Thursday, 28 February 2008

THET link and summary of the Bolg NTC audit from Liza

The THET website is well worth looking at. Perhaps we need to look at the funding part closely? http//www.thet.org.uk

From Liza:
Basically they have @12 oldish Pcs (P3, between 64 and 256Mb Ram, HDD ranging from 4 to 20Gb, running win XP and Win 2k - CRT monitors), 9 of which currently boot reliably.


Linda

Links to interesting views and feedback on ICT and Africa

The digital villages plan will encourage and facilitate ICT growth. Africa Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial & Technical Series, 11/16/2007, Vol. 44 Issue 11, p17639-17639, 1/3p; (AN 28550979)

ICT for education and development. By: Casal, Carlos Rodriguez. Info, 2007, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p3-9, 7p; DOI: 10.1108/14636690710762093; (AN 25905906)

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ICT on the Margins: Lessons for Ugandan Education. By: Mutonyi, Harriet; Norton, Bonny. Language & Education: An International Journal, 2007, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p264-270, 7p; (AN 25492583)

Collaborative Partnerships and the Transformation of Secondary Education through ICTs in South Africa. By: Evoh, Chijioke J.. Educational Media International, Jun2007, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p81-98, 18p, 2 charts, 1 diagram; DOI: 10.1080/09523980701295091; (AN 24904107)

Empowering Africa's development using ICT in a knowledge management approach. By: Jain, Priti. Electronic Library, 2006, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p51-67, 17p, 1 diagram; DOI: 10.1108/02640470610649245; (AN 20509441)

Developing the ICT Infrastructure for Africa: Overview of Barriers to Harnessing the Full Power of the Internet. By: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hastings, Samantha Kelly. Journal of Education for Library & Information Science, Winter2006, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p4-16, 13p, 2 graphs; (AN 21211429)

Getting information to disadvantaged rural communities: the centre approach. By: Snyman, Maritha; Snyman, Retha. South African Journal of Library & Information Science, 2003, Vol. 69 Issue 2, p95-107, 13p, 4 charts; (AN 12662398)


Hope you find this useful
Linda

OU Africa Projects

The OU has a number of projects in Africa. For information on some of them, see the OU Africa website.