This brief article cites a number of examples of information and communications technologies that could be used in Africa. It seeks to make the point that applications range from very simple to very high technologies, and from educational administration to classroom and non-formal education. John A. Daly, Foreign Policy Digest, May 2009.
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The AERA SIG Communication of Research is developing a wiki-based tool for an annotated list of these electronic journals. This wiki will be announced at the 2009 AERA Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, at the Business Meeting for the SIG.
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The Institute for Education Policy Studies is an independent Radical Left/ Socialist/ Marxist institute for developing analysis of education policy. It is at www.ieps.org.uk . The Institute seeks to develop Marxist analysis of policy, theory, ideology and policy development. It also seeks to develop Marxist transformative education theory, analysis and policy analyse and develop socialist/Marxist transformative policy for schooling and education from a number of Radical Left perspectives, includ more...
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'Exploring ICT and learning in developing countries' This new (May 2009) website hosts debates on the applications of information and communications technology to enhance learning in developing nations. It has begun with three topics for discussion:
1. Are ICTs the Best Educational Investment?
2. Not Quite the Best Investment, but Pretty Good
3. If & When Schools Invest in ICT, Teachers First
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This report acknowledges the many factors that influence the teaching and learning environment in schools and the effectiveness of ICT-in-education initiatives. The report therefore aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the environment in which those initiatives took place, including country context (Chapter II) and education system context (Chapter III). It also contains an overview of the ICT inputs—the specific activities and provisions made under IIREM, SEDP (Chapter IV), and this stu more...
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This book on teaching and reflecting strategies on the pedagogical integration of ICTs in Africa is a collective and bilingual publication. It is divided into 10 chapters.
The second chapter is signed by Professor Pierre Fonkoua of the University Yaoundé and entitled “ICTs for teachers of today and of tomorrow”.
The third chapter is written in English by the Professor Tchombe Thérèse, now retired. It focuses on perceptions of learning and its impact on the practices of ICTs integrati more...
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Malaysia Higher Education Ministry is studying how to develop a creative and innovative Malaysian society through human capital development. The ministry is planning to work with Microsoft in unearthing creative and innovative students of tertiary institutions in the area of ICT and with Shell Malaysia in energy saving…
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