Sunday, January 18, 2026
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

MIT, learning technologies, and developing countries: lessons in technology transfer

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  This week I spent three days at the MIT LINC (Learning International Networks Consortium) conference in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the theme: 'Realizing the Dream:...

Africa is the world’s fastest developing e-learning market

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Adkins, S. (2013) The Africa Market for Self-paced eLearning Products and Services: 2011-2016 Forecast and Analysis Monroe WA: Ambient Insight This is one of the...

A project using e-readers in Africa

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Trucano, M. (2012) An update on the use of e-readers in Africa EduTech, March 16 Michael Trucano's excellent World Bank blog here reports on the use...

Survey on online learning in Africa

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e-Learning Africa is requesting those involved in online learning in Africa to participate in a survey regarding the state of ICT-enhanced education and training in Africa. Here is...

Où sont les spécialistes francophones des OERs/REO?

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Veuillez pardonner que j'écrisse le pauvre français - l'anglais suivit. UNESCO et le Commonwealth of Learning organisent un Forum Politique Africain au sujet des ressources...

Book review: Quality assurance in distance education and e-learning

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Jung, I. and Latchem, C. (2012) Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Distance Education and e-Learning New York/London: Routledge What the book is about 'There is relatively...

E-learning comes to a university in the Cameroons

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Fiser, A. (2012) Major step achieved to improve educational opportunities through e-learning at Yaoundé I University in Cameroon, United Nations University, January 24 United Nations University...

Building a knowledge economy through Telecentres in Africa

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CTA (2011) A knowledge economy begins at the grass roots eLearning Africa News Portal, December 15 This is an interesting article by staff from the Technical Centre...

IRRODL, Vol. 12. No. 6: an evolving web-based journal

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Vol. 12, No. 6 of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning continues to evolve the concept of the online, web-based journal. New...

The African Health OER Network

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Mawayo, M. and Tlaka, M. (2011) The African Health OER Network, SAIDE Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 5 A useful short description of the African Health...