SAIDE newletter on open and distance education in Africa

The South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) has published its latest newsletter. Two articles caught my eye.

Mhlanga, E. (2010) SOFIE (Strengthening Open and Flexible Learning for Increased Education) Project Findings SAIDE Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 2

The aim of this [...]

PCs or mobile phones: where is the future for e-learning?

© Devicepedia.com

The Globe and Mail, one of Canada’s national papers, in its excellent series on Africa, had an article that really made me sit up. Here are some quotes from the article – try substituting e-learning for the xxxxs

‘It’s part of a phenomenon that has people in Africa adopting new [...]

More news from the eLearning Africa 2010 conference

The news portal for the eLearning Africa 2010 conference in Lusaka, Zambia, between May 26-28 has the following news items about presentations to be made at the conference:

Haggards, S. (2010) African Digital Diaries – Portraits of Ad Hoc eLearning in Africa, eLearning Africa 2010 News Portal, March 31

This is a podcast about several self-taught “digital [...]

Distance education for teacher training in Africa

Children in Sierra Leone © Clayton R. Wright

Clayton R. Wright, formerly Director of Instructional Media and Development at Grant MacEwan University, Alberta, is currently working in Sierra Leone.

He kindly agreed to share these observations on teacher education in Africa (and the great photo):

A junior high teacher makes US$100 per month in Sierra Leone.
In [...]

International conference on distance learning for developing countries: in Nigeria

University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Distance Learning Centre
International Conference
(AGBELEKAWE 2010)

Pre-Conference Workshop —5th -7th September, 2010
Conference —7th – 11th September, 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

SYNOPSIS

It has become evident that the regular educational system is not capable of eradicating mass illiteracy on the continent of Africa and other developing nations. Therefore, the major vehicle to achieve mass literacy in line [...]