http://www.infodev.org/en/Topic.4.html The latest Education news from infoDev 10 http://www.infodev.org/images/infodev.gif http://www.infodev.org/en/Topic.4.html Go to www.infodevGF.net to register today! http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.689.html Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:16:45 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.689.html infoDev and UNESCO's EduTechDebate.org blog sparks discussion on the interaction between technology and education http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.669.html Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:50:22 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.669.html A new infoDev paper shows that more emphasis is usually placed on teaching ICT as a curriculum subject than on using it as an instructional aide. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.658.html Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.658.html A new infoDev paper shows that while ICTs are no substitute for formal education, the role of technology can support educational goals and widen the reach of teachers and school systems. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.650.html Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.650.html Organized in cooperation by Nokia and infoDev, with the support of Capgemini, the Open Africa Innovation Summit 2010 will convene 200 African thought leaders around four "Challenge streams" to identify which skills and services are needed for building innovative societies in Africa and how modern technologies can be used to accelerate the process. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.640.html Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:38:14 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.640.html Simply putting ICT in the classroom is not enough for ICT4E (information and communication technology for education). Even the best policies and sophisticated technologies will fail to reach their full potential if teachers, administrators, and students don’t know how to get the best out of them. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.616.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:25:30 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.616.html ICTs have great potential to increase gender equity but to make this happen, gender needs to be part of government planning for ICTs in education. If the real-life difficulties many girls and women have in accessing and using ICTs in education in South Asia are not directly addressed, ICTs have the potential to actually increase gender disparities, not reduce them. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.603.html Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:59:25 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.603.html To fill the gap for comprehensive and comparative information about Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and education, infoDev launched its “Survey of ICTs for Education in India & South Asia” on 21 April, 2010, along with five thematic essays. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.574.html Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:02:41 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.574.html To fill the information gap for comprehensive and comparative information about ICT and education, infoDev has published its “Survey of ICTs for Education in India and South Asia”. This survey will be a must-read for governments, donors and practitioners who plan to use ICTs in educational initiatives in the region. By gathering and comparing on-the-ground information from eight countries, illustrating successes and challenges, and drawing out key lessons learned, this report will help decision-makers to plan, coordinate, implement and evaluate successful ICT4E initiatives in India, South Asia and beyond. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.552.html Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.552.html eLearning Africa, the African continent’s main event on technology-enhanced learning, is celebrating its fifth anniversary together with 1500 delegates from 80 countries. eLearning Africa is the hub for first-hand information and real-life examples of how ICTs advance the cause of education for all in Africa. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.551.html Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.551.html infoDev has published its FY09 Annual Report. The annual report documents a critical year in infoDev’s history, when the unit successfully adopted a new direction and funding model of multi-year collaborative programs pushing forward infoDev’s signature ICT4D and innovation themes. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.549.html Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.549.html infoDev held its Annual Symposium on 9 June, 2010 in Washington DC. An invited audience of stakeholders from leading experts and practitioners in information and innovation for development, donor agencies, partner organizations, foundations, and World Bank and IFC colleagues attended the event themed ‘Clean, Green and Mobile; Making Technology Work for the Poor’. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.545.html Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:33:58 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.545.html A forthcoming infoDev report on Information and Communication Technologies for Education (ICT4E), produced by PriceWaterhouseCoopers India, has found that while it’s important for school children to have access to computer labs, it’s just as vital to integrate ICTs into the broader curriculum. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.523.html Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:17:46 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.523.html On 21 April, 2010 infoDev launches its Survey of Information and Communication Technology for Education in India & South Asia. The <a href="http://edutechdebate-etd.eventbrite.com/">launch in Delhi</a>, India will be marked with a lively Oxford style debate on the motion: "Most investment in technology in schools is wasted." Anyone can tune in to the live debate as it is web-cast around the world. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.501.html Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.501.html More than 60% of students who qualify for university or tertiary education in developing countries can't attend. eLearning via low-cost ICT devices can work for students, teachers, and the communities they live in. But what are the best strategies on how to deploy eLearning in developing countries? Join the Education Technology Debate sponsored by infoDev and UNESCO. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.483.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.483.html E-learning and online training saves travel time and costs, and allows flexible timing. 109 trainees took the chance to participate in the first APIN Asia Pacific Incubation Network online training pilot “Marketing for Incubator Managers and their Clients”. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.475.html Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.475.html Please join us for what we all expect to be a lively and informative conversation exploring assessment validity and tools for ICT4E. Our topic experts Mary Hooker and Rob van Son have already posted their remarks. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.437.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.437.html A workshop, organised jointly by the World Bank/infoDev and the OECD, shares and highlights best practices in coherent approaches in ICT for Development. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.418.html Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.418.html infoDev expands into social media ! Become one of our fans in Facebook, Twitter or Youtube. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.411.html Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.411.html The workshop has been prepared by the World Bank Global ICT Department in collaboration with infoDev, IFC, EduTech, WBI, HNP Learning,and CGAP. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.408.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.408.html While there is much effort & focus on deploying educational hardware in the developing world, much less hype and attention is focusing on the content students will use once these systems are in the hands of hungry young minds. How can educational systems, and the stakeholders that support them, adapt existing and new content onto these devices? Will this adaptation be able to challenge the existing income streams and vested interests of current content production & dissemination models? And should this content focus on ebooks and other electronic media the replicates existing content, or is this an opportunity to change the way in which content is created, teacher’s educate, and students learn? http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.402.html Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.402.html The World Bank Report takes an in-depth look at how ICT, and particularly broadband and mobile, are impacting economic growth in developing countries. The data section includes at-a-glance tables for 150 economies of the latest available data on ICT sector performance. Performance measures for access, affordability and applications in government and business are also introduced. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.384.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.384.html Sponsored by infoDev and UNESCO, the edutechdebtate.org website seeks to promote a substantive discussion of how educational technology initiatives in developing countries are relevant to the groups they purport to serve - the students, teachers, and their surrounding communities - and to create an open public debate on how best to serve them. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.372.html Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.372.html Watch live from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. (Washington DC EDT) http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.382.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.382.html The third in a annual series that answers your questions about the state of ICTs in the world http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.380.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.380.html The World Bank's newly relaunched group of blogs includes a site focused on the role of ICT in education. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.355.html Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.355.html The study reveals opportunities for improving ICT skills in the Caribbean among school dropouts and through promoting employer-sponsored professional development to strengthen both the employability of individual youth and the competitiveness of businesses. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.336.html Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.336.html Join in a lively discussion with four distinguished panelists from widely divergent backgrounds and areas of expertise who will help us explore historical perspectives on technology use in education, especially in the leading example of the United States. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.282.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.282.html Proposals were submitted in response to the Call for Proposals under the Korean Turst Fund for ICT for Development. The Korean Trust Fund finances projects chosen followig a competitive selection process of proposals received from operational units for the World Bank. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.277.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.277.html The development community is experiencing an explosion of interest in providing low cost devices, such as laptops, to students in developing countries. infoDev is now working to develop a web-based “community of practice” that will share lessons among the different initiatives. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.275.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.275.html From Algeria to Zimbabwe: Volume 2 of infoDev's Survey of ICT in Education in Africa contains individual country reports identifying current policies, activities, developments and challenges in this fast-moving and key sector for development. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.166.html Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.166.html Workshop focused on knowledge sharing between policymakers from 15 developing countries in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe in the early stages of planning or implementing education initiatives utilizing information and communications technologies. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.163.html Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.163.html Landmark research project documents technology use in the education sector all 53 African countries, identifies new trends and old challenges. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.136.html Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.136.html The Trust Fund will help foster the information and communications technology agenda in developing countries. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.152.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.152.html infoDev, UNESCO and partners announce version 2.0 to aid decisionmaking for policymakers, planners and practitioners on technology use in education http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.104.html Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.104.html Week-long National Capacity Building Seminar Using the Online ICT in Education Toolkit for Policymakers, Planners and Practitioners assists in on-going national planning process for ICT use in education. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.117.html Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.117.html "The NEPAD e-Schools Demonstration Project: A Work in Progress" highlights lessons learned to date from the pan-African, public-private partnership to introduce ICTs in education. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.129.html Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.129.html http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.105.html Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.105.html Particular emphasis on providing education planners, policy-makers and practitioners with resources for the use of ICTs in education. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.102.html Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.102.html http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.103.html Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.103.html http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.94.html Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.94.html A short inventory of known projects and programs aimed at introducing affordable ICT devices in developing countries, many targeting the education sector http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.82.html Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:53:31 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.82.html infoDev and UNESCO jointly sponsored two learning events for policymakers from Pacific island nations at two linked events in Fiji on topics related to ICT use in education. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.83.html Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.83.html http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.89.html Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.89.html infoDev has begun two related regional survey projects in Africa and the Caribbean to help answer key questions about the use of ICTs in education, and will be co-sponsoring two events in Fiji in September 2006 for policymakers from Pacific Island nations. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.34.html Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.34.html http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.88.html Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.88.html http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.87.html Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.87.html http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.86.html Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.86.html As mobile phones proliferate and '$100 laptops' are promised, what are the key issues that aren't being discussed? Perhaps it is useful to step back from the current excitement and debate about specific initiatives and tools to ask some more basic questions. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.59.html Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.59.html infoDev and DfID jointly commissioned a knowledge map on m-banking aimed at helping the development community more clearly define the "knowledge gaps" and the "targeted interventions" required to facilitate the expansion of mobile-enabled financial services. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.68.html Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.68.html The proliferation of mobile communications in developing countries has the potential to bring a wide range of financial services to an entirely new customer base, according to a new report commissioned by infoDev in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and GSM Association. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.2.html Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.2.html InfoDev announces the pre-publication online release of "Monitoring and Evaluation of ICT in Education Projects: A Handbook for Developing Countries," a quick introduction and guide to help busy policymakers and practitioners understand and assess the ICT-related investments underway in the education sector. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.3.html Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.3.html To kick off new work in the education sector in 2005, infoDev has released a series of briefing sheets about what is known, and what isn't, about the use of ICT to benefit Education For All. http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.22.html Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.22.html