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Ghana 2008 |
ELearning Africa on the Cusp |
Berlin (GER), May 2008 - This year’s agenda of eLearning Africa features
the contributions of 240 speakers from 51 countries, including
representatives from UNESCO/UNEVOC, the World Bank, the Global Development
Learning Network, as well as from national educational institutions from 28
African countries. The third International Conference on ICT for
Development, Education and Training will take place from May 28 to 30,
2008, in Ghana’s capital Accra. CHECK.point eLearning today
presents some interesting topics of the programme in advance.
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Utilising Rich Media |
"Web 2.0 Should Complement eLearning" |
Harare (ZWE), May 2008 – At eLearning Africa,
Raymond Tsongorera is representing the University of Zimbabwe. His passion
is in Web 2.0, Multimedia, webcasting and eLearning. He believes that in
this fast-growing family of ICT, scientists and researchers should share
the vast amount of knowledge available by all means possible so as to come
up with meaningful contributions to the ICT family structure. He answered
some question for CHECK.point eLearning.
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Simulations |
Enjoyable and Highly Motivating |
Pretoria (AFS), May 2008 – It is no
longer always possible to accommodate learners in contact sessions or
expose them to real-life learning solutions. This is the opninion of Dr.
Marina le Grange, Experiential Technologies. ELearning, and specifically
the use of simulations to facilitate the learning, has become a tool to
consider to address the "massafication" taking place all over the world.
And it’s fun.
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GIMPA |
Is Mobile Learning the Future of Education in Africa? |
Accra
(GH), May 2008 - If the advantages of eLearning cannot be overemphasized,
then the merits of Mobile Learning - mLearning - are revolutionary,
opines Fred Kofi de Heer-Menlah from the Ghana Institute of Management and
Public Administration (GIMPA). CHECK.point eLearning asked him about
his ideas in the context of his presentation at eLearning Africa entitled
"An Investigation into Wireless Technology for M-Learning at GIMPA".
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Empowerment |
The Right of Women to Do Something |
Buea Fako (CM), May 2008 – In his speech at eLearning Africa, Eugene Ngole
Masango from the Rural Women Development and Environmental Organisation in
Cameroon will clarify his belief that more women and girls should be
empowered in Information and Communication Technology. This especially
true of the grassroots women who are seriously in need of information.
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Governmental Strategy |
Malawi: the View Forward |
Lilongwe (MW), May 2008 - The Government of Malawi has recognized that the
use of modern techniques of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
is important and necessary for the acceleration of economic growth and
development. Aubrey Diverson Matemba, Senior Technical Education Officer
in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, explains the
governmental strategy with regard to eLearning to CHECK.point
eLearning.
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Sharing of ICT Resources |
The Network for Tanzanian High Learning and Research |
Dar-es-Salaam (TZS), May 2008 – Dr.
Jabiri Kuwe Bakari is currently a Lecturer and Director of the Institute
of Educational Technology, Open University of Tanzania. He is also the
Acting Executive Secretary of TERNET, an organisation he will introduce at
eLearning Africa. He will also explain TERNET’s plans and strategies for
facilitating eL.earning initiatives among higher learning institutions in
Tanzania.
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