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IICD Cross-Country Learning Event (CCLE) for Education

Submitted by Maurizio Bricola on Wednesday, 21st April, 2010 — Event

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Date and Time 
Saturday, May 22, 2010 - 14:00
Mwiza Lodge

Mwiza Lodge

Mwiza Lodge

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Theme : 'Using ICT to access existing online content and develop new content that has national relevance for schools and other educational purposes'

Organisers : IICD (iicd.org) and the eBrain Forum of Zambia (ebrain.org.zm)

The CCLE will take place in a workshop setting and will focus on connecting individuals and collecting experiences of using ICT to create educational materials and content. It will explore two complementary topics:

  • “Using ICT to develop locally relevant content and educational materials for schools (and other educational establishments): what works, what does not, and what has been achieved so far?”
  • “Using ICT to access existing educational content and resources online: benefits, challenges and recommendations.”

Participatory approaches will be used to extract, share and record experiences, knowledge and skills. Facilitation will take place in the form of discussions, exercises and small work groups. Around 15-20 participants from Africa and Latin America are expected to attend. Site visits to schools will form part of the programme. Participants will come from a wide range of backgrounds and will include e-learning project managers, secondary school teachers, representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGO) and public sector representatives involved in ICT for education activities and policy-making.

For maximum impact, the CCLE has been scheduled to take place before the eLearning Africa Conference, 26-28 May 2010 in Lusaka, Zambia.

Location

Lusaka, Zambia

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Comments

The fountain of Knowledge - The all in all

Comment Author

Agbenyo John Stephen

Wednesday, 16th June, 2010

I cannot agree with you more Yesse, I think that the days where the teachers are all in all and the sole repository of knowledge are over.

However, the question is' is technology making more and more the teacher irrelevant?

Pupils inspiring teachers to go online

Comment Author

Yese Bwalya

Monday, 17th May, 2010

This is a growing trend in most schools. In most African countries teachers pride themselves for being more knowledge than their pupils. But this status-quo is  under threat from pupils that are quickly moving online to access educational content their teachers don't have. This is putting pressure on teachers to move online too. If this is how most teachers are getting online should we be looking at an incentive model that place pupils at the center of any educational content access initiatives?