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Index
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- African Libraries in the Digital Age: “reaching outside their walls”
- Managing a Critical Situation
- African Voices on the Digital Revolution
- It All Adds Up: mobile learning and numeracy education
- African Vision
- Memories of a Vibrant Conference
- The eLearning Africa Debate 2013: and invocation to innovation
- “eLearning Africa has torch-lit the ICT and innovation capability in me”
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African Libraries in the Digital Age: “reaching outside their walls”
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“I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library”, mused the Argentine writer Jorge Louis Borges in 1960. Now, fifty years later, most of us are more likely to turn to the Internet than a librarian when seeking information. Archives of books, journals and articles are being digitised and uploaded on a wide scale; encyclopaedias and dictionaries are not only available free-of-charge online but are also populated with crowd-sourced knowledge, making their content more comprehensive than ever before; millions of people are available anytime, anywhere, to offer you just the expertise you need.
So, in this digital age of ours, do we still need libraries? Can they still offer us the paradise of discovery and learning that Borges dreamed of? In a dedicated session at eLearning Africa 2013, six presenters were on hand to prove that libraries are both useful and essential to development and education in Africa.
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Managing a Critical Situation
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“In rural South Africa, a man arrived at the local hospital with the classic symptoms of heart failure. All that was needed to confirm the diagnosis, and decide upon a treatment, was one test. The first attempt to carry out the test was foiled by broken equipment. When a replacement device was found the doctor on duty discovered it had run out of paper on which to print the results.
Unable to provide the patient with the vital test he needed, the doctor had to send the patient home. A few days later, they received news that the man had died. This patient died because someone forgot to order more paper.”
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African Voices on the Digital Revolution
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Laptops and mobile phones are now far and away the most popular new learning devices in Africa – while, despite the hype, tablets are still lagging, only being used regularly by 20%of eLearning practitioners.
This is just one of the surprising findings contained in the eLearning Africa Report 2013, which is available for free download. Launched at eLearning Africa 2013 by the Namibian Minister for ICT, the Honorable Joel Kaapanda, the Report offers new insight into the complex uses of technology in African education – from the point of view of Africans themselves.
Providing a unique snapshot of ICT developments across the Continent, the eLearning Africa Report goes beyond statistics and gives a voice to hundreds of Africans involved in eLearning practice at grassroots level. Its aim is to reflect the stories, views and experiences of African practitioners and their contribution to the broader African eLearning narrative.
To get your free copy of the Report, click here.
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It All Adds Up: mobile learning and numeracy education
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According to the Education for All (EFA) goals, all children should achieve ‘recognised and measurable learning outcomes… especially in literacy, numeracy and essential life skills’ by 2015.
While literacy has come a long way, numeracy has been largely neglected as a goal by the international education agenda so far. By grade four, many children worldwide do not master basic numeracy competencies such as measuring, estimating or simple operations. However, it is these very basic competencies, besides reading and writing, which form the foundation for all future learning and provide opportunities for children to become active members of their societies.
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African Vision
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When we were building Teachers Media International’s strategy for Africa, I decided that we should attend the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union (COMEDAF) in Abuja, Nigeria. At COMEDAF, many education ministers, passionate educators and decision makers decide the vision and focus for African education. On my way to Abuja, I landed in Lagos, not realising that the local and international airports were not connected. Luckily a Nigerian angel stumbled upon me and made sure I landed in Abuja in better shape than when I stepped on the plane. Later, I remembered her saying that she had a school and so, to thank her, I found the address and sent reading books, crayons, art materials and a lesson plan.
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Memories of a Vibrant Conference
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The eLearning Africa Media Library has been brought up-to-date, displaying all the highlights of this year’s conference, and more.
Remember your favourite moments with a glance at our picture gallery. Visit the publications archive to access the eLearning Africa Report 2013, our yearly snapshot of ICT and education developments on the Continent, and the Post-Conference Report.
The Post-Conference Report contains a summary of all that happened at this year’s eLearning Africa in Namibia
While it would of course be impossible to give a completely comprehensive overview of such a dynamic and diverse conference, the Report does give vital and copious information on the keynote speakers, parallel sessions, debate, themes, sponsors, exhibitors, as well as opinions from our participants themselves, and much more.
To access the Media Library, click here!
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The eLearning Africa Debate 2013: an invocation to innovation
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As the 8th edition of eLearning Africa drew to a close, delegates gathered together for one last time for a spirited show of wit, cunning and intellectual gymnastics, as experts squared up to each other at the yearly eLearning Africa Debate.
The provocative motion of this year’s debate was: “This House believes that sustainability is more important than innovation for education in Africa” and throwing the proverbial punches in favour were Dr Maggy Beukes-Amiss, Head of Department and a Lecturer in the Department of Information and Communication Studies at the University of Namibia, and Donald Clark, an agitative blogger and writer from the UK. Leading the opposition were Dr Adele Botha, principal researcher at CSIR Meraka, and Angelo Gitonga, Deputy Head of ICT for Education Unit in the Kenya’s Ministry of Education.
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“eLearning Africa has torch-lit the ICT and innovation capability in me”
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eLearning Africa brings together 1,500 education and training professionals from all over the Continent and across all sectors. Every participant has their own story to tell of how they came to be involved in the world of technology-enhanced education and ultimately the eLearning Africa Conference itself.
In this edition of the newsletter we present the experiences of a first-time participant and speaker at eLearning Africa, Menesia Muinjo, in her own words.
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The eLearning Africa News Service is brought to you by E³ Communications, edited by Claire Thrower, Alasdair Mackinnon and Gregory Vespasien. Writers include: Philippe Royer, Matthew Labrooy, Alasdair Mackinnon, Alicia Mitchell, Claire Adamson, Ronda Zelezny-Green, Golden Maunganidze.
If you would like to submit story ideas or write for us, please contact us on: [email protected].
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