MOOCs: Adding Value?

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There once was a conference ... on MOOCs (#Klaxon): He told Times Higher Education that improving the quality of online tuition could be one way to make savings in countries such as Germany that have less private university funding. “We don’t have tuition fees or any large private institutions – but we still have the same drivers: the German government needs to save money, institutions need to save money.” He added that German universities should move towards…
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Mobile Technology and African Education

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Definitely a post that I want to read fully, as after my week in Uganda with Tearfund earlier this year, I still have plans for an article about the changes that mobile technology has made to everyday life and living conditions for those in the villages that we see - and here's some research into mobile education: Lesego is 18 and lives in an isolated village in western Botswana. She is smart and wants to…
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#TFBloggers: We’re on the Move

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So, this afternoon I'll get the train to London, before heading for Uganda with Tearfund tomorrow... Although I've travelled extensively, including to some pretty poor countries, I've not made it to Africa before (closest is Egypt) and most of my knowledge of Africa is from the odd film - mainly Africa United!  I'm notorious for not getting round to reading my travel guides until after I've been somewhere - preferring to rely upon suggestions from others (easy…
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Mobiles in Africa? #TFBloggers

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I've often said in training sessions - look at Africa as an example of how mobile/digital devices have changed lives - in a world where the infrastructure for fixed lines was never possible, the mobile functions without the same physical barriers. In 2007, President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, said: "In 10 short years, what was once an object of luxury and privilege, the mobile phone, has become a basic necessity in Africa." CNN News The…
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