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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". [more...] |
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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. [more...] |
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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. [more...] |
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| MIT Interview |
| "Education Can Be Open" |
 Barcelona (Spain) / Cambridge, MA (USA), December 2007 – (by Manuel Aineto) Vijay Kumar is working on the interface between technology and education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Director of the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology. He attended the recent University Campus Workshop in Barcelona, where the future of open content universities was debated, and in the following, Mr. Kumar shares his vision on how students, researchers, and teachers can take advantage of the new initiatives in relation to digital technologies. Descended from several generations of musicians, he explains passionately the way technology will assist other fields such as transportation, medicine, or communications in the future. [more...] |
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| Case Studies Singapore |
| Audio Visual Theory and eLearning |
 Singapore (Singapore), November 2007 - With the rapid development of technology and the merging of audio visual and IT in education, it is time to think about major issues brewing from the confluence of the professional practice in these two areas. Dr. Joe Peters from the National University of Singapore speaks about major implications for pedagogy, facility design, and staff re-training in these areas. [more...] |
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| Fostering Change |
| CARPE DIEM: Seizing Each Day for eLearning Design |
 Leicester (UK), November 2007 – How do universities develop ICT literate faculty? Prof. Alejandro Armellini, Research Fellow in eLearning and Leader of the Adelie Pathfinder Project at the University of Leicester, UK, explained to CHECK.point eLearning the strategy for building institutional capacity and fostering change at the University of Leicester. [more...] |
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| Get Lost |
| Labyrinths of Learning: Wikis in Education |
 Tilburg (NL), November 2007 - The use of wikis in education is more or less exploding. For Dr. Harrie Manders of the Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg, the wiki in an educational setting is a special tool to challenge students to walk though labyrinths and learn in a way that breaks through boundaries. CHECK.point eLearning spoke with Dr. Manders about his experiences with wikis so far. [more...] |
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| Visual Arts |
| Reforming International Cooperation in Education |
 Helsinki (SF), November 2007 - The Master’s degree eLearning programme Virt@ for teachers of visual arts has generated a number of interesting projects based on blended learning and international cooperation in education. Prof. Martti Raevaara, University of Art and Design Helsinki and head of the MA programme shares his insights. [more...] |
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| Online Assessments |
| Higher Education and Online Quizzes |
 Zagreb (HRV), November 2007 - Online quizzes are an important tool for students testing their knowledge. Karmela Aleksic-Maslac, Chair of the ICT Department at Zagreb School of Economics and Management (ZSEM), has analyzed the use of different kinds of online tests for Information and Communication Technologies courses. [more...] |
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| Mobile Learning |
| 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. [more...] |
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| eJournals in Rwanda |
| 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. [more...] |
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| Informal Use |
| 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. [more...] |
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| Quality Assurance |
| 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. [more...] |
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| Botswana Approach |
| Building an Information Literate Community |
| 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. [more...] |
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| Evaluation |
| eLearning Certificate at the University of Botswana |
| 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. [more...] |
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