives insight
into his project.
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| Quality Assurance |
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eLearning Provisions at Nigerian Universities |
 Lagos
(NGR), May 2007 - University education in Nigeria is aimed at meeting the
needs of an increasing number of clientele adult learners. It is competing
with other nations and therefore has to meet international standards.
Oluwayemisi Obashoro-John from the Department of Adult Education at the
University of Lagos speaks with CHECK.point eLearning about her
study on eLearning provisions and their implications for quality
development and assurance.
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| Cognitive eLearning |
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Successful Strategies for Implementing ICT in Schools |
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Nairobi (KEN), May 2007 - James Kiarie is Senior Quality Assurance and
Standards Officer at the Ministry of Education, Kenya. He is involved in
various projects on computer use in school. At the eLearning Africa
conference, he will present his findings on the influence of teachers'
cognitive eLearning readiness in the adoption of ICT in schools.
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| Gender Differences |
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An Investigation in Selected South African Companies |
 Port Elizabeth
(ZA), May 2007 - Willie Tafadzwa Chinyamurindi from the Nelson Mandela
Metropolitan University has just completed a Master’s research project on
eLearning in South African corporations. He will present his results in
the conference section "Alternatives and Roles for Micro-Entrepreneurs,
SMEs and Large Corporations".
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