Education & ICTs
This section has resourceful materials and links to other organisations involved in advancing Education through the use of ICTs.
Implementing elearning
This website provides a model of how the pieces of elearning fit together. This, they claim is critical for ensuring that elearning doesn't fail.Web tutorial for teachers. This site provides a useful resource for teachers. Designed to take you through the basic of tcp/ip it goes on to web page development and using the internet in the classroom. [1456]
http://www.elearnspace.org/
Theory and practice of online learning
This book is concerned with assisting providers of online education with useful tools to carry out the teaching and learning transactions online. It presents the theory, administration, tools, and methods of designing and delivering learning online. It aims to bring to the teaching community a valuable product which should go a long way in popularizing the use of the learning technologies.
Source: Centre for Distance Education , Athabasca University [1350]
http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/
Technologies for Education
Technologies for Education: Potential, Parameters and Prospects To "tech" or not to "tech" education is not the question. The real question is how to harvest the power of technology to meet the challenges of the 21st century and make education relevant, responsive, and effective for anyone, anywhere, anytime, says a new UNESCO publication entitled Technologies for Education: Potential, Parameters and Prospects. [1193]
http://www.aed.org/publications/TechEdInfo.html
Egypt's software play
As part of its National Plan for Telecom and Information, the Egyptian Government is aiming to take the lead in "Arabizing" software for the Middle East region. With a population of over 62 million people, Egypt only has around 5,000 expert programmers and system engineers. In an effort to address this shortfall, the National Plan sets out the creation of a National Institute for Information Technology that will eventually train 5,000 IT literate students per year. Realizing that it could not achieve this feat alone, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has solicited the help of a number of companies, including Cisco, IBM and Microsoft. By cultivating domestic talent with the help of experienced multinational companies, the country could become a hub for Arabic software for the Middle East. [892]
egypt.pdf
Developing and Using Indicators of ICT Use in Education
In evaluation studies, indicators are used as evidence or signs by which we can assess or evaluate materials, methods, an intervention, a programme or a project. [391]
http://www.unescobkk.org/ips/ebooks/documents/ICTedu/index.htm
Global Campaign for Education
The Global Campaign for Education promotes education as a basic human right, and mobilizes public pressure on governments and the International Community to fulfill their promises to provide free, compulsory public basic education for all people; in particular for children, women and all disadvantaged, deprived sections of society. [390]
http://www.campaignforeducation.org
Information and communication technologies in teacher education
This book provides resources to help teacher educators, administrators and policy-makers better apply ICTs to teacher education programmes. It begins with the premise that the teaching profession is evolving from an emphasis on teacher-centred, lecture-based instruction to studentcentred, interactive learning environments, and that ICTs are key in this transition. The authors state that designing and implementing successful ICT-enabled teacher education programmes is the key to fundamental, wide-ranging educational reforms. [389]
ICTin TeacherEducation.pdf
Emerging Trends in ICT and Challenges to Educational Planning
This study looks into emerging trends in the world of ICTs and challenges posed by these trends in Educational Planning. [388]
Emerging Trends in ICT and Challenges to Educational Planning.pdf
The Dynamics of Technologies in Education
Education has always lived a tension between two functions. On the one hand education is a matter of assuring continuity, passing on what is known. On the other, it is a matter of fostering creativity and change, that is, propelling learners into the unknown. [387]
The Dynamics of Technologies in Education.pdf
Teacher Professional Development In the use of Technology
Teacher professional development is absolutely essential if technology provided to schools is to be used effectively. Simply put, spending scarce resources on informational technology hardware and software without financing teacher professional development as well is wasteful. [386]
Teacher_Professional_Development_In_the_use_of_Technology.pdf
ICT for Education: Potential and Potency
Social, economic, and technological changes of the past decades are making education and training for all more cru-cial than ever. Yet, educational systems, to different degrees [385]
ICT FOR EDUCATION.pdf
planning for successful distance learning programs
In "Six Factors to Consider when Planning Online Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education" (ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE LEARNING ADMINISTRATION, vol. 6, issue 1, Spring 2003), Suzanne Levy explains what is required for a successful program. Factors that Levy covers include providing training and support for both staff and students, not overlooking needed student services, and establishing intellectual property rights policies. [384]
http://www.westga.edu/%7Edistance/ojdla/spring61/levy61.htm
SciGate
SciGate is a science information portal and gateway website developed for the use of students, staff and faculty of IISc. SciGate provides single point access to a variety of locally hosted and Internet-based science, engineering, medicine and management information resources. Access to databases and other electronic resources licensed to IISc is restricted to IISc users. Other portions are freely accessible by on the Internet. You also have access to current science news, licensed from Moreover Technologies. This is refreshed on a daily basis. [383]
http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/
The Partnership on Sustainable Strategies for Girls Education
The Partnership on Sustainable Strategies for Girls Education is an international, inter-agency group dedicated to improving educational opportunities for girls in the developing world. [382]
http://www.girlseducation.org/Welcome.asp
GO GIRLS! - Education for Every Child
The Go Girls! campaign is a major part of UNICEF's initiative to get girls into school in 25 priority countries by 2005. The campaign, which includes fifteen countries in Africa and Asian countries such as Afghanistan and Bangladesh, focuses on countries where girls' education is in a critical situation and progress would make a real impact [381]
http://www.unicef.org/newsline/2003/03pr07foxkids.htm
Financial Management
Marketing toolkit [380]
http://www.apc.org/english/ngos/business/busplan/mtoolkit.htm
PAMBAZUKA
Pambazuka is an electronic Newsletter designed specifically for those working in Africa, under conditions where accessing the internet can be difficult. The newsletter provides access to valuable information and resources in a single message which can be printed out or read on the computer, offline. [379]
http://www.pambazuka.org
Pula
The aim of Pula is to promote and profile the work and activities of women and ICTs in Africa. Pula seeks to encourage networking and alliance-building among African women's organisations and facilitate access to regional and global opportunities. [378]
http://www.apc.org
Learner's Library
The Learner's Library is a simple and intuitive search tool that locates relevant material from a comprehensive list of current full-text academic journals and news sources and automatically generates the citations needed for their use in a term paper or article. [377]
http://www.learnerslibrary.com
AITEC
AITEC has a clear vision of, and strong commitment to, Africa’s digital transformation to strengthen its position in the world economy. It works closely with national and regional professional associations and multilateral organisations to achieve the common goals of: Spreading computing and communications knowledge; [376]
http://www.aitecafrica.com
Computer Aid International
Every year in the UK 1.5 million computers are dumped in landfill sites, a further 1.5 million are kept in storage and not put to use. Yet in the developing world 99% of schoolchildren graduate from high school not having seen or touched a computer in the classroom. Computer Aid International aims to bridge this digital divide by recycling computers from the UK for re-use in schools and community organisations in developing countries. [375]
http://www.computer-aid.org
Paradigm Initiative Nigeria
The Paradigm Initiative Nigeria project is a viable means of ensuring a place for Nigeria in the digital society. It seeks to equip the youth, tomorrow's leader and decision maker, with appropriate Information Technology skills in order to carve out a better future for all. Considering the importance of Information Technology in today's world, the project is being set up to create an opportunity to bridge the digital divide by helping the nation's youth and interested individuals to become information technology literate [374]
http://www.pin.itgo.com/index.html/
ThinkQuest Africa
ThinkQuest Africa (TQA) is an exciting new program in Africa which was recently launched in June 2002 under the auspices of H.E. the wife of the Nigerian Vice President and in the presence of the Honorable Minister of Education from Nigeria, in a grand launching ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria. ThinkQuest Africa a flagship program of SchoolNet Africa, is a learner-centred educational programme which promotes learning through educational website development by multi-national, pan-African teams of learners. During its first year, a total number of 709 learners and coaches from 14 African countries have registered to participate in TQA, comprising 171 teams of 5-7 members per team. These learners have found creative ways of overcoming barriers to access to computing facilities and the Internet. As a program, TQA assumes the form of a competition structured according to categories with set rules of entry and participation. The best entries in each category are awarded at a special awards ceremony. The awards and award ceremony celebrates the achievement of model African learners and demonstrates the potential of ICT in education in Africa. The awards and the award ceremony are incentives for participation by young learners in TQA and provide a digital opportunity for African learners to achieve and win prizes that would add value to their lives as learners. TQA has established an awards mechanism as an incentive for learners. Not only has it identified awards for the best websites and teams but it also hosts an awards ceremony to celebrate the work of African learners. [373]
http://www.thinkquestafrica.org
Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) was created in 1992 as a response to the slow pace of implementation of Education for All goals in sub-Saharan Africa. FAWE seeks to ensure that girls have access to school, complete their studies and perform well at all levels. Fawe has produced a variety of publications covering information on Gender Analysis Tools, Best Practices, Girls' Education Series, Working Papers and Girls in Science. [372]
http://www.fawe.org
African Youth Initiative
The African Youth Initiative is a recently established youth-led formation set up to promote accelerated development for young Africans through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). AYI recently launched an initiative called CatchITYoung whose vision is to create and support a group of young professionals in various disciplines, knowledgeable in ICTs. It begins with a pilot project in Ghana which seeks to expand ICT access to schools by training an initial target of 30 learners in the use of ICTs. [370]
http://www.ayinitiative.net
Imfundo
Imfundo is a unique initiative, providing partners with a rare opportunity to help transform the education sector in Africa. [369]
http://www.imfundo.org
Schools Online
Our mission is to help students gain access and use the communication and information resources of the Internet for learning and cross-cultural dialogue. [368]
http://www.schoolsonline.org/
IEARN
iEARN is a non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world. [367]
http://www.iearn.org/
id21 Education
id21 is a fast-track research reporting service funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). It aims to bring UK-based development research findings and policy recommendations to policymakers and development practitioners worldwide. id21 aims to be part of the process of putting policy into practice. Online, in print and through the southern media, id21 showcases recent research findings and policy lessons on major development issues. [366]
http://www.id21.org/education/