Tue 19 May 2009
In this post from the series ICT4D I review a couple of cases/ideas that we have found to be interesting for our case study. First, Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs, gave a talk at TED four years ago. We also review Hole in the Wall, the minimally invasive education proposed by Sugata Mitra.
Sun 10 May 2009
Part two of the series on ICT4D, read part 1 for a background
Imagine you have a remote university in an African country where available internet is slow and hard to get to your door. Imagine you want this university to be part of the digital village, where journals can be read online, emails can be sent and received, learning materials can be accessed and modified and, why not, videoconferencing is possible. If you are reading this from somewhere else than in Africa you most likely can do that all. But how to plug an African University in Kenya to the internet. The connectedness should mainly address the communication and teaching activities that will start between University of Joensuu (UoJ) and the University in Kenya (UiK).
Tue 5 May 2009
This is the first post of a series of posts for a course I am currently taking: ICT4D. In this posts, together with Vasilis, we are going to create the basis of a case study.
Our case study responds to an actual need from a University in Kenya (UiK) and the University of Joensuu (UoJ). UoJ and UiK want to establish a link between them so expertise is shared, and staff at both sites can learn from each other strengths. The background of the project aims to improve the capacity of UiK to join the global discourse on climate change by training the staff on related issues, so relevant courses can later be taught at UiK.
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Thu 19 Mar 2009
In a homage to the Spanish most acclaimed chef, Ferran Adriá, we will have a deconstructed programme where sessions (flavors) are separated and reorganized in a delicious way. If arrangements go as expected, they never do, we will have invited short talks from Sri Lanka, Spain, Ireland and Finland. See you tomorrow. If you want to take part online let me know in advance, so we can test it.
10:00 - 10:40 Andrés Moreno, Dr Hewagamage, Antti Rantaeskola, Francisco Moreno, you …E-learning around the world (Sri Lanka, Finland, Spain)
10:40 - 11:00 Welcoming words by Erkki Sutinen
11:00 - 11:30 Marjo Virnes, PhD in Progress: Process of data analysis in Grounded Theory (GT) study
11:30 - 11:45 Next PhD meeting discussion
11:45 - 13:00 Everybody,Lunch at Aura
13:00 - XX:XX Philip Land, Ireland, ICT for social development in Ireland: Idea seeking
If you want to discuss about the topics or the schedule itself use the comments section!
Tue 10 Mar 2009
The next PhD day will be dealing PhD progress reports from at least Marjo and possibly Jussi. As there are slots available, if you want to say anything about your PhD (methods you are using, papers you are writing,…) please contact me to arrange the best way to present your message.
For those presenting, I will appreciate if they could send me something for the others to read before your presentation.
I will like to ask the participants of the PhD day and the readers of this blog, to share their experiences in e-learning in other parts of the world. How is e-learning organized in other universities? Which roles can be found in e-learning departments and e-learning platforms?…
Please, comment to this post with your experiences and reflections.
Online participation is possible, please email amoreno@cs to arrange it. Adobe connect is the preferred method. However, skype can be considered as well if Adobe solution is not good for you, e.g., linux user.
10:15 - 10:30 Welcoming words by Erkki Sutinen
10:30 - 11:00 Marjo Virnes, PhD in Progress: Process of data analysis in Grounded Theory (GT) study
11:00 - 11:30 Philip Land, Ireland, To Be Confirmed
11:30 - 12:00 Jussi Nuutinen, a Nutting Surprise
12:00 - 13:00 Everybody,Lunch at Aura
13:00 - 13:30 Your Name Here, Free Slot
13:30 - 14:00 Andrés Moreno,E-learning in Sri Lanka, and other opportunities
14:00 - 14:15 Next PhD meeting discussion
Sat 29 Nov 2008
Some time ago I attended the rather dense PhD defense of a colleague from my group. His PhD has already been graded and awarded. I’d just present him with a portrait of that great day!
