What is Educational Technology?
Educational technology is the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve educational outcomes in developing countries. This includes hardware, software, content, curriculum, and pedagogy required for learning by students, teachers, and their surrounding communities.
ICT4Edu initiatives build on various disciplines such as communication, education, psychology, sociology, artificial intelligence, and computer science. EduTech solutions encompass several domains including learning theory, online learning, computer-based training, and distance education.
What Are Successful EduTech Projects?
We are constantly searching for new educational technology projects for review and analysis. Please find below a growing list of programmes that use information and communication technologies to increase educational outcomes in developing countries.
12 Challenges Facing Computer Education in Kenyan Schools
While ICT continues to advance in western and Asian countries, African countries still experience a lag in its implementation, and that continues to widen the...
Pop Quiz! What’s the Average Tenure of Ministers of Education in the Developing World?
Recently, I was standing in the lobby of the Ministry of Education in Jordan. On one wall was the photograph and name of every Minister of Education that served...
4 Reasons why Facebook is an Educational Tool for Schools
Recently I helped review the use of information and communication technologies in the Jordanian public school system and I was intrigued to find that Facebook was...
New Life International Children’s Home Computer Lab
In Ansaptu, Cape Coast, the Students Bridging the Information Gap organization has funded a new computer lab for New Life International Children’s Home, installed...
The 10 Worst Practices in ICT for Education Are…
Michael Trucano, a recognized expert on deploying ICT in education, recently blogged about Worst practice in ICT use in education:
Here’s a list of some of...
Public ICT Resource Centers for students and teachers in West Africa
Our initial primary pursuit is the establishment of our inceptive ICT lab in the eastern district of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Similar projects that strive to foster...
Maranyundo School Computer Lab
The Maranyundo School educates girls from low-income families. As part of their forward thinking curriculum, they use Inveneo computers in their computer labs....
BOSCO Broadband Network
Archbishop John Baptist Odama accepting Breaking Borders Award for BOSCO
BOSCO Uganda, an organization served by Inveneo, was awarded the Breaking Borders Award...
ECHOES-ICT Nkonya Multi-Purpose School-Based Resource Center
The goal of ECHOES-ICT is to Empower Rural cocoa communities through access to local ICTs and Community Centers.
Objectives:
Develop one Multi Purpose School...
Understated Revolution in African Venture Capital
The entrepreneurs, business angels and venture capitalists behind the start-ups of the last 2 decades are still looking for the “next big thing” to bet...
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