Old pedagogic and new media

A lot of universities and learning institutions have moved parts of their education to the net. And perhaps a computer science professor at an Australian University has taken this one step further and publishing his lectures to YouTube and offer college credits to students watching them.
“Richard Buckland, a senior lecturer at the University of NSW [...]

Mobile phone and internet use increasing in developing countries

According to a UN report published Monday, six in ten people around the world now have cell-phone subscriptions. Internet use is on the rise as well – it has more than doubled from 2002, going up from 11 percent of the world’s population using internet to 23 percent in 2008.
These figures indicate that mobile phones [...]

MALI: Raising money and hygiene standards

MKFC Ghana CAP Unit Project Leader Kay Obiri writes about women in one of the poorest areas of Mali’s capital, Bamako, have found a way to tackle hygiene issues and earn money at the same time – by making soap.
The sprawling slum area of Nafadji- on the capital’s outskirts- is largely agricultural but has been [...]

Educational Games from Nobelprize.org

Educational Games
These games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you’re having fun! Learn how to prevent malaria and other diseases
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Ghanaian Information Minister announcing rapid methods of exchanging information and knowledge

Ghanaian Minister of Information, Mrs Zita Okaikoi urging for innovative ideas in the national process of development
Mrs Sabah Zita Okaikoi, Minister for Information, has urged media organisations under the Ministry to feed Ghanaians with accurate, relevant and substantive information and knowledge. The ongoing MKFC Stockholm College four months course for teachers at Ghana Institute of [...]