Resources

A study conducted by the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) with support from the Royal Netherlands Embassy, demonstrates that that one of the reasons why information and communication technology (ICT) projects in schools do not succeed is that principals are often not properly informed about what ICTs can or cannot do.

Synthesis report on 20 ICT case studies from organisations in South Asia, Southern Africa and Central America. Their activities vary from offering wireless communication equipment to tribal nomads and teaching slum children how to use a computer, to training NGOs how to build a website and online broadcasting of radio programmes.

An international study estimate the relationship between students’ educational achievement and the availability and use of computers at home and at school in the international student-level PISA database.

An innovative e-learning platform to provide individual students with unique educational experiences tailored closely to their personal profiles, interests and needs, has been developed enabling the key goals of personalisation and adaptability to be met.