June 13, 2013: IJEDICT Weekly News is out

"IJEDICT Weekly News", by Stewart Marshall: A free online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about ICT for education and development.

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June 11, 2013: Online And Distance Learning Weekly is out

"Online And Distance Learning Weekly", by Natalie Stewart: A free online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about online and distance learning - for students and professionals in the field.

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Online Teacher Certification Programs

In order to teach in public schools in the US, you need to have passed a suitable program of study and obtained teacher certification (licensure).
Online teacher certification programs are an excellent way to qualify for a teaching career. This page gives details of the programs and where they can be found.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/online-teacher-certification-programs

African Virtual University reviews strategy

While virtual universities and e-learning are seen as the way to rescue the situation, they are not without their fair share of problems.
In the past week, academicians from across Africa were in Nairobi to discuss the challenges associated with virtual universities and to find solutions, one of which has been found to be the need to redesign and harmonise curriculums.
The meeting was hosted by the African Virtual University (AVU), a pan-African intergovernmental organisation established to enhance the capacities of African universities to increase access to higher education and training through ICT.

Read more at: http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Virtual-lessons-for-AVU/-/957860/1863460/-/item/0/-/58td1cz/-/index.html

May 23, 2013: IJEDICT Weekly News is out

"IJEDICT Weekly News", by Stewart Marshall: a free, online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about the use of ICT for education in developing and resource challenged contexts.

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Computer Health and Safety

This web page deals with computer health and safety issues of online learning, in particular the need for a well designed computer workstation (with an ergonomic chair and computer desk) and the need for a healthy work schedule.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/computer-health-and-safety

Kenya: ICT, AVUs Integral Teaching and Learning Approach

For Africa to compete in the global economies, 12 -15 percent of its workforce need to have access to technical tertiary education. This was the opening remark by Dr. Bakary Diallo, Rector of the African Virtual University (AVU) during the African Virtual University Computer Science and Teacher Education Curriculum Design workshop at the Intercontinental Hotel, in Nairobi.
At the end of this workshop, delegates will have reviewed the AVU continent wide math and science teacher education program, and develop a new applied computer science program. These reviews and reports are meant to cut down the continent's lags in training necessary human resources to much its rosy economic growth prospects.

Read more at: http://allafrica.com/stories/201305210953.html

Tips for learning online: Three things to do, two things not to do, and one "no-no" for learning online

Tips for learning online - Here are three things you should make sure you do, two things you shouldn't do, and one thing that is absolutely forbidden, if you are wanting to learn online.
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Tips for learning online: Three things to do, two things not to do, and one "no-no" for learning online

About Teaching Online

Find out about the range of Internet technologies available for teaching online and enabling exciting online classroom activities to be developed at all levels.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/teaching-online

About Online Learning

Find out more about online learning or elearning - using audio and video-conferencing, email, chat, and completing an online degree or certificate by distance.

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May 7, 2013: Online And Distance Learning Weekly is out

"Online And Distance Learning Weekly", by Natalie Stewart: a free, online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about online and distance learning - for teachers, researchers and students.

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How to Stay Anonymous Online

When you spend time looking at interesting websites, some of those websites are looking back at you. Here's how to preserve your anonymity online.

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May 2, 2013: IJEDICT Weekly News is out

"IJEDICT Weekly News", by Stewart Marshall: an online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about ICT for education and development.

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April 25, 2013: IJEDICT Weekly News is out

"IJEDICT Weekly News", by Stewart Marshall: A free, online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about using ICT for education and development.

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How to Learn Online

How to learn online? Find out how online learning is different to classroom learning, and how you can learn more effectively.

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April 8, 2013: Teaching and Learning Weekly is out

Teaching and Learning Weekly, by Adam Atodl: a free online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about teaching and learning - for students and teachers.

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Web 2.0 Online Software in Online and Distance Learning

Find out more about some of the important movements in the development of Web 2.0 online communication software or e-tools that have impacted on, and continue to impact on, how individuals and communities communicate and learn.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/web-2-0-online

Find Out About Teaching Online

Innovations in ICT and the possibilities opened up by teaching online, are enabling exciting classroom activities to be developed at all levels of children's education (elementary to grade 12).
Find out about the range of Internet technologies available for teaching online and enabling exciting online classroom activities to be developed at all levels.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/teaching-online

Online Teacher Certification Programs To Start Your Career in Education

Online teacher certification programs are an excellent way to qualify for a teaching career. This page gives details of the programs and where they can be found.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/online-teacher-certification-programs

Internet Technologies For Teaching Online

Information and communication technologies enable distance courses to be delivered using innovative ways to interact with instructors and other students. They have raised the status of distance education and now whole universities have been created that conduct all their education online.
Find out about the range of Internet technologies available for teaching online and enabling exciting online classroom activities to be developed at all levels.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/teaching-online