Southern Times-ICT Innovation Advancing the cause of education

Windhoek - Over the past seven years, the eLearning community in Africa has grown in leaps and bounds, according to eLearning Africa 2012 Report.
“This is evident from the growth in the number and variety of participants attending the eLearning Africa conferences each year and the growing number of eLearning programmes, research initiatives, partnerships and organisations in Africa,” says the report.
The report, which covered 41 African countries, documented for the first time eLearning experience in Africa including their influence on the education and training landscape on the continent.

Read more at: http://www.southerntimesafrica.com/news_article.php?id=8381&title=ICT%20Innovation%20%20%20Advancing%20the%20cause%20of%20education&type=83

Teach all over the world with a Masters in TESOL

With a qualification in TESOL you may not necessarily become rich, though there are roles that offer intensely attractive benefits like tax-free income, or at least income taxed at a very low rate. But a Masters in TESOL can help you to have a career in exciting places. Find out more about these programs, where to take them, what the prospects are, and more ...

Read more at: http://online-masters-and-phds.com/masters-in-tesol

Enhance your education career with an Masters In Educational Psychology

A masters in educational psychology provides the skills and knowledge required to proceed on a variety of career paths.  This page tells you more about this field of psychology, the program, the career possibilities, helps you to locate suitable university programs, and more ...

Read more at: http://online-masters-and-phds.com/masters-in-educational-psychology

Should Africa beware tech companies bearing gifts?

When Erin Hayba began a project to bring computers to solar-powered schools in the world's biggest refugee camp, there were plenty of sceptics.
Two years later, there are 215 computers spread among 32 primary, seven secondary and four vocational schools in the Dadaab complex in north-east Kenya, home to more than 400,000 people, mostly from nearby Somalia. Each school has a solar panel.
But the intentions of the world's leading tech companies came under scrutiny during last week's eighth conference on ICT for development, education and training, attended by 1,500 participants. Efforts to close the gap between California's Silicon Valley and the specific needs of millions of African children were not always successful.

Read more at: http://m.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jun/03/africa-beware-tech-companies-gifts

‘Digital natives’: An Asian perspective for using learning technologies

Authors:
D.M. Kennedy, James Cook University Australia, Singapore Campus
R. Fox, The University of Hong Kong

Abstract
Students entering universities in the 21st century have been described variously as digital natives, the millennial generation or the net generation.
To date there has been little information specific to the Asian learner and their use of technology. This paper begins with a description and analysis of a survey that examined the knowledge, skills and understanding of students entering first-year undergraduate studies at the University of Hong Kong. This description is followed by a discussion of the potential impact this has for the design of learning environments in higher education.

Published in the International Journal of Education and Development using ICT - Vol. 9, No. 1 (2013)

Read more at: http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu//viewarticle.php?id=1558

Progress your career with a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership

Get a career in school administration with a masters degree educational leadership. More on the program, where to study it, and the career prospects after.

Read more at: http://online-masters-and-phds.com/masters-degree-educational-leadership

Studying for an Educational Leadership Administration Doctorate

Most people who choose to specialize in educational leadership administration at doctoral level are already licensed teachers or school administrators wishing to further their career in administration.  Indeed, a doctorate in this subject is required for principal or superintendent licensure in several states of the US.
This page provides information on what is studied and where you can study such programs online.

Read more at http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/educational-leadership-administration-doctorate

Open Educational Resources: Opening Access to Knowledge

IRRODL, Vol 14, No 2 (2013). Special Issue - Open Educational Resources: Opening Access to Knowledge

Special issues give our readers and our authors an opportunity to focus on a theme of particular relevance. Certainly open educational resources, open courses, open publishing of scholarly works, and most recently open courses are particularly relevant issues to all distance educators and researchers.

The issue was aptly edited by Rory McGreal, Athabasca University,  Wanjira Kinuthia, Georgia State University, and Stewart Marshall, The University of the West Indies, with technical assistance from Tim McNamara.

Issue published at: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/issue/view/56

Who Owns What Of The $223 Trillion In Global Wealth

Back in 2010, Zero Hedge started an annual series looking at the (re)distribution in the wealth of nations and social classes.
Now that the topic of wealth distribution (or rather concentration) is once again in vogue, here they present the latest such update looking at a global portrait of household wealth. The bottom line: 29 million, or 0.6% of those with any actual assets under their name, own $87.4 trillion, or 39.3% of all global assets.

Read more at: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-02/its-1-world-who-owns-what-223-trillion-global-wealth

Lisa Bu: How books can open your mind

What happens when a dream you've held since childhood … doesn't come true? As Lisa Bu adjusted to a new life in the United States, she turned to books to expand her mind and create a new path for herself. She shares her unique approach to reading in this lovely, personal talk about the magic of books.
Lisa Bu has built a career helping people find great stories to listen to. Now she tells her own story: http://youtu.be/6ibCtsHgz3Y