INRULED Participated the eLearning Africa Conference
INRULED Participated the eLearning Africa Conference
A Chinese delegation took part in the E-learning Africa Conference in May in Cotonou, Benin. The delegation was organized by INRULED andconsists of several institutes and universities, namely, Beijing Normal University, Tsinghua University, Peking University, Jiangnan University, Beijing Open University, magazine of Distance Education in China and Open University of China.These institutes and universities are currently working with INRULED on its project “ICT and ODL in Education for Rural Development- Good and Best Practices”.
ELearning Africa is the continent’s largest gathering of high-level policy makers, decision makers and practitioners from the field of education business and government. It is the key networking event for developing eLearning capacities in Africa. This is the first time that eLearning Africa conference has included a full delegation from China. The delegation has presented a Session about Chinese experience of eLearning in rural development. INRULED programme specialist delivered the presentation “ICT and ODL in Rural Education for Development: Good and Best Practices in China” at the Session. Two professors from Beijing Normal University Prof. Huang Ronghuai and Prof. Bao Huaying also gave presentations. As said by the Chinese delegation, “there have been a number of successful eLearning projects in Rural China, and we hope these experiences will be useful for African countries.”
The conference saw the launch of The eLearning Africa 2012 Report, The report is based on a detailed survey of nearly five hundred education professionals across the Continent, and marks the first significant attempt to provide a snapshot of how ICT and better connectivity are believed to be changing the face of education in Africa.
The attendance to the conference was seen as another action taken by INRULED responding to its medium term strategic plan where Africa is one of the Centre’s priorities. Bringing more international partners to contribute to INRULED’s programme, INRULED is also increasing its visibility in the international society.
