Interactive whiteboard for primary schools in Mauritius: An effective tool or just another trend?

Authors:
Goonesh Kumar Asvin Bahadur, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
Deorani Oogarah, Primary School, Mauritius

Mauritius is among the few African countries where the interactive whiteboard has been implemented in all primary schools. This has been possible thanks to the Sankoré project, an initiative of Franco-British Summit and the Government of Mauritius.
The interactive whiteboard is an important tool in the classroom as it changes the mode of instruction.  In this research project, an educational learning tool was designed and mounted using XERTE which is an Open Source Authoring tool, to test whether interactive whiteboard can improve learning in schools.

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Illiterate Northern Kenyans Get Voice Information about Elections via Mobile

Illiterate Northern Kenyans are using a system that allows them to call a number to get more information about the Kenyan election through a voice menu. This makes it easier for them to vote.

About 87% of the people living in Samburu, Kenya is illiterate. Because people are not able to read or write they often lack information and have no idea what their rights are. This becomes particularly apparent in the run up to the election (planned for upcoming March 4th), when many Samburu citizens have the right to vote, but have little idea on registration procedures or what they are actually voting for. With the explosive growth of mobile phone usage in Africa, people now do have access to information. That’s why international organisations Text to Change (TTC), IICD and Kenyan organisation SEED Samburu, set up an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) campaign to educate the Samburu about their civil rights in the new constitution and on the upcoming elections. Via the TTC platform a toll free line is set up which guides callers through a menu by voice. Via this line callers can choose subjects and have questions answered and acquire more information.

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Local University Opens Research Centre

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Mount Kenya university yesterday opened an agricultural research centre at its Kwanza campus. Chancellor Victoria Wuslin said the research centre will collaborate with more than 50 parastatals and private companies to enhance agriculture.
We have partnered with the Kenya Seed, KARI, Ministry of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, KEPHIS, among other agricultural related organisations, to enhance the research,” Wuslin said.

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Ethiopian Agriculture Workers Discuss Digital Farming Solutions — IICD

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Agricultural workers in Ethiopia such as farmers and researchers came together in Addis Ababa to discuss a farmers market information system (FMIS).

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Welcome to e/merge 2012 - Online Conference

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Registration remains open and free for all colleagues based in Africa … 


We’re at the start of a busy week 2 of e/merge 2012. Keynotes by David Theo Goldberg - Networking Knowledge: Globalizing Connected Learning; and Laura Czerniewicz - Open Scholarship and what it means for African universities; presentations on social media for teaching and learning, online networks and courses for professional development, collaborative learning and eLearning quality development. Research papers which use innovative theoretical frames and methodologies. Workshops include Connected Teacher Toolkit, Content Curation, Learning Analytics, Paragogy, Designing and Conducting Research Interviews Online. http://emerge2012.net/live

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