The Globe and Mail, one of Canada’s national papers, in its excellent series on Africa, had an article that really made me sit up. Here are some quotes from the article – try substituting e-learning for the xxxxs ‘It’s part of a phenomenon that has people in Africa adopting new technologies that have been slower to [...]
Friday, April 30, 2010
The Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization (AICTO) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Standard Association of the United States of America signed on Tuesday in Tunis a partnership convention. The convention aims at boosting cooperation between the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization (AICTO) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers [...]
Friday, April 2, 2010
The fifth International conference that focuses on information and communication technologies (ICTs) applied to development, education and training in Africa will be held in Lusaka, Zambia from May 26th to 28th. Best known as e-learning Africa, this event serves as a platform to pan-African needs, and is the main gathering of eLearning and Distance education [...]
Monday, March 29, 2010
On Thursday March 25th, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released the results of its ninth annual Global Information Technology Report and Ranks Tunisia First in Africa and 39th in the world. The Report is the result of a long-standing collaboration between the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Network and INSEAD, dating back to 2002. The Global IT [...]
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Within the CeBIT tradeshow for the digital industry that will take place starting March 2nd in Hannover – Germany, an open forum about Learning and knowledge solutions will be organized on Hall 6, Stand E30 by the Deutsche Messe AG. The learning organization as well as the skill set for a knowledge society are the [...]
Thursday, February 11, 2010
A new book about e-learning is released this month. It is edited by Dr. Ugur DEMIRAY and available only online. The book is entitled:”CASES ON CHALLENGES FACING E-LEARNING AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Institutional Studies and Practices”. The book examines the emergence and growth of e-learning. The use of the ‘e’ prefix indicates the application of information and communication [...]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
According to the Ministry of communication technologies, President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali took interest, when conferring on Monday morning with Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, in the programmes of human resources valorisation and skills development. The Head of State became acquainted, in this regard, with preparations underway for the start, within the coming weeks, of the [...]
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
A Microsoft delegation on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, concluded a two-day working visit to the African Development Bank Group based in Tunisia. The visit served as an opportunity for both parties to agree on concrete areas of cooperation on ICTin the fields of health, education, public administration and governance. Countries targeted include Nigeria, Senegal, Angola [...]
Monday, November 30, 2009
One of the important initiatives undertaken by the leading Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) is the research conducted in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) about the knowledge situation and perspectives in the Arab World. The resulting report of this research was launched during the Arab strategy forum on October 28th, 2009. Concerning [...]
Thursday, November 26, 2009
e-Taalim was invited by the Tunisian Association for scientific research assistance over the net Atars’ net to participate in a seminar organized by the association and the International Centre for Science and High Technology of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ICS-UNID). The seminar entitled: “E-learning on high technology and science for Developing Countries Strategy [...]
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