Teacher Training

A group of about thirty teachers from the Copperbelt region in Zambia convened in a workshop last month to receive an introduction to several free eLearning computer programmes. These tools, which included an offline version of Wikipedia, a quiz maker and other helpful programmes, have the potential to enrich the learning experience of teachers and students, even in areas with no internet connection.

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Doris Anusi, currently working for the Society for Promotion of Education and Development (SPED), visited this year’s ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN. At the moment she is busy trying to source funding for a new project idea that resulted from the 2nd eLearning Africa conference in Kenya in 2007. There she met Gerald Ingersoll from New Brunswick Community College, Canada, with whom she explored areas of future collaboration. At OEB, Doris outlined the approach to the eLearning Africa newsletter team.
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Alan Yates is general manager of the worldwide education group at Microsoft, where he works with education customers and leaders around the globe conducting groundbreaking work in support of the educational and economic aspirations of emerging markets. With three advanced degrees from Harvard and Stanford, Alan has also been a teacher and a state public policy director. He will be attending the African High Level Policy Maker and Industry Leader Round Table and Retreat on ICT for Education, Training and Development in Ghana on May 27^th, 2008.
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Intel has long been committed to improving education on a global scale. The company has invested over US$1 billion in education programmes through the Intel Education Initiative in more than 50 countries on all continents, thus helping to train four million teachers in more than 40 countries to date. Especially in Africa, Intel is actively supporting teacher education. According to Ferruh Gurtas, Intel Corporate Affairs Group Director, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, more than a quarter of a million teachers have been certified through the Intel Teach Program so far in South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt and Morocco, and plans are to certify an additional one million over the next four years...
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Preparations for the upcoming eLearning Africa conference in Ghana are running at full speed. The Ministry of Education of the hosting country is working hard to make the third event of the conference series another milestone in education events in Africa. Up until the event, we will provide information on Ghanaian eLearning activities.
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South Africa faces many challenges in incorporating information and communication technology (ICT) in its education system, including limited access to technology, a lack of teacher computer literacy, and a need for methodologies to help students use technology. However, with the Intel Teach Programme, South African teachers are learning to effectively integrate technology in the classroom and bring 21st century skills such as digital literacy, problem solving, critical thinking, and collaboration to students. At eLearning Africa Dr. Martina Roth, Director of the Intel Education Group for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), will provide an overview of the company's programmes to help prepare students for today's global opportunities. Intel is gold sponsor of eLearning Africa 2007.
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The Italian NGO WITAR, a gathering of alumni from the oldest technical college in Italy, the ITIS Alessandro Rossi, has supported a technical lyceum in Burundi since 2003. Paolo Brunello, manager of the eLearning program of the Burundi school, reports on the project …
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