TEDC 2008 KAMPALA-UGANDA
TEDC 2008 Conference Program
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| 8:00 - 8:45 am | Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:40 am | Introduction and Welcome to TEDC by Conference Chairs and Prof. Mugambi |
| 9:40 - 10:40 am | Keynote Address: Challenges and Opportunities in the use of ICTs for education in developing countries UNESCO Chair in ICT4D |
| 10:40 - 11:00 am | Break |
| Session 1: Chaired by Bada Joseph Kizito | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 am | Taking e-Learning Across the Divide New Zealand |
| 11:20 - 11:40 am | First things first: Finding appropriate roles for technology in constructing knowledge economies USA |
| 11:40 - 12:00 pm | University Students' Attitudes Towards e-Security Issues: A Survey Study in Iringa, Tanzania Tanzania |
| 12:00 - 12:20 pm | Concept on Context: IS Meeting Context in Developing Countries & Standards and Contextual Sensitivity in Computer Science / Information Technology Degree Curricula: A Case of Five SSA Universities Finland |
| 12:20 - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| Session 2: Chaired by Henrik Lund | |
| 1:30 - 1:50 pm | A Low-cost, Low-energy Tangible Programming System for Illiterates in Developing Regions South Africa |
| 1:50 - 2:10 pm | Technology Support for Students Beyond the Classroom Botswana |
| 2:10 - 2:30 pm | An embedded bimodal tool to enable second language learners to practise conversation online over unreliable internet connections New Zealand |
| 2:30 - 2:50 pm | Towards ICT-based Education and Counseling Support System for HIV/AIDS Prevention in Uganda Uganda, Finland |
| Session 3: Chaired by Erkki Sutinen | |
| Introduction of Posters (5 minutes each) | |
| E–Learning in Education Institutions: The emerging role of Open Source Software Uganda |
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| Technology and Innovation: Pottery production and development in Uganda Uganda |
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| Integration of ICT in Education: the Plasma Mode of Education in Ethiopian High Schools Ethiopia |
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| Technology. Empowering Education. Camera’s Thousand School Initiative Uganda / Ireland |
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| ICTs for Post–Conflict Reconciliation: MOSES and the TRC of Liberia USA / Uganda |
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| Collected HIV/AIDS stories from Tanzanian students developed into digital learning materials Sweden / Tanzania |
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| 3:20 - 3:50 pm | Break and visit Posters |
| Session 4: Appfrica Panel, moderated by Jon Gosier (Appfrica) | |
| 4:00 - 4:50 pm | Appfrica Panel – Part 1: Why Intellectual Property is Africa's Most Untapped Resource; and Why The West is Interested in the African IT Community Keynote: (Assetmap) |
| 5:00 pm | Walk to reception (drinks) – Makerere University Guest House |
| 7:45 am | Pick-up spot #1: Bus will pick up people from Hotel Equitoria |
| 8:00 am | Pick-up spot #2: Bus will pick up people from the Makerere University front gate (nearest the Guest House) to leave for Nabweru |
| 8:00 - 8:30 am | On the bus ride - Introduction for the day and Announcements |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Visit to Nabweru Parent's Primary School:
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| 9:00 - 9:30 am | Visit to Nabweru Hospital:
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| 9:30 - 10:00 am | Visit to Nabweru Telecenter and Community Radio:
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| 10:00 - 10:30 am | Break: Refreshments |
| 10:30 - 11:30 am | Keynote Address: Innovations in Development: High, Low & Appropriate Technologies Social Entrepreneur / Professor |
| 11:45 - 12:45 pm | Lunch: Ala´Barbaque De-La Chez Johnnie Kazo |
| 12:45 pm | Board bus |
| 12:45 - 4:30 pm | The timing of everything will change a bit due to traffic and scheduling, but here are some of the activities we are planning:
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| 5:00 - 6:30 pm | Conference dinner: Pure African Buffet - Makerere University Guest House |
| 7:45 am | Bus will pick up people from Hotel Equitoria |
| 8:00 am | Bus will pick up from Makerere University front gate (nearest the Guest House) Leave for Jinja Nile Resort - next to the source of the Nile Introduction to Brainstorming Day |
| 10:00 am | Approaches to Thinking Differently and Solving Tough Problems |
| 10:10 - 11:00 am | Brainstorming Session #1: What aid and development is helpful, and what is not helpful? Identifying key needs, and more effective solutions. Facilitator: from Change Waves |
| 11:00 - 11:30 am | Brainstorming Session #2: What Unique Strengths Africa and Africans can Contribute to the World? Facilitator: from Change Waves |
| 11:30 - 12:30 pm | Lunch at the Adrift Cafe (on the edge of the Nile) |
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Brainstorming Session #3: Topics of your choice Think-tank - brainstorming and application session: utilizing collective intelligence to solve problems identified over the conference: |
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| 1:30 - 2:00 pm | Conference Wrap-Up by Erkki Sutinen and Henrik Lund |
| 2:00 - 2:30 pm | Closing the circle: What is at least one of your "take-aways" from the conference? |
| Free Afternoon: Visit Source of the Nile At the Nile we will visit memorial sculpture to Gandhi (his ashes were scattered in the Nile) and take a boat ride to the island where you can see the source Perhaps we will also visit a local refugee camp. |
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| About 6:00 pm | Return to Kampala |
