The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) approved a USD 23.4 million (Unit of Account 15 million) loan to finance The Alternative Learning and Skills Development Project Phase II (ALSDP II), in Tanzania. The project will directly target some 117,000 unemployed youth in the Unguja [...]
African countries are increasingly engaging in the development of ICT-based solutions for education and training, according to Dr Mohammed Gharib Bilal, Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Opening Africa’s leading conference on ICT-supported education, eLearning Africa, in Dar es Salaam on May 25, Dr Bilal said, “We are now witnessing increasing investments in [...]
eLearning Africa is a conference and exhibition organised by ICWE GmbH that focuses on information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development, education and training in Africa. Serving as a pan-African platform, eLearning Africa links a network of decision-makers from governments and administrations with universities, schools, governmental and private training providers, industry and important partners in [...]
Jay Cross is CEO of Internet Time Group and founder of the Workflow Institute. A thought leader in learning technology, performance improvement, and organisational culture, Jay coined the terms “eLearning” and “workflow learning.” He is also CEO of the 1800-member Emergent Learning Forum. Thousands of people read his Internet Time Blog every day. He co-authored [...]
Education Libya 2010 is an international fair targeted to contribute to building and developing the Libyan Education/Training sector’s infrastructure. It sets a platform for meeting a remarkable audience of Libyan universities, local educational interests, institutions, students, private sector and public/governmental buyers. Be there and inform them about the study opportunities offered at your campus or [...]
A new vocational centre is to be set up in Abu Dhabi, following a decree by General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Gulf News has reported. The centre will be financially and administratively subordinate to the executive council and will aim to boost training and educational opportunities and develop human [...]
Simply, an LMS is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting of training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training content. Wikipedia’s definition is concise LMSs range from systems for managing training and educational records, to software for distributing courses over the Internet with features for online collaboration. Corporate training [...]
As reforms undertaking by African Development Bank (AfDB) Group over the last decade enter a new and critical phase, the institution’s senior management has turned its focus on current and future managers who are expected to drive the process. The reforms, which are designed to make the AfDB the first port of call for investors [...]
This is a conferencing service that is billed monthly. It offers great flexibility and many interactive features. Go To Meeting is one of the more popular web meeting tools out there. The package offers a great deal of flexibility and a lot of useful interactive features, as well as tools for the instructor to gauge [...]
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 [...]
Friday, July 15, 2011
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