The 3rd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education
and Training will take place from May 28 to 30, 2008 in Accra, Ghana.
eLearning Africa is the premier gathering place for all experts and
stakeholders engaged or interested in ICT-based education, training
and development on the African continent. Everyone concerned with
eLearning in Africa is welcome to share and learn. We encourage
practitioners and academics engaged in an African context to apply by
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This interview of Alex Lindsay was driven during the eLearning Africa 2007 Conference. It deals with Educational Digital Content production in Africa. Introduction "Digital content for ICT-supported education produced by Africans for Africans is increasingly needed. The Pixel Corps, a guild for digital content creators based in the USA, is offering training and an expert community in a unique and unconventional way. Beate Kleessen from eLA spoke to Alex Lindsay, founder and chief architect of th more...

The European Business to Business Sales Institute (EUBBSI) project has produced an innovative eLearning system aimed at developing sales force skills. The system and its contents are tailored to meet the specificities of “business to business sales” training courses provided by the EUBBSI.

Related objectives of the EUBBSI eLearning system are to:
- Accelerate and extend the development of the training program to European SMEs in industry.
- Improve the quality and transferability of con more...

infoDev has released initial results from a landmark Survey of ICT and Education in Africa, which seeks to gather together in a single resource the most relevant and useful information on ICT in education activities in Africa.

During the first half of 2007, a research team supported by infoDev and coordinated by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) sought to document the major developments in each African country related to technology use in education in order to create the first consolidated l more...

The Consortium for School Networking Value of Investment (VOI) Case Studies were developed to help district level technology decision makers assess the costs and evaluate the benefits of proposed technology investments before making costly, time intensive decisions and commitments. The VOI studies are intended to provide school technology administrators and other educators with insight on best practices for making sound choices about education technology projects, and to better articulate the co more...

This tool specifically investigates the workstation, network and server cost of ownership in the K-12 environment, providing an instrument and a process that schools and districts can use in determining their total cost of ownership (TCO) for technology. The site provides several years of data (four case studies per year) of the total cost of ownership. These are in the United States, but the tool, while complex, should be applicable in other locations.

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) seeks to serve the needs of K-12 education leaders who use technology strategically to improve teaching and learning. CoSN provides products and services to support leadership development, advocacy, coalition building, and awareness of emerging technologies. It is specifically focused on U.S. schools.

The Training Place, a consulting firm, provides this short introduction to the development of strategic plans for e-learning in corporations. A set of links to useful resources is included.

The second portion of cost benefit ratio of e-learning is economic quantification of the benefits. This paper focuses on estimates of the financial returns from elearning at the firm level. Kevin Kruse, e-LearningGuru, 2004.

The European E-learning event, known as the "Online Educa Berlin", will happen next November 28 – 30, 2007 in Berlin. It is set to be one of the key event for the international technology-supported learning and training industry. The 2007 Conference programme is now available online with a line-up of international experts, who will cover a range of key topics. Learn more on the official Web site.