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The number of connected and knowledgeable users has crossed the tipping point in Africa. (Source: Internet
for Education in Africa by Internet Society)
How the Internet can help education in Africa
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Access to centralised training, capacity
building, advisory services
Access to distance learning, video
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conferencing
Access to expensive research equipment and
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laboratories
Access to experimental platforms for
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researchers to investigate, develop and test
new technologies
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Allows students and teachers to access to
educational materials, applications and
online resources in an open and flexible
manner
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Allows teachers access to virtual labs and
workshops, and helps them to remain up to
date in their field
Connection of research and educational
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organisations with each other to foster
collaboration
Empower, support, enhance the work of
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teachers engaging with learners in new and
more effective ways including those with
special educational needs
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Enable schools to develop their websites and
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create platforms for interacting with other
schools and nurturing virtual communities
Facilitates learning without time or location
constraints
Fosters collaboration between teachers,
learners, administrators
Improve the affordability and availability of
textbooks and other learning resources
Internet connectivity can provide access to
millions of educational materials that can be
updated more regularly than what is possible
today with printed products
Linkages between academic and research
community, industry, government,
international research and educational
networks
Provide additional resources to students,
helping them to interact and develop
interactive skills
Sharing of data-intensive applications and
high-end computing assets
Textbooks can be accessed over the Internet
and as they are updated, can be downloaded
to handheld devices for offline reading
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