Fw: eLearning Africa Newsletter - 1st Edition

[Dr Tom Brown]

Hi Everyone

For those who might be interested in this newsletters...

There is also a little splash about our open letter in this newlsletter as well.

Regards
Tom
 
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            News & Information on the eLearning Africa - eLA conference, an annual event for building eLearning capacities in Africa

           
             
            SchoolNet Africa - Preparing the Digital Future 
             The Digital Divide is synonymous with the lack of capacities in connectivity, bandwidth and computers in all sectors but especially in the education systems. SchoolNet Africa is an organisation that aims to build capacities, to develop structures and to foster digital skills. SchoolNet Africa's vision is for the empowerment of all of Africa's children and youth through access to quality education, information, and knowledge on the basis of their effective use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The mission is to support national SchoolNets throughout Africa by mobilizing resources and building effective partnerships. Shafika Isaacs is the Executive Director of SchoolNet Africa. She will be a chairperson and will also give a presentation at eLearning Africa. We wanted to know her opinion on some significant issues.

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            The Pre-Conference Workshops and Seminars are online 
             A programme of optional Seminars and Workshops will take place on Wednesday, May 24th, offering participants the opportunity to learn a new skill, enhance their knowledge or gather information about a specific topic. 

            Not only are such activities excellent opportunities in themselves but they are also extremely valuable pre-conference networking activities in their own right. These are either full- or half-day events. Since the number of participants is limited, early booking is recommended. Please follow the link to the detailed list of the pre-conference workshops and seminars...

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            The African Virtual University - Interview with Prof. Dzvimbo 
             It started with an initial summer course at Kenyatta University Nairobi in July 1997. Today the African Virtual University (AVU) is an independent organisation with 57 Learning Centers in 27 African countries. The AVU is training world-class computer scientists, technicians, business managers and other professionals to support economic and social development in Africa. The editorial team of eLearning Africa 2006's Newsportal had the chance to pose some questions to the AVU's Rector, Mr. Kuzvinetsa Peter Dzvimbo.

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            Learning with the $100 Laptop 
             In January 2005 the MIT Media Lab Chairman Nicholas Negroponte announced the $100 laptop project for school children in poor nations at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. His initiative named "OLPC - One Laptop Per Child" - is very ambitious and has engendered lively and sometimes controversial discussions all over the world. Dr. Nicolas Balacheff, CNRS Director Laboratoire Leibniz-IMAG, France and Member of eLearning Africa's Advisory Committee is also a member of G1:1, which is a global initiative for collaborative research that supports increased international sharing and coordination of 1:1 TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning). Members of the initiative wrote an Open Letter to contribute to the discussion...

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            Health Training on a Large Scale 
             Africa is the continent most affected by HIV and AIDS. Especially Sub-Saharan Africa, which has just over 10% of the world's population, is home to almost two-thirds of all people living with HIV - close to 26 million people. Each year more than three million new infections will increase these already terrible numbers. Millions of people have already died of the disease; twelve million children have lost their parents. This dramatic situation demands strong and effective action from the health sector...

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            Towards a "European-African Pact on ICT for Development" 
             European R & D projects have started to include African partners. A well-defined inclusive approach of European IST projects, directed toward developing countries, is however just in its start-up phase. eLearning Africa supports the inclusion of counterparts in developing countries in the forthcoming IST programmes and will become a meeting point for ICT and IST stakeholders both from Africa and Europe embarking on new joint R&D networks.

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