Opening Frontiers To The Future

eLearning Africa 2014 Call For Proposals Now Open

Many African countries are undergoing an economic boom, with ICTs seen as a major tool supporting growth. While Internet penetration rates remain low, innovative technologies are helping to ensure connectivity for more Africans than ever before.

The buoyancy in the African eLearning market is yet another sign that the potential of this diverse Continent is already being realised. There are, however, major challenges ahead. Inflated trade tariffs and restrictive border controls between many African countries, for example, are stifling intra-African trade and collaboration, frequently presenting an all-too-physical barrier to continued, sustainable growth.

Out of this environment of challenge and opportunity, eLearning Africa has announced a Call for Proposals, inviting participants from across Africa and the world to submit their ideas, innovations and research, under the main theme of “Opening Frontiers to the Future”.

 As the largest gathering of eLearning and ICT supported education and training professionals in Africa, the Conference is expected to address topics including infrastructure and Public-Private Partnerships, as well as showcasing the very best of African innovation. The following sub-themes will be addressed:

·   From the African Continent

·   Funding Education

·   Infrastructures: Increasing Scalability

·   Technology Leadership and Governance

·   Pre-Service and In-Service Sectors

·   Knowledge Exchange for Best Practice

·   ICT for Pedagogy

·   Research

Meeting the networking needs of the pan-African eLearning and distance education sector, the annual eLearning Africa conference is the key networking venue for practitioners and professionals from Africa and all over the world. The Conference brings together around 1,500 policy-makers, practitioners, teachers and innovators in a different country each year, and is now in its 9^th edition.

eLearning Africa 2014 will take place in Kampala, Uganda from the 28^th – 30^th May. Renowned for its vibrant, stimulating atmosphere, eLearning Africa will surely be the place to discuss the exciting future of Africa. For more information and to submit a proposal, please visit www.elearning-africa.com.  

Notes for editors

·   eLearning Africa, 9^th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training

·   May 28 - 30, 2014

·   Speke Resort and Conference Centre Ltd, Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda

·   Organisers: ICWE GmbH (www.icwe.net), Government of the Republic of Uganda

Contact: ICWE GmbH, Ms Rebecca Stromeyer, info@elearning-africa.com, www.eLearning-africa.com
Tel.: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0

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