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Education for all
I spent this morning sharing expiences with some members of a research team at Strathmore University in Nairobi, kenya. This team of young researchers has recieved a grant from HP to do research on the use of ICT in Enhancing Teaching and Curriculum Delivery in Marginalized Secondary Schools in Kenya. The aim of the project is to build capacity and champion learning of ICTs use in secondary schools with little computing resources in Kenya.
At AMREF, we have been working on a national elearning program for nurses here in Kenya that I believe is the largest program of its kind in Africa and has been innovated to incorporate mlearning. The program in now 4 years old and it has been an amazing journey - a story for another day. Our success in Kenya has lead to replication of the program in Uganda and hopefully in other countries in Africa within 2010.
I was totally wow'ed by the enthusiasm and drive of these young researchers who will be working with youth and teachers who have had little or not access to computers and who are located in remote areas/rural locations. Their ideas on how computers and mobile phones can be used in teaching and learning were very refreshing. Using what is there i.e mobile phones - definately the right step in social innovation.
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Comment by Alex Stovell on March 12, 2010 at 6:32am
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Hey SHakwei, another useful post :) Can you share any insight into mobile phone usage - I've read about how it's mostly pay-as-you-go, and that sometimes a phone may be owned by one person who 'rents it out' to others in the community who want to make a call. Is this widespread, or do lots of people have their own phones? how do you use mobile phones for teaching and learning (is it to gain net access or something else?) :)
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Comment by Shakwei Mbindyo on March 12, 2010 at 11:34am
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Hey Alex, it is estimated that there are 18M cellphone users in Kenya i.e people with a mobile phone. These 18M phones are shared with others. It is estimated that poorer phone owners actually share thier phone with 5 people on average sometime in return for payment but not always.
At AMREF where I work we use mobile phones to support our eLearning programs. Many of the health workers are located in rural areas which has very poor telecommunication infrastructure. But a large majority of them have access to phones. We also use the mobile phones to collect health information from many rural communities.
Here is the summary of a recent study on internet usage in Kenya that makes for very interesting reading: http://www.slideshare.net/kemibaro/digital-kenya-key-findings-march....
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Comment by Sylvain Ratelle on March 12, 2010 at 2:26pm
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Shakwei, Thank you for sharing with us, stories like this one increses our already present optimism. I will follow your blog, Regards.
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Comment by Anthony Karanja on March 15, 2010 at 4:00pm
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Powerfull
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Comment by John D. Boyden on March 17, 2010 at 5:23pm
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+1 knowledge share. Just getting effective teaching/learning to any group can be a challenge. This sounds like a great effort.
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Comment by Hayden Darrell Linder on March 19, 2010 at 6:34pm
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Good stuff. What were some of the ideas the researchers had?
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Comment by nomadHAR on April 10, 2010 at 6:00pm
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knowledge is power. the trouble is often in two areas. there are beliefs and societies in the world that forbid gaining knowledge, especially for wormen. the other problem is finding ways to deliver knowledge effectively to areas where channels of information are limited. i think the mobile phone idea for eLearning is an excellent and far less expensive way for people to learn.
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Comment by A.V.Koshy on April 10, 2010 at 6:07pm
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education for all - but what do you mean by education
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@Hyden, Kenya faces quite a few challenges when if comes to providing school education. We do not have enough schools so many students who are qualified to attend high school may not get a place. Many high schools cla**** are over-crowded. Most students and teachers have never used a computer & many schools do not hav computers although computer studies are compulsory and examinable. Rearchers want to a****s if (1) eLng can be used to teach teachers ICT (2) eLng can be used to teach students IT (3) what impact (if any) this eLiteracy will have to current and future scholarship of both students and teachers.
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@AV, when I speak of access to education I use the definations of MDG2 with a focus on secondary education
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