Networking, Special and Social Events

 

Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 09:30 – 13:00
Workshop on Digital Higher Education in Benin
Room: “Salle Idriss Déby Itno”, University Abomey Calavi 

Content: Building a digital network for higher education in Benin

 Agenda:

• Awareness and mobilisation of agents around digital networks
• Training students and teachers in the use of ICT
• Constructing an academic digital network
• Computer policy for universities
• Production and broadcasting of digital resources for learners
• Financing a digital network and its functioning

 

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 19:30
Welcome Reception in the Exhibition Area
Directly after the Opening Plenary, drinks will be served in the exhibition area for all conference participants.

 

Thursday, May 24, 2012 16:45 – 18:15
Atchakpokji Networking Sessions
Room: Gallery Salle Bleu
Atchakpokji Sessions, informal shared-interest discussions, are sixty-minute sessions where the emphasis is on the exchange of knowledge and networking. They are intended to be informal and informative sessions, where participants introduce themselves before moving on to discuss the topic on the agenda. It is an opportunity to share knowledge and ideas about specific projects, to meet others who share your interests, to share new ideas or future visions, to pose questions aimed at stimulating discussion, or to find help with a specific problem. These sessions are held in relatively small conference spaces and access is limited in order to encourage discussion. Participants can sign up for the Atchakpokji Sessions of their choice using the sign-up sheets in the registration area.

 

Thursday, May 24, 2012 16:45 – 18:15
Join the eLearning Africa 2013 Survey Focus Group Discussion!
Room: Lac Americ
The eLearning Africa 2013 Survey team invites you to a focus group discussion on critical matters relating to eLearning in education, training and development in Africa. We welcome your views, perspectives and predictions, which will serve to improve the research findings for our eLearning Africa 2013 Report.

 

Thursday, May 24, 2012 18:45
Participants’ Reception and Dinner
Location: Tent/marquee outside the Palais de Congrès de Cotonou.
Join your fellow conference participants to mingle, exchange thoughts, continue discussions and network during an evening of Beninise food and culture! Music, a cultural performance and much more will ensure that this is an evening that will be lively, informal and inspiring!

 

Thursday, May 24, 2012
Emerald Group Publishing Lucky Prize Draw
Location: Stand 43
Delegates attending the 7th eLearning Africa Conference in Cotonou, Benin stand a chance to win a Kindle wireless e-reader from Emerald Group Publishing in a Lucky Draw Prize. The winner will be announced by the conference organisers during the event. Visit Stand 43 for more information on peer-reviewed content.

 

Friday, May 25, 2012 11:30 – 13:00
The eLearning Africa Fail Faire
Room: Lac Americ
How many of us attending this year's conference have had experiences of failed eLearning initiatives in Africa or elsewhere? If you are one of them, we invite you to join us at a special session entitled “The eLearning Africa Fail Faire”, which is dedicated to the embrace and appraisal of failed eLearning experiences. The objective of this session is to open up honest debate about the factors that cause eLearning initiatives to break down, become dysfunctional and eventually die with minimal positive impact. We look forward to robust sharing of different viewpoints on how we understand failure and the lessons that can be drawn from them.

 

Friday, May 25, 2012 16:30 – 17:30
How Technologies Support Young Africans to Live, Learn, Love and Succeed
Room: Salle Polyvalente 2
If you are under 24 years old, or simply interested, you should join us in this session. As young Africans, this is our space at eLearning Africa where we exchange ideas on how we use, experience and appropriate technologies in ways that we believe are helpful to us. It is a hip and happening session. We hope to see you there!

 

Friday, May 25, 2012 17:45 – 19:15
The eLearning Africa Debate
Room: Salle Rouge
Each year, the eLearning Africa debate addresses important and sometimes controversial issues affecting the region. This year, the debate looks at the long-term effects of mobile technologies on educational systems in Africa and what impact this might have on the traditional classroom and the role of teacher. The motion will be as follows:

“This House believes that we have underestimated the disruption mobile technologies will cause to formal educational systems in Africa and is concerned that their increased use undermines the traditional classroom setting, making teachers redundant.”