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IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE: Why must we read ? | Le Mauricien - 3 views

  • it is material to underscore the role that a good book can play in the training and the development of an individual. I have tried to enumerate some of the reasons, there may be more, behind an intelligent and purposeful reading : 1)     Reading drives away our ignorance to make room for knowledge. 2)     Reading helps us build up a fuller personality. 3)     Reading makes us a complete citizen. 4)     Reading helps us to think and feel more fully. 5)     Reading helps us to visit many places and meet celebrities at second hand. 6)     Reading helps to build up our vocabulary for comprehension and expression. 7)     Reading is a stepping stone to writing. Writing means reading. Qui dit écriture, dit lecture. We must read to write. 8)     Reading provides us with a skeleton key with which we can open many doors. 9)     Reading is sine qua non to succeed at school. It is an integral part of the learning process. A reading child is an asset in class while an unreading one is a liability. 10)     Reading spares us from becoming a pawn on the chessboard of witty and intelligent persons. It is not easy to fool a man of wide reading. 11)     Reading broadens our minds with the pleasures of great literature. It opens new windows on the world. 12)     Reading helps us outgrow our opinions and ideas, and learn other people's points of view. 13)     Reading brings us far into the past, keeps us abreast with the present and prepares us for the future. 14)     Reading is the basis of a child's education and the enhancement of man. 15)     Reading helps to relieve the tedium of everyday life and kill the time.
  • “A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit.”
  • John Milton said
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3 Key Challenges Of Implementing eLearning In Africa - eLearning Industry - 2 views

  • 30 October 2015
  • eLearning has the potential to play a pivotal role in the transformation of the delivery of quality education across the continent.
  • has to shift from one that is highly dependent on physical infrastructure such as schools and colleges, physical learning materials, and in class education delivery to one that makes extensive use of interactive education technology.
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  • Africa has the highest growth rates in eLearning in the world for four out of the five self paced eLearning products and services, including packaged content, custom content development services, cloud-based authoring tools, learning platform services, installed authoring tools, and installed learning platforms.
  • there are three central challenges that continue to exist which hinder effective implementation of eLearning in Africa.
  • Internet Access / Connectivity.
  • Availability Of Locally Developed Content And Curriculum Online.
  • Training And Professional Development.
  • South Africa’s peak connection speed was measured at 16.8 Mbps in the first quarter of 2015, giving it a world ranking of 112th.
  • A large proportion of the educational software produced in the world market is in English.
  • where English language proficiency is not very high, especially outside urban areas, this represents a serious barrier to eLearning. There are significant challenges in terms of language patterns and local language usage (especially in serving the youngest populations), and as such there is a need for locally developed content.
  • Teachers on the continent have been brought up in education systems with limited technology and they find it difficult to utilize technology to engage and support learning.
  • A huge challenge is to develop and implement training and professional development for teachers so they may embrace teaching with technology and understand the benefits of teaching with technology as a way to advance the academic outcomes of students
  • In South Africa, Microsoft has trained over 31,000 teachers and school leaders on ICT integration with the aim of enhancing teaching and learning and having an impact on nearly 4 million learners. Over 800 trainers from the South African Department of Education have been trained to roll out, scale and sustain the Microsoft Partners In Learning program.
  • The goal of delivering a high quality education to every child in Africa remains unfulfilled, but technology presents an opportunity for this to be a reality
  • Africa is an emerging market for eLearning, however the continent continues to lag behind developed economies in the effective implementation of eLearning. What are the key challenges that have to be taken into account when implementing eLearning in Africa and what strategies are being applied to overcome these challenges?
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