Sessions entirely coloured in orange have simultaneous French/English translation / Les sessions totalement colorées en orange seront traduites simultanément en français et en anglais
| Track | 41D2 | 42C6 | 43VAR | 44A4 | 45A1 |
| Room | Zambezi | Kaleni | Kafue | Auditorium | Nyika |
| Title | How OERs and Open Tools Support Teacher Education | Research and Findings | Using Computer Graphics in an eLearning Environment | Assessment Frameworks | Games and Digital Learning |
| Description | The African education system faces a general lack of cost-effective, high-quality, context-sensitive resources to meet the needs of teachers and learners. Professional and experienced OER experts highlight the social, legal, technical and financial motivators behind the OER movement and how to produce and implement sustainable open content and tools to support African teachers. | African educational research is severely under-represented in international academic literature. The breadth of this session is unique in that it presents evidence of the paucity of peer-reviewed writing from the Continent, arguments for the importance of African participation in the global scientific community, and examples of recent research from the field. | While many people think of computer graphics as either a technical, engineering endeavour or a talent driven artistic process, 95% of this work is closer to a trade. See how accessible these skills are and how they impact eLearning, skills training, and getting individuals working globally...without leaving home. | Assessment and evaluation tools directly reflect students’ learning performances. This session highlights different tools and methods that can be used for assessment purposes, not only by using standard questionnaires but also by comparative data analysis. | This session highlights the possibilities of learning in non-conventional ways with educational games applied to an African context. These include the use of visualisation tools, games for children with reading difficulties, online games for health education, flash and logic games and mobile phone games adapted for children living in rural areas. |
| Chairperson | Ahmed M. El-Sobky, Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center (RITSEC), Egypt | Petros Roumeliotis, OTEAcademy, Greece | Alex Lindsay, Pixel Corps, USA | Mary Hooker, Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI), Ireland | Senthil Kumar, Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI), Rwanda |
| Content | Michael Paskevicius, University of Cape Town, South Africa Björn Haßler, University of Cambridge, UK & Godfrey Mwewa, University of Zambia, Zambia Elizabeth King, The Pennsylvania State University, USA Griff Richards, Athabasca University, Canada | Moses Mwale, SchoolNet, Zambia Patti Swarts, Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI), Kenya Eric Broug, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, UK Claire Ndangle, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université de Yaoundé I, Cameroon | Come and join Alex Lindsay for this exciting session! | Samuel Chikasha, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Chris Fowler, University of Swaziland, Swaziland Christophe Batier, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France | Rogers Bhalalusesa, Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania Louise Sauvé, Télé-Université, Canada Heikki Lyytinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland |
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Please note that the agenda for eLearning Africa is subject to change / Veuillez noter que le programme de eLearning Africa est susceptible de changer |