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July 2010 Blog Posts (47)

Innovation Fund 2 launched - PLEASE spread the word

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The Innovation Fund is now advertised :… Continue

Added by Cleopa Timon Otieno on July 30, 2010 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Visual arts and storytelling about HIV

HIV/AIDS is a disease that affects our physical bodies but has also been allowed to scourge through our communities because of its associated cultural stigma. This stigma prevents lifesaving information and treatment from reaching those at risk and most in need.

Real Stories is bringing together a global community of artists and storytellers and giving them a forum to express their collective concerns, to share their wisdom and to cross fertilize their ideas. Real… Continue

Added by Buenafe Abdon on July 30, 2010 at 5:00pm — 10 Comments

eSociety Day in East, Sri Lanka

The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka, the single apex body involved in ICT policy and direction for the nation which operates under the Presidents Secretariat, continued its efforts to empower the community in Sri Lanka and to spread the wealth of IT knowledge to the community in the Eastern provinces through another ‘eSociety Day’ program. This was conducted with the support from Consortium of Humanitarian… Continue

Added by Seu Yapa on July 28, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

E-INDIA 2010: India's Most Popular Event and Awards on Information and Communication Technologies

eIndia 2010, the sixth one in the series of very popular conferences organised by Centre for Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS), is scheduled to take place from 4th to 6th August, 2010 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, India. The event is hosted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

It is being co-organised by Department of… Continue

Added by Shipra Sharma on July 27, 2010 at 6:33pm — No Comments

Prototype $35 basic touchscreen tablet for students unveiled

India, known for the "world's cheapest" innovations, unveiled a prototype of a $35 tablet computer aimed at students.

The project is part of an ambitious education technology initiative by the Indian government, which also aims to bring broadband connectivity to India's 25,000 colleges and 504 universities and make study materials available online.

The government even plans on subsidizing the cost of the tablet for its student which would bring the purchase… Continue

Added by Buenafe Abdon on July 26, 2010 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

Trust for the Americas, OAS POETA program recognized as Millennium Development Goal’s Good Practice

The Trust for the Americas, a non-profit affiliate of the Organization of American States, is pleased to announce the inclusion of its flagship POETA program as one of the Good Practices contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG).POETA (Partnership in Opportunities for Employment through Technology in the Americas) uses Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) training and adaptive… Continue

Added by Eiko Kawamura on July 24, 2010 at 4:48am — No Comments

POETA Accessible Outcome Mapping in Central America: Sharing significant practices

Once a year the Trust also holds an outcome mapping workshop to strengthen the abilities of local partner organizations to meet the goals of the project, and this year it was held on June 23-25. The Trust also brought in representatives from local partner organizations in Panama, El Salvador, and Guatemala to maximize the ability to share experiences, best practices, and to increase the POETA network’s ability to collaborate and work as part of a larger program.

The Trust… Continue

Added by Eiko Kawamura on July 24, 2010 at 4:00am — No Comments

UN ICT Hub Publishes ICTD Briefing Note Series

The United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT/ESCAP), a regional institute of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, today published the first eight editions of its new ICTD Briefing Notes Series. The publications, based on the curriculum of APCICT’s “Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders Programme” (Academy), are designed to provide senior government officials with concise yet… Continue

Added by Daniel Munoz-Smith on July 23, 2010 at 12:42pm — No Comments

Facilitators Guide for GEM Workshops is out

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) have recently published the Facilitators Guide for GEM (Gender Evaluation Methodology) Workshops.

The guide is currently in English, but according to Ms. Angela Marianne Kuga Thas of APC WNSP, French and Spanish versions… Continue

Added by Cuchie Echeverria on July 23, 2010 at 10:30am — 6 Comments

Mobile Learning;Lessons learnt from the eLearning Africa 2010

As mobile phones becomes cheap and accessible by most people in society , it has become the most preferred mode of communication for many .However, the question of how mobile phones can add real value to the student’s learning experience becomes a concern for many .The varied components needed to ensure an appropriate educational design was the main focus of discussion in this session .Applications to new devices and the better use of existing tools were shown during this session. The session… Continue

Added by Wandila Simon on July 23, 2010 at 1:43am — No Comments

Are local languages marginalized in ICT4D?

ICT4D has created a platform for people to be embraced in knowledge. When e Sri Lanka project initiated , it helped creating a community of people who contributed to local language technology development. Due to the differences of local scripts, technologies designed for roman script like languages (English) were not directly usable for local languages. The ICT4D path of local… Continue

Added by Niranjan Meegammana on July 22, 2010 at 8:21am — 7 Comments

Great Tool for Creating Online Courses

Happy to announce that Microsoft has just released the latest version of the Learning Content Development System (LCDS). The community (i.e. FREE) tool allows you to easily create multi-media online courses. New features include expended compatibility and additional languages (note that content is supported in 19 languages!). You can download LCDS at… Continue

Added by Tim Dubel on July 22, 2010 at 1:35am — No Comments

New Telecenters in Medellín

After a long learning process, dreams start to come true in Medellín´s Telecenters. Now that the trainings are completed, the work plans are finalized, the results of all preparation and efforts to install the Telecenters can now be seen. Telecenters as “Nuevo Horizonte”, “San Joaquín”, “Belén Los Tanques”, “Santa Lucia”, “Mirador de Calasanz”, “Moscú # 1”, “13 de Noviembre”, “Los Mangos”, “Villa Laura”, “Picacho”, “Santander”, and “Efe Gómez”; have today the technological and knowledge… Continue

Added by Eiko Kawamura on July 20, 2010 at 10:32pm — No Comments

Telecenters look into new services to strengthen their communities

The Municipality of Pizarro, in the department of Chocó, is proud to say that now has a messaging solution center, a new service of sending and receiving packets that had not existed. It serves as a franchise of a local packaging and shipping company called Servientrega.

On may 20, what seemed like a dream, it’s a reality. This new service in the Municipality of Pizarro is now available thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit of Alex Perea; administrator of the Telecenter. After several… Continue

Added by Eiko Kawamura on July 20, 2010 at 10:26pm — No Comments

TEACHERS’ FORUM ON ICT INTEGRATION INTO TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SCHOOLS ORGANISED ON THE 15TH JULY, 2010 IN TAMALE, GHANA

The teachers’ forum which drew its membership from schools in the Tamale Metropolis and the Savelugu District in Northern Ghana was held at the GILBT Training Centre in Tamale. It was organised by Savana Signatures (www.savsign.org) with the support of the International Institute for Communications and Development (www.iicd.org)

Some of the schools which were present at the forum include Savelugu Experimental Junior… Continue

Added by Agbenyo John Stephen on July 20, 2010 at 10:13pm — No Comments

Ning Alternatives for Telecentre Networks

Over the past few weeks, we have been taking a close look at some of the alternative solutions available out there that can possibly cater to the need for a free social networking platform that offers features similar to those of Ning.

Our main objective for doing so is to provide telecentre networks, particularly those that have an existing Ning network but could not afford to pay for online services, with useful information on alternative solutions to Ning to enable them to… Continue

Added by Cuchie Echeverria on July 20, 2010 at 4:00pm — 8 Comments

Indian Government's Common Services Centre Scheme has been incorporated as CSC e Governance Services India Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) wef 16th July 2010

The term of the Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS), the Company that was coordinating Indian Government's telecentre project, known as the Common Services Centers or CSC scheme, has come to an end on June 30, 2010 and the responsibility of Program Management of the CSC Scheme has been assigned to the CSC e Governance Services India Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) created for this purpose.

This SPV has been incorporated under the Companies Act 1956… Continue

Added by Shipra Sharma on July 20, 2010 at 12:16pm — No Comments

Flexible Learning: From TVET Policy to Skills Training Practice ; Opportunities for Telecentres

The Fifth International Conference on ICT4D ,Education and Training , E-Learning Africa 2010, took place in Lusaka, Zambia from 26th to 28th May, 2010 .

eLA is the largest gathering of eLearning and distance education professionals in Africa, enabling participants to develop multinational and cross-industry contacts and partnerships, as well as to enhance their knowledge, expertise and abilities.

As one of the relevant events at the conference ,the WVS-Representative… Continue

Added by Wandila Simon on July 20, 2010 at 12:34am — No Comments

Gedaref digital city organization one of the winner of GKP incubator grant

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A message announced by Shuchi Smita – GKP Secretariat that according to the further proposals submitted for the Innovation Incubation Grant (IIG), the GKP Secretariat is pleased to announce that the following (as given below) four projects… Continue

Added by AHMED SUDAN on July 19, 2010 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Sabah government’s first major digital inclusion project

Source: www.futuregov.asia

Digital Inclusion, Local Government

Sabah government’s first major digital inclusion project from Malaysia

By Serene Leow | 13 July 2010

Malaysia’s second largest state, Sabah, announced its first major investment – worth a total of RM383 million (US$119 million) – to bridge the digital… Continue

Added by Seu Yapa on July 19, 2010 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment