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More on e-books in Africa
The recent announcement that Amazon.com will be dropping the price of its latest Kindle e-reader to US$139 is only the latest news item from the exploding field of 'e-books', which is receiving...
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Stuffing the Internet in a box and shipping it to schools in Africa
Over the past decade or so, increasing numbers of groups have been working on answers to variations of the following question:How can the wealth of educational resources on the Internet be brought to...
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Evaluating the evaluating of the Millennium Villages Project
When is the rigorous impact evaluation of development projects a luxury, and when is it a necessity?This is a question asked in a new paper examing the Millennium Villages Project (MVP), a high profile...
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Top World Bank EduTech blog posts of 2010
The World Bank EduTech blog recently had its second birthday. As we did last year, we thought we'd gather together an idiosyncratic collection of 'top posts' and themes from the past year exploring...
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E-Reading in Africa
Back in 2008, a World Bank study on Textbooks and School Library Provision in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa [pdf] noted that "There is little or no evidence in any of the 19 countries...
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Education & Technology in Africa: Creating Takers ... or Makers?
I was honored to be asked to deliver one of the keynote addresses at this year's eLearning Africa event at the end of May. (If you'll be in Dar for the event, I look forward to seeing you there!) The...
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Reporting back from eLearning Africa 2011
eLearning Africa (eLA) bills itself as 'the premier annual event bringing together e-learning and ICT-supported education and training professionals from across the continent'. If you want a 'crash...
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What happens when all textbooks are (only) digital? Ask the Koreans!
A few years ago, a World Bank study highlighted the fact that there simply aren't enough textbooks for most students in Africa, and what is available is too expensive. In response to this reality,...
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Using ICTs in schools with no electricity
One persistent criticism that I hear of educational technology projects in many places -- and especially in Africa -- is that 'there are too many pilot projects'. 'What we really need', or so the...
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eLearning, Africa, and ... China?
Earlier this year, over 1700 participants from over 90 countries attended eLearning Africa (previous blog post here) to share lessons and make contacts at what has evolved into perhaps the continent's...
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eTransform Africa
The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank, with the support of the African Union, are producing a new 'flagship' report on how ICTs, especially mobile phones, have the potential to change...
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Educational technology and innovation at the edges
As part of my duties at the World Bank, I talk with lots (and lots!) of people and groups. Mostly, I talk to people within the World Bank and in other development institutions (this is part of my...
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An update on the use of e-readers in Africa
What does it take to introduce e-books and e-readers into communities in low income countries -- and is this a good idea?Judging by the increasing number of inquiries we receive here at the World Bank...
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Surveying Mobile Learning Around the World (part one)
Carla Jimenez I...James LiuAbout four years ago, the World Bank's infoDev program secured funding to do a 'global survey of the use of mobile phones in education in developing countries', based on the...
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Developing ICT Skills in African Teachers
What guidance is there for countries across Africa that are 'computerizing' their schools (or planning to do so) to help ensure that teachers know how to use ICTs productively?To help provide some...
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A new wave of educational efforts across Africa exploring the use of ICTs
A delegation of French businesses, together with some of their African partners, visited the World Bank last month to share lessons emerging from their recent efforts to utilize "digital technology to...
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MOOCs in Africa
MOOCs? MOOCs!The excitement about the promise and potential of Massive Open Online Courses is white hot in many quarters. For those who aren't familiar with the phenomenon:A MOOC is an online course,...
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