manuals & guides

This catalogue contains a range of resources in the form of books, CD-ROMs, online publications, websites and articles from e-journals that aim to provide teachers, senior school managers, curriculum developers and administrators with guidelines and strategies for integrating ICTs effectively into teaching and learning.

Part of the e-Primers for the Information Economy, Society and Polity Series of UNDP and APDIP, this document aims to give policymakers an understanding of the legal and regulatory issues surrounding the internet and ICT applications.

This is an introductory self-learning guide on using a personal computer running the Linux operating system.

This is a comprehensive guide that lays down for Africa proven methods of using second-hand computers to break the digital divide. The guide describes the steps towards starting a computer refurbishment centre and managing it.

Will broadcasting survive convergence, and should it survive? The question is the groundwork for the book “Broadcasting & Convergence: New Articulations of the Public Service Remit”. The book is a culmination of two years of collaboration between media scholars and practitioners and focuses on the future of the public service media.

Published by ABC Ulwazi, a radio training and production house for development in South Africa, this manual discusses the aspects of community radio, including issues such as production of content and sustainability of radio stations.

UNESCO has brought out a guide for those involved in community
multimedia centre (CMC) management. Titled “How to get started and keep going: a guide to community multimedia centres”, this guide encapsulates all CMC issues with ample illustrations and examples from the field.

This facilitator guide and reference manual is to be used when training people who will in turn serve as trainers in ICT. It outlines the format, materials, objectives, time, sequence, and content of the training of trainers.

This guide provides practical advice on how to set up, start, maintain or join an email list. Email has become commonly used; however, in parts of the world where there are fewer experienced users, this guidebook should be useful in the basic information it provides on how to use Internet-based technology.

A practical manual for script writers preparing radio serial dramas for development projects. Produced by the Centre for Communication Programmes (JHU/CCP), Johns Hopkins University, it mainly concentrates on the practical aspects of script writing, but a prologue summarises relevant communication theory. (in PDF format)