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Namibia: Endless Horizons
Interview with the Namibian delegates at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2012

Conference Programme / Programme de conférence

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Please click on the coloured boxes to get a detailed description of the sessions.
Veuillez cliquer sur les cases colorées pour obtenir une vue détaillée de la session.

 

 

 

Sessions entirely coloured in orange have simultaneous French/English translation / Les sessions totalement colorées en orange seront traduites simultanément en français et en anglais.

 

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Speakers in Alphabetical Order

 

Session Codes & Themes

CAP – Collaboration and Partnerships
CES – Sustainable Culture, Economy and Society
ESR – eLearning and Sustainable Resources
FUT –
The Future of Educational Sustainability
ISC – ICTs for Sustainable Communities
MOB – Mobile Learning and Sustainability
OER – Open Educational Resources
SII – Sustainable ICTs, Implementation and Integration
SPA – Sustainable Pedagogical Approaches
SPD – Sustainable Professional Development
STP – Sustainable Tools and Practices
TPD – Teacher Professional Development
TYL – Technology, Youth and Young Learners
VAR – Various Sessions

 

Please note that the agenda for eLearning Africa is subject to change / Veuillez noter que le programme de eLearning Africa est susceptible de changer

 

Thursday, May 30, 2013 / 11:30 - 13:00

HLT01 – Growing Competent Healthcare Professionals in Africa

EXP02 – Preserving African Traditions: How Technologies Can Help

OPN03 – Mad About MOOCs? But What Makes a MOOC Good?

MOB04 – Mobile Learning: Policy Guidelines and Practical Experience

Thursday, May 30, 2013 / 11:30 - 13:15

MED05 – Video Did Not Kill Community Radio

TEA06 – Developing the ICT Competencies of African Teachers

VAR07 – In Conversation with Sugata Mitra

ACT08 – NETWORKING CAFÉ: Getting to Know Fellow Conference Participants

MOB09 – Tablet-Enabled Learning: A Sweet or Bitter Pill?

RES10 – Research: Spotlight on the Pedagogical Value of Digital Technologies

Thursday, May 30, 2013 / 14:30 - 16:00

EXP11 – Classroom Learning: Transformed with Dell Cloud Client Computing

OPN12 – Promoting Innovation in Africa Through Free and Open Source Technology

MED13 – New Hues for Connectivity Blues

MOB14 – How Mobiles Enhance Literacy Development

EXP15 – Integrating ICTs in the Teaching–Learning Process: Outstanding Innovations in Namibia

Thursday, May 30, 2013 / 14:30 - 16:00

EXP16 – How Fab Are Labs in a Mobile Era?

EXP17 – African Libraries in a Digital Age

ACT18 – Talking Heads Sessions

TEA19 – Strategies in eAssessment, eExams and Self-Assessment

RES20 – Research: ICT Integration at Universities: Policy and Cultural Implications

Thursday, May 30, 2013 / 16:45 - 18:15

HLT21 – eLearning in Medical Education

OPN22 – The OpenECBCheck: Community-Based Quality Assurance in eLearning

EXP23 – Initiatives That Empower Youth

EXP24 – Solving Security-Related Issues: The ICT Key

MOB25 – The Rise of mFarmers in Africa

Thursday, May 30, 2013 / 16:45 - 18:15

EXP26 – eLearning Experiences in Refugee Contexts

EXP27 – Kushindwa Bazaar: Embracing Failure, Learning from Mistakes

EXP28 – Technology Innovation Hubs in Africa

MED29 – How Digital Media Inspires Learner-Centred Learning

RES30 – Research: Reflections on the Pedagogical Integration of ICT in African Classrooms

Friday, May 31, 2013 / 11:30 - 13:00

HLT31 – The Potential of eLearning for Health

TEA32 – Flipped Learning and the Future of Teaching

MOB33 – Going to Scale and Going Local with Laptops, eReaders and Tablets

MOB34 – Mobiles, Early Reading and First Language Instruction

Friday, May 31, 2013 / 11:30 - 13:15

EXP35 – Wanted: Massive Numbers of African Managers and Entrepreneurs

EXP36 – eLearning Experiences in the Public Sector

MED37 – The Use of Social Media for Learning, Teaching and Citizenship

OPN38 – OER Platforms, Practice and Trends

HLT39 – eLearning Approaches for Public Health Delivery

RES40 – Research: Factors that Influence eLearning Adoption at African Universities

Friday, May 31, 2013 / 14:30 - 16:00

OPN41 – Knowledge Portals, Hubs and Banks: How They Help Learning and Networks

EXP42 – Tackling Power and Water Resource Needs

TEA43 – Assuring the Quality of Education Delivery: How Are Technologies Helping?

MOB44 – What's App with mApps in Africa?

EXP45 – Models in Leadership and Professional Development

Friday, May 31, 2013 / 14:30 - 16:00

EXP46 – eLearning in Rural Schools: Highways, Bi-ways and Potholes

EXP47 – Sharing the Best Practices of Sustainable Classroom Computing

ACT48 – Oxungi: Knowledge Exchange Sessions

EXP49 – Delivering eSkills Training, Open and Distance Learning

RES50 – Research: A Barometer of the ICT Awareness and Competencies of African Teachers

Friday, May 31, 2013 / 16:30 - 17:30

OPN51 – Higher Education Open to All: Resources, Services, Distance Education and MOOCs

ACT52 – Starting from Scratch: Working Strategies for ICT Integration in a Secondary School

VAR53 – Local Initiatives: A Namibian Perspective

MOB54 – How Mobiles Can Expand Youth Access to Quality Learning

OPN55 – Knowledge Innovation Through Collaborative Technologies

Friday, May 31, 2013 / 16:30 - 17:30

TEA56 – Calling Teachers and Teacher Educators: Innovative Tools for Better Teaching

MED57 – Game On! Top Tips to Take Learning to the Next Level

ACT58 – My eLA: What Do You Really Think of eLearning Africa? Come and Tell Us

MED59 – Video Africa Master Class

RES60 – Findings From The eLearning Africa 2013 Report

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 / 18:00 - 19:30

Opening Plenary

Mark Kaigwa, Partner, Afrinnovator, Kenya
Vitendawili: Can Technology Preserve Tradition and Accelerate Innovation?

Stewart van Graan, Managing Director, Dell Southern & Central Africa, South Africa
From Laggard to Leader: How Innovation and Mobility Are Catalysing Africa's Great Leap Forward

Prof Sugata Mitra, Newcastle University, UK
The Future of Learning

Bobana Badisang, Director of Botswana National Library Service (BNLS), Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture (Botswana Government), Botswana
Virtual eMancipation / Lehauhau

Right Honourable Dr Hage Geingob, Prime Minister of the Government of Namibia

Thursday, May 30, 2013 / 08:30 - 10:30

Thursday Plenary

Honourable Minister Joel Kaapanda, Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies, Namibia

Mark East, General Manager, EMEA & ASIA Education Industry Group, Microsoft, UK
Helping to Transform Education in Africa

Donald Clark, UK
Is Mobile the New Pen and Pencil?

Dr Monika Weber-Fahr, Director, Knowledge * Learning * Results, The World Bank, Sustainable Development Network, USA
On the Move

Friday, May 31, 2013 / 08:30 - 10:30

Friday Plenary

Prof Dr Johannes Cronje, Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Doing IT for Free. Reflections on Open Courseware, Open Access and Open Learning

Mark Pilgrim, Vice President, EMEA, NComputing
Accelerating eLearning in Africa with NComputing

Prof Kwesi Kwaa Prah, Director of the Africa-wide Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), South Africa
The Language Factor in the Integration of ICTs in African Education, Training and Development

Honourable Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, Uganda

Friday, May 31, 2013 / 17:45 - 19:15

The eLearning Africa Debate

Donald Clark, UK

Dr Maggy Beukes-Amiss, University of Namibia, Namibia

Dr Adele Botha, CSIR Meraka Institute, South Africa

Angelo Gitonga, Ministry of Education, Kenya

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