Practical Insights on Educational Technology Debate

Are Massive Open Online Courses Massive Opportunity or Massive Hype?

Are Massive Open Online Courses Massive Opportunity or Massive Hype?

Published on: Apr 19 2013 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Are Massive Open Online Courses Massive Opportunity or Massive Hype?
Join us for an in-depth analysis of these questions and the overall educational impact of Massive Open Online Courses on the developing world during the MOOC Educational...
Open Call for Submissions: What are the Greatest Challenges in Promoting Literacy with ICT?

Open Call for Submissions: What are the Greatest Challenges in Promoting Literacy with ICT?

Published on: Nov 14 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Open Call for Submissions: What are the Greatest Challenges in Promoting Literacy with ICT?
Last month, we had a great Educational Technology Debate on the theme of What ICT can improve reading skills of learners in primary schools? Five solutions were...
What are Affordable Technologies for Supporting Learning and Collaboration in Africa?

What are Affordable Technologies for Supporting Learning and Collaboration in Africa?

Published on: Jul 27 2011 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
There is ongoing innovation in terms of technology and its cost. This has included, for instance, the introduction of lower cost computers (e.g. netbooks and OLPC),...
What is the Potential Impact of Tablet Computers on Education Systems in Africa?

What is the Potential Impact of Tablet Computers on Education Systems in Africa?

Published on: Apr 25 2011 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
With the rise of the iPad, Kindle, and similar eReaders and touchscreen devices, tablet-shaped form factor computing power has become much more portable and yet...
Bursting the 9 Myths of Computing Technology in Education

Bursting the 9 Myths of Computing Technology in Education

Published on: Jan 28 2011 by Kentaro Toyama - Comments Off on Bursting the 9 Myths of Computing Technology in Education
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; I am Kentaro Toyama, and in the Educational Technology Debate post, There Are No Technology Shortcuts to Good...
Low-Cost ICT Devices for Educational Systems in the Developing World

Low-Cost ICT Devices for Educational Systems in the Developing World

Published on: Jul 26 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Low-Cost ICT Devices for Educational Systems in the Developing World
Back at the turn of the century, education was gripped by the diffusion of amazing hand-held devices for children. These tools, at first considered an expensive...
Are Most Investments in Technology for Schools Wasted? – a live Educational Technology Debate

Are Most Investments in Technology for Schools Wasted? – a live Educational Technology Debate

Published on: Apr 16 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Are Most Investments in Technology for Schools Wasted? – a live Educational Technology Debate
The Educational Technology Debate – an initiative of World Bank and Unesco to explore the impact of low-cost ICT devices on educational systems in the developing...