The creation of this book employed the very principles it espouses. It embodied a forming relationships model, and the sharing of ideas to produce new thinking model. A unique interactive, collaborative research model based on the formation of online relationships among 50 contributors from around the world representing research, administration and business communities.
The development of the book demonstrates the powerful opportunity afforded by online technologies in this digital (...)
In 2002, the World Economic Forum (WEF), the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) and the e-Africa Commission created the e-Readiness Policy Programme to help African countries address policy issues that affect information communications technology (ICT) use in the region. Bridges.org worked on the Programme to assess the current status of technology-related policies in Africa and to drive government, private sector and civil society stakeholders into ICT policy discussions. (...)
A training tool which is getting more and more importance. Businesses, governments and universities are moving towards e-learning, seen as the solution to skills development.
E-learning or online learning has become a tool for skills development. It is also used in training by enterprises to upgrade their staff in higher education institutions and vocational training. In Morocco, e-learning has not yet reached its maturity although all the conditions necessary for its implementation are (...)
Information and communication technology (ICT) policy in South Africa incorporates telecommunications and e-commerce. While discrete policy and legislative processes, the two are intertwined within the joint national strategies of equitable development and economic growth.
The current state of ICT policy in South Africa is that the Telecommunications Act, Act 103 of 1996, is under review and e-commerce policy and cyberlaw is evolving. The resultant ICT policy will have a direct effect on (...)
Gabon - Fourteen students in Master program in Educational Sciences from the École normale supérieure in Libreville, Gabon participated in the production of a teaching guide for theuse of the XO, which can be used in any francophone d the construction of the little green computer the OLPC foundation.
By Kaçandre Bourdelais, special collaboration
Source: www.infobourg.com
For more information, see: Un guide pédagogique pour l’utilisation du XO à (...)
In this article, we do not summarize the contributions of others on the role of computers in universities as we had originally intended. E Antoine Tako from Abidjan gave us another idea: to focus in on the project he speaks about: the computerization of one of the largest campus of all French-speaking Africa, the University of Cocody in Abidjan. Project supported by the University of Nantes, where we went to meet the "IT partners" of the French operation, significant in several ways. (...)
Gabon - Last year, through a partnership of institutional development between Université Laval and the École normale supérieure de Libreville (ENS), CEFRIO allowed me, Kaçandre Bourdelais, a research assistant in the TACT team, to go to Gabon. Bringing with me 10 XO computers from the OLPC Foundation, I worked with teachers of ÉNS on the pedagogical possibilities of XO and the Sugar environment to seven students aged 10 to 12 years.
By Kaçandre Bourdelais, special collaboration
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Benin made progress in the field of Information and Communication Technologies . The first microsoft certification academy center was launched yesterday by the Cerco Group of Alain Capo-Chichi. What is Microsoft academy? It is a support to teachers and schools for an optimalp reparation of skills transfer .
Thus, schools are able to achieve multiple challenges. Teachers and schools must both identify courses that meet the needs of all their students, but also equip teachers with (...)
