Information and Communication Technologies for Development in
Africa
Volume 3 Networking Institutions of Learning – SchoolNet
Edited by Tina James
Published
September 2004 ; 294 pages; tables, illustrations.
ISBN
2-86978-117-2 (CODESRIA) ISBN 1-55250-008-X (IDRC)
In 1997,
IDRC launched its Acacia initiative in an effort to empower
African communities with the ability to apply new information
and communication technologies, or ICTs, to their own social and
economic development. Now, 7 years later, the Acacia initiative
presents this unique and groundbreaking three-volume collection
of original research on this important and timely issue.
Volume 3:
Networking Institutions of Learning – SchoolNet documents the
processes used, and institutions created, to bring computers and
connectivity into schools, as a means of enhancing the use and
integration of ICTs in teaching and learning. A range of
project, administrative, and cultural settings are explored as
are a wide variety of technical solutions. The results,
observations, and conclusions presented in this book will be
useful for policy- and decision-makers in education and ICTs.
The book will also be useful for teachers, researchers, and
development practitioners and professionals with interests or
active programs in the area of “ICT for development.”
Information technology professionals looking to service the
potential education market will also find this book valuable.
Tina
James is an independent consultant with
18 years experience in various aspects of ICTs in Southern
Africa. She has led several large, multidisciplinary projects in
both the ICT and environment sectors, including recently
completed baseline studies for the South African IT Industry
Strategy and preparatory papers on The African Learning Network.
Ms James served on the ICT working group for South Africa’s
Foresight Initiative, which developed a technology strategy for
ICTs. She was also recently appointed to serve on United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa’s African Technical Advisory
Committee for the African Information Society Initiative (AISI).
Other volumes in the collection:
Volume 1:
Opportunities and Challenges for Community Development,
edited by Ramata Molo Thioune
Volume 2:
Volume 2: The Experience with Community Telecentres,
edited by Florence Ebam Etta and Sheila Parvyn Wamahiu
2004; ISBN
2-86978-117-2 (CODESRIA);
£14.00 / $20.00
Contents:
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Chapter
1: Contextualising Education in Africa: The Role of ICTs,
Shakifa Isaacs, Irene Broekman and Thomas Mogale
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Chapter
2: Introduction to the Evaluation Study , Shakifa Isaacs,
Irene Broekman and Thomas Mogale
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Chapter
3: Emerging Pictures – Lessons Learnt and Recommendations,
Tina James
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Chapter
4: Starting National Schoolnets, Malusi Cele and
Shafika Isaacs
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Chapter
5: Internet para as Escolas in Mozambique, Ephraim
Siluma, Daniel Browde and Nicky Roberts
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Chapter
6: Youth Cyber Clubs in Senegal, Ramata Molo Aw Thioune
and El Hadj Habib Camara
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Chapter
7: SchoolNet South Africa, Edward Holcroft
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Chapter
8: Schoolnet Uganda: Curriculumnet, Anne Ruhweza
Katahoire, Grace Baguma and Florence Etta
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Appendices
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Bibliography
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