By Tony Bates, on May 22nd, 2010
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 [...]
By Tony Bates, on May 15th, 2010
© 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 [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 31st, 2010
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 [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 29th, 2010
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 [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 21st, 2010
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 [...]
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