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To Telecentres in the Asia-Pacific region: participate in the World Press Freedom Day!

To telecentre managers in Asia-Pacific region, you may want to have this activity for your telecentre users:Think. Speak. Tweet. Like. Share. FREELY.As you read this very post, you’re exercising your human right to freedom of expression – to think, learn, find info & share. Freedom of expression applies to all media, such as your…See More

May 4

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Vida Gabe commented on Avelino Mejia, Jr.'s blog post To Telecentres in the Asia-Pacific region: participate in the World Press Freedom Day!

"What an interesting initiative. Can't wait to see the mosaic of photos!"

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Jimmy L. Calata commented on Avelino Mejia, Jr.'s blog post To Telecentres in the Asia-Pacific region: participate in the World Press Freedom Day!

"The Nueva Vizcaya Community eCenter promotes the practice of press freedom here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Beloved.Nueva.Vizcaya/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/International.Gaddangs/"

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NY Times article on Digital Green

Digital Green, a platform for spreading education and information about health and agriculture in remote areas. photo by Rashmi Kanthi, New York Times"Rikin was interested in how rural telecenters might be used to spread education and information about health and agriculture in remote areas."Telecentre managers, you…See More

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Avelino Mejia, Jr. replied to Cleopa Timon Otieno's discussion Flavor of the Month for October: Telecentres and e-Learning

"Many thanks too to the good people of telecentre.org, particularly Cleopa, Cuchie, Seu and Ms. Tess for making organizing the FOTMs. Likewise, a big thank you to the members who posted in this forum. One month sure went fast and I thought that what…"

Nov 1, 2012

Avelino Mejia, Jr. replied to Cleopa Timon Otieno's discussion Flavor of the Month for October: Telecentres and e-Learning

"Hi everyone! to help you visualize the coverage of eLearning - and possibly encourage you to look at the menu of eLearning activities you can probably do in your telecentre - , I have came up with a simple mapping below: As you go upwards, the…"

Oct 31, 2012

Avelino Mejia, Jr. replied to Cleopa Timon Otieno's discussion Flavor of the Month for October: Telecentres and e-Learning

"Dear telecentre.org members, my apologies for not being able to respond right away to the last messages in our forum. I hope to contribute in the last few days of October (and even beyond), and I hope that you will still be interested in the…"

Oct 30, 2012

Avelino Mejia, Jr. replied to Cleopa Timon Otieno's discussion Flavor of the Month for October: Telecentres and e-Learning

"Related to the topic of eLearning and online resources / OER, below is a short video that explains Open Education. This video, produced by South African creative agency Blinktower, won the top prize in the Why Open Education Matters video…"

Oct 12, 2012

Avelino Mejia, Jr. replied to Cleopa Timon Otieno's discussion Flavor of the Month for October: Telecentres and e-Learning

"Dear Seu, Thank you for sharing information on Azim Premji Foundation's digital learning resources. Indeed, ICT is becoming more and more a part of the school children's learning. This will also help telecentre managers be more acquainted…"

Oct 11, 2012

Avelino Mejia, Jr. replied to Cleopa Timon Otieno's discussion Flavor of the Month for October: Telecentres and e-Learning

"As I reviewed the posts made today (11 October), I observed that most of you are more than willing to share online resources. I would like to know - and I think some of you are also curious - how these resources are being used in your telecentres.…"

Oct 11, 2012

Avelino Mejia, Jr. replied to Cleopa Timon Otieno's discussion Flavor of the Month for October: Telecentres and e-Learning

"Hi ET, I agree that there is an abundance of quality material that can be accessed and used by everyone - without cost. The movement for Open Educational Resources (OER) will only get stronger. I plan to post separately on the matter of OER…"

Oct 11, 2012

Avelino Mejia, Jr. replied to Cleopa Timon Otieno's discussion Flavor of the Month for October: Telecentres and e-Learning

"Hi Noel, your definition of eLearning is spot-on. As for your country's Community Multimedia Centres, may I ask what its current programs or services are? As for the "ABCs of establishing elearning in the CMCs", I hope that I will be…"

Oct 9, 2012

Avelino Mejia, Jr. replied to Cleopa Timon Otieno's discussion Flavor of the Month for October: Telecentres and e-Learning

"Hi Camlus, I hope you will learn more about Telecentres and eLearning through this forum in addition to your knowledge of and passion for ICT and Health. I think using ICT for your professional development will serve you well in knowing more about…"

Oct 9, 2012

Avelino Mejia, Jr. replied to Cleopa Timon Otieno's discussion Flavor of the Month for October: Telecentres and e-Learning

"Hi Ammar, you have a point there. It is really tempting to put everything into the Cloud but reality is the the ICT infrastructure is just not there, particularly for rural areas in developing countries. (On a side note, I just wrote an article in…"

Oct 9, 2012

Avelino Mejia, Jr. replied to Cleopa Timon Otieno's discussion Flavor of the Month for October: Telecentres and e-Learning

"Hi Conchita, it's good to hear of your telecentre/CeC experience from the Philippines (community billboard, online consultation). As for the eLearning component, you are right - distance learning also falls under it. Since your CeC has been…"

Oct 9, 2012

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To Telecentres in the Asia-Pacific region: participate in the World Press Freedom Day!

To telecentre managers in Asia-Pacific region, you may want to have this activity for your telecentre users:

Think. Speak. Tweet. Like. Share. FREELY.

As you read this very post, you’re exercising your human right to freedom of expression – to think, learn, find info & share. Freedom of…

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Posted on May 2, 2013 at 4:57pm — 2 Comments

NY Times article on Digital Green

Digital Green, a platform for spreading education and information about health and agriculture in remote areas.

photo by Rashmi Kanthi, New York Times

"Rikin was interested in how rural telecenters might be used to spread education and information about health and agriculture in remote…

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Posted on April 4, 2013 at 4:36pm

In Memory of Mayor Jesse Robredo

This article was originally posted in the Facebook group "The eSkwela Project - out-of-school youth and adults learning through ICTs", and subsequently posted to my Wordpress blog. Additional text to original article is in italics.…

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Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:00am

girlsinict.org

The UN just launched girlsinict.org, a web portal focusing on helping girls and women access job opportunities, training and career advice in the ICT sector.

You can view the full article at: http://goo.gl/tlUNz

Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:30am

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