Vodacom, in partnership with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Basic Education, has provided an e-learning connectivity solution in Umlazi. The project will help enhance teaching and learning outcomes in the province through the use of information and communication technology (ICT). And the goal …
With the rise of the paperless classroom, information technology is evolving much faster than many schools can adapt, compelling many organisations to use collaborative solutions to address the challenge of access to quality education. Samsung Electronics South Africa is one such organisation …
Vodacom introduced its education portal, Vodacom e-school – a learning platform with internet access to education content sites – at Riet Valley Combined School, KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday, 5 February… Through the e-school, Grade 8-12 high school learners who are Vodacom subscribers are …
eLearning Africa will celebrate its tenth anniversary next month in Addis Ababa with a typically diverse and challenging agenda focusing on how technology and learning are changing the African continent… A major focus of the conference will be on the role technology-assisted …
Technology is playing a leading role in the classroom today, with schools, colleges and universities embracing multimedia and interactive technologies as a means of improving academic achievement. Sadly, too many educational institutions rely on outdated audiovisual (AV) equipment because of a lack …
Almost every child comes into contact everyday with some form of the digitised world, whether it is watching their parents swipe their credit card for a purchase in the supermarket or even watching them on their cellphones. Digitisation – the “adoption of …
Snapplify has announced that Penguin Random House UK is making its adult and children’s e-book catalogue available for purchase through the Snapplify App. Snapplify enables schools to purchase titles for their students to enhance literacy and promote reading. Even schools in underserviced …
E-Tech Africa – a technology focused conference – and the first event of its kind in South Africa, takes place on 1 and 2 July at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg. This event brings the latest in futurist technology and education together, …
Via Afrika, a leading publisher of quality educational content in print and digital format marked the first anniversary of the Via Afrika Digital Education Centre (VADECs) initiative. The e-learning interventions have led to dramatic improvements in the results and futures of learners …
This Mandela Month Collect-a-Can and partners, ReaderLympics, Biblionef and Pan Macmillan, are reaching out to underprivileged primary schools with an exciting Collect-a-Book drive. The aim is to encourage learners to read more by providing them with books as well as the opportunity …
Digitalisation poses challenges to governments, corporates and employees themselves as they struggle to prepare for a new way of doing business. “Nowhere is this more critical than in South Africa with its high unemployment rate and low standard of technical education,” says …
Cape Town – The South African technology company Ambit’s solar powered classroom is poised to provide “off-grid” electricity and connectivity to rural classrooms and help teachers overcome the pitfalls of load shedding. It not only harnesses the continent’s most abundant resource, the …
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