PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS

Workshops, Seminars and Visits - Tuesday, 23^th May, 2006

Seminar A

EU - BEANISH: Ethiopian and International Experiences

Leaders

Prof. Sundeep Sahay, University of Oslo, Norway.
Prof. Jorn Braa, University of Oslo, Norway
Prof. Yemane Birhane, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Dr. Rahel Bekele, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Fully Booked

Time
Price

10.00 – 18.00
Free of charge to conference participants

Workshop B

PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS:
How to produce an instructional module on the Internet
a two-day, hands-on workshop for teachers, professors, trainers and educational experts with a three-week eLearning phase on the Internet.

FULLY BOOKED

Trainer

Sebastian Hoffmann, Hoffmann & Reif Consultants, Germany:

Time

22 and 23 May 2006

WORKSHOPS

Workshops and Seminars - Wednesday, 24^th May, 2006

Seminar 1

Supporting ODeL in African Universities

Leaders

Peter Bateman and Catherine Ngugi, African Virtual University, Kenya

Room:

Conference Room 3

Fully Booked

Time
Price

09.00 – 18.30
Free of charge to conference participants

Seminar 2

European-African R&D Projects for Bridging the Digital Divide

Leaders

Chairman:
Leopold Reif, Hoffmann & Reif, Germany

Presenters :
Jacques Babot, European Commission, Belgium
Prof. Joern Braa, University of Oslo, Norway
Prof. Rahel Bekele, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Dr. Nicolas Balacheff, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, France
Chris Morris, Meraka Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
Mogotsa Moses Kewagamang, Ministry of Education, Gaborone, Botswana

Fully Booked

Room:

Large Briefing Room

Time
Price

10.00 - 18.00
Free of charge to conference participants

Seminar 3

Quality for eLearning in Africa: Hands-on Training Workshop for Decision Makers, Educational Practitioners and Students

Leader

Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, Section for Reform, Innovation and Quality Assurance, UNESCO, France
Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Fully Booked

Room:

Caucus Room 11

Time
Price

09:00 - 18:15
Free of charge to conference participants

Seminar 4

e-Readiness: Making the Most of ICT for Educational Development in Africa: An African Development Bank and Microsoft Perspective, in Conjunction with NEPAD e-Africa Commission

Leader

Alice Hamer, African Development Bank, Social Sector, North, East and South Africa
Mark East, Microsoft, EMEA, UK
Professor Peter Kinyanjui, NEPAD, South Africa

Fully Booked

Room:

Conference Room 6

Time
Price

10:00 - 17:00
Free of charge to conference participants

Workshop 5

Connectivity Issues and Solutions in Remote, Rural and Developing Educational Communities

Leaders

Mathy Vanbuel, ATiT, Belgium
Dr. Adebayo Bamitale, Ethiopian School Net Project

Fully Booked

Room:

Caucus Room 6

Time
Price

10.00 - 17.00
€70 / free of charge to African participants attending the main conference

Seminar 6

Capacity Building in and for eLearning

Leaders

Dr. Jan Grabowski, InWEnt (Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung GmbH – Capacity Building International), Germany
Frank Dubert, GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit – Agency for German Technical Cooperation), Germany

Fully Booked

Room:

Conference Room 5

Time
Price

9.30 - 12.30
Free of charge to conference participants

Workshop 8

Mobile Learning: What's Happening, Has It Worked, What's Possible?

Leaders

John Traxler, Applied Innovative Digital Technologies Research Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK
Leonard Mware Oloo, Kenya College of Communications Technology, Kenya

Fully Booked

Time
Price

9.30 - 12.30
€40 / free of charge to African participants attending the main conference

Seminar 9

The TESSA Programme: the Role of eLearning and ICTs in Teacher Education and Training in Africa

Leaders

Prof. Bob Moon, The Open University - Centre for Research & Development in Teacher Education, UK

Fully Booked

Room:

Conference Room 5

Time
Price

14.30 - 17.30
€40 / free of charge to African participants attending the main conference

Workshop 10

Designing Learning for the Future

Leader

Prof. Alan Amory, Centre for IT in Higher Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Fully Booked

Room:

Small Briefing Room

Time
Price

14.00 - 17.00
€40 / free of charge to African participants attending the main conference

Workshop 11

Establishing My Web Presence with a Blog

Leaders

Tony Carr and Glenda Cox, Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Room:

Training Room 2

Time
Price

13.30 - 17.30
€40 / free of charge to African participants attending the main conference