By andryn2006 on
Friday, October 09, 2009 11:56 AM
Personally I’ve yet to fall in love with the e-book format. I use electronic documents daily in the course of my work but when it comes to study and leisure there is something about a book. Textbooks , in their authoritive hard covers demand a straight posture and a focused attitude. On the other hand the sleazy tactile character of the paperback invites sloth and demands you seek out a comfortably place to curl up and lose oneself for an hour. In my humble opinion both these instances of the concept ‘book’ trump balancing a laptop on my knees. But emotions aside is the e-book going to dominate the future?
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By andryn2006 on
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:23 AM
In June 2009 Wikipedia adopted an open license for its content. All text contained within the collaborative encyclopaedia can be used as stipulated by the Creative Commons license: Attribution-Share Alike (CC-BY-SA). In terms of adapting OER content for our SADC IADP project at Bunda College of Agriculture in Malawi this has occurred at a most welcome juncture of our project.
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By andryn2006 on
Thursday, July 02, 2009 4:43 PM
The nurses at Kamuzu College of Nursing want it all! They have embarked on an ambitious project that incorporates three new elements not really tried out before in Lilongwe or Blantyre. They are ...
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Using an e-learning platform
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Teaching using a Problem Based Learning (PBL) methodology
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Accessing and adapting Open Education Resources (OER)
While it might sound very ambitious the nurses preparing a certificate course in midwifery seem undaunted. IADP and OER Africa have joined forces to provide them with training and exposure they need to master these new components.
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By andryn2006 on
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:06 PM
At Bunda College of Agriculture we are in the process of creating a standardised text for the Communication Skills module. Currently there is no such textbook. A prescribed book list, yes, but can you actually access any of these texts? Not so easy.
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By andryn2006 on
Monday, June 15, 2009 11:14 AM
At Chancellor College in Zomba, Malawi the SADC IADP project is setting up a pilot to see if an online library system can add value to teaching and learning at the institution. Ten machines positioned in the central library access the IADP's online library of copyrighted e-books. During a visit this month the system was tested and while not perfect on its first trial, it does work. Individual pages from the books are delivered to the terminals for perusal by the reader one at a time.
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