Should Africa continue to invest in ICT?

Student computer access, Soshangave, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Photo: © Tony Bates, 2009

This was the topic of a debate at the e-Learning Africa 2010 conference in Lusaka in May.

A report on the debate can found at: http://www.elearning-africa.com/newsportal/english/news255.php

I suggest that this be read in conjunction with:

Reisberg, L. (2010) [...]

Campus Technology’s Annual Awards for 11 best technology innovations

Lloyd, M. and Raths, D. (2010) Campus Technology’s Innovators’Awards Campus Technology, August 3

Campus Technology chose from over 400 submissions to identify their 11 most innovative uses of technology, under six entry categories:

Leadership, Governance, and Policy (5% of entries); Teaching and Learning (31% of entries); Student Systems and Services; Administrative Systems; IT Infrastructure [...]

Games to defeat obesity, Napoleon, and students’ learning, and other games’ news

From Natasha Boskic:

At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco (March 9-13, 2010), US Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra announced the Apps for Healthy Kids game development challenge promoting healthy lifestyle changes in young adults. The competition is a part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign to end childhood obesity within [...]

Update on educational video games, March 2010

Thanks to Natasha Boskic for this

John Rice (2010). New 3D Learning Book by Karl Kapp. Educational Games Research: Research and discussion concerning instructional video games. February 8, 2010.

If you are interested in using 3D environment for teaching and learning, you may take a look at a book recommended by Rice, Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration, by Karl Kapp.

http://edugamesresearch.com/blog/2010/02/07/new-3d-learning-book-by-karl-kapp/

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Can web 2.0 tools be legally used for education in Canada?

I raise this as a result of an interesting question from Ron Richard,of Meritus University, Canada. Ron asked Tony Vincent, who runs the excellent Learning in Hand site, and myself:

I have recently been researching some web-based resources for our faculty, who teach exclusively online, but who do not venture much outside [...]