Title: A new curriculum for information literacy: expert consultation report
Authors: Dr Jane Secker
Pages: 31 pp.
Source: Arcadia Project
Publisher: Cambridge University Library
Date (published): 22/07/2011
Date (accessed): 14/09/2011
Type of information: research paper
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract:
"Introduction
This short project, based at Cambridge University Library and funded by the Arcadia Programme, sought to develop a practical curriculum for information literacy that meets the needs of the undergraduate student entering higher education over the next five years.
The research is grounded in relevant theoretical models and reviews of recent professional literature and existing best practices. In addition, the authors consulted with experts in the information literacy field, and also those working in curriculum design and educational technologies.
Project aims and objectives
This project sought to develop a practical curriculum for information literacy that meets the needs of the undergraduate student entering higher education over the next five years.

Specifically the project aimed:
• To understand the information needs of future undergraduate students on entering higher education
• To develop a revolutionary curriculum for information literacy that can be used with undergraduate students entering UK higher education
• To provide practical guidance about how best to equip students with the knowledge, skills and behaviour around information use to support their learning in the digital age
• To develop a flexible curriculum that can be used and adapted in the higher education community and used in face to face, blended and online learning provision."

Title: A new curriculum for information literacy: 'Teaching learning: perceptions of information literacy' (theoretical background)
Authors: Dr Emma Coonan
Pages: 27 pp.
Source: Arcadia Project
Publisher: Cambridge University Library
Date (published): 01/08/2011
Date (accessed): 14/09/2011
Type of information: research paper
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract:
"Introduction
This short project, based at Cambridge University Library and funded by the Arcadia Programme, sought to develop a practical curriculum for information literacy that meets the needs of the undergraduate student entering higher education over the next five years.
The research is grounded in relevant theoretical models and reviews of recent professional literature and existing best practices. In addition, the authors consulted with experts in the information literacy field, and also those working in curriculum design and educational technologies.
Project aims and objectives
This project sought to develop a practical curriculum for information literacy that meets the needs of the undergraduate student entering higher education over the next five years.

Specifically the project aimed:
• To understand the information needs of future undergraduate students on entering higher education
• To develop a revolutionary curriculum for information literacy that can be used with undergraduate students entering UK higher education
• To provide practical guidance about how best to equip students with the knowledge, skills and behaviour around information use to support their learning in the digital age
• To develop a flexible curriculum that can be used and adapted in the higher education community and used in face to face, blended and online learning provision."

Title: A new curriculum for information literacy: curriculum and supporting documents
Authors: Dr Jane Secker & Dr Emma Coonan
Pages: 41 pp.
Source: Arcadia Project
Publisher: Cambridge University Library
Date (published): 25/07/2011
Date (accessed): 14/09/2011
Type of information: research paper
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract:
"Introduction
This short project, based at Cambridge University Library and funded by the Arcadia Programme, sought to develop a practical curriculum for information literacy that meets the needs of the undergraduate student entering higher education over the next five years.
The research is grounded in relevant theoretical models and reviews of recent professional literature and existing best practices. In addition, the authors consulted with experts in the information literacy field, and also those working in curriculum design and educational technologies.
Project aims and objectives
This project sought to develop a practical curriculum for information literacy that meets the needs of the undergraduate student entering higher education over the next five years.

Specifically the project aimed:
• To understand the information needs of future undergraduate students on entering higher education
• To develop a revolutionary curriculum for information literacy that can be used with undergraduate students entering UK higher education
• To provide practical guidance about how best to equip students with the knowledge, skills and behaviour around information use to support their learning in the digital age
• To develop a flexible curriculum that can be used and adapted in the higher education community and used in face to face, blended and online learning provision."

Title: A new curriculum for information literacy: executive summary
Authors: Dr Jane Secker & Dr Emma Coonan
Pages: 8 pp.
Source: Arcadia Project
Publisher: Cambridge University Library
Date (published): 08/07/2011
Date (accessed): 14/09/2011
Type of information: research paper
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract:
"Introduction
This short project, based at Cambridge University Library and funded by the Arcadia Programme, sought to develop a practical curriculum for information literacy that meets the needs of the undergraduate student entering higher education over the next five years.
The research is grounded in relevant theoretical models and reviews of recent professional literature and existing best practices. In addition, the authors consulted with experts in the information literacy field, and also those working in curriculum design and educational technologies.

Project aims and objectives
This project sought to develop a practical curriculum for information literacy that meets the needs of the undergraduate student entering higher education over the next five years.

Specifically the project aimed:
• To understand the information needs of future undergraduate students on entering higher education
• To develop a revolutionary curriculum for information literacy that can be used with undergraduate students entering UK higher education
• To provide practical guidance about how best to equip students with the knowledge, skills and behaviour around information use to support their learning in the digital age
• To develop a flexible curriculum that can be used and adapted in the higher education community and used in face to face, blended and online learning provision."

Title: Thriving in a colder and more challenging climate. The 18th annual conference of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT-C 2011)
Editors: Hawkridge, D., Ng, K., Verjans, S.
Pages: 187 pp.
ISBN: 978-91-977071-4-5
e-ISBN: 978-91-977071-5-2
Source: Association for Learning Technology
Date (published):
Date (accessed): 14/09/2011
Type of information: Conference proceedings
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract:
Thriving in a colder and more challenging climate. The 18th annual conference of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT-C 2011). Held 6-8 September 2011, University of Leeds, England, UK

Individual papers are available online in HTML, PDF, EPUB, and MOBI format at http://www.alt.ac.uk/alt-c-2011/pubs

Title: African Ministers Pass ICT Directive
Source: eLearning Africa
Date (published): 13/07/2010
Date (accessed): 14/07/2010
Type of information: article
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
African countries have to balance their spending on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for education better. Skills development among teachers, which accounts for only 10% of most countries’ ICT budgets, has to be strengthened. Spending on costly hardware, which covers 90% of most countries budgets, should rather be reduced. This is one of the key recommendations of a communiqué released by participants in the Third African Ministerial Round Table on ICT for Education, Training and Development.

Title: UNESCO-supported e-learning association launched in Middle East
Source: UNESCO
Date (published): 24/02/2010
Date (accessed): 01/03/201
Type of information: press release
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
The Middle East e-Learning Association (MEEA), established for the purpose of providing innovative open educational practices, was launched on 1 February. MEEA is supported by UNESCO, together with several other international organizations...
MEEA has an ambitious vision of achieving several activities in the region which include:
* networking and information sharing,
* strategy and policy development,
* establishment of special interest group,
* design and professional development programmes,
* establishment of awards to recognize excellence in various practices of e-learning,
* research and dissemination of research outcomes through publishing reports, newsletters, articles in journals and profession magazines and other means.

Title: First Experiences with OLPC in European Classrooms
Authors: Martin Ebner, Johannes Dorfinger, Walther Neuper, Christian Safran
Pages: 9 pp.
Source: E-Learn - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education ; 2009
Date (published): 03/10/2009
Date (accessed): 03/12/2009
Type of information: research paper
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract:
The use of laptops in educational settings is discussed by lots of e-Learning researchers for years now. Since 2002 the One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC-project) tries to bring digital devices to developing countries avoiding the increase of the digital gap. Austria has been one of the first countries in the European Union (EU) to start an OLPC-project on its own. The focus was on the use of digital devices in education at a very early stage. Accompanied by a solid research team, bringing teachers, e-learning experts as well as software developer together, a first attempt was established. This publication aims to carry out the description of the prework, the first real life setting and concludes with the experiences of the whole research group. Furthermore it summarizes a recommendation for a transfer of the project to developing countries.
Keyords: OLPC, XO, classroom, e-learning, digital literacy, digital device, children

Title: Information Communications Technology and Global Education: the challenges of the African Virtual University Learning Centres in Ghana
Author: Julian Kwabena Ayeh
Pages: 8 pp.
ISSN: 0266-6669
DOI DOI: 10.1177/0266666908098070
Source: Information Development, Vol. 24, No. 4, 266-274 (2008)
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date accessed: 06/08/2009
Type of information: research article
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf requires subscription)
Abstract:
Information communication technology (ICT) is increasingly becoming a crucial strategic tool for facilitating global education. Africa's unique underdeveloped position makes her particularly suitable to take advantage of the many opportunities offered by ICT for global education. This same position Africa also presents challenges that threaten the sustainability of such projects. The African Virtual University (AVU) was originally launched in 1997 as a World Bank Project to facilitate the use of Open Distance and eLearning (ODeL) methodologies in African tertiary institutions and to use modern ICT to increase access to educational resources throughout Africa. After 10 years in operation, the learning centres in Ghana are confronted with practical challenges that seem to jeopardise their continuous existence. Prominent among the challenges are accreditation, students' inability to complete payment of fees and inadequate computers and other relevant facilities. This paper discuses the challenges the centres are facing and the strategies being employed to ensure their survival.

Title: Interview with Dr. Tunde Adegbola, African Languages Technology Initiative (Alt-i) (eLA 2007)
Source: eLearning Africa News Portal
Publisher: ICWE GmbH
Date published: 2006
Date accessed: 22/07/2009
Type of information: web article
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
Tunde Adegbola is Executive Director of African Languages Technology Initiative, a research organisation with a mandate of making modern ICTs relevant to African languages. A person with a dual career – he is both a research scientist and a consulting engineer. Mr. Adegbola was involved in investigating the application of Cellular Automata Transforms (CAT) to psychoacoustic theory for the compression of digital audio.

His current research interests lie primarily in ICT for development and speech technologies, with particular interests in the Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) of African tone languages. Among his achievements as a consulting engineer is the design, supply, and installation of Africa Independent Television (AIT), as well as the design of Channels Television and MITV, all in Lagos, Nigeria.

As we go further into the information age, more and more human communication will be mediated by machines, and this will raise the demand, not only for humans to communicate through machines but also to communicate with machines. There is no reason whatsoever why we should be made to do this in English. In order to achieve these modes of communication in African languages however, there is a need to supplement the present objectives of the study of linguistics in African universities. Within the contexts of the linguistics of African languages, we need to develop frameworks and theories that can be passed on to and used by practitioners in Human Language Technology (HLT). To this end, Alt-i is involved in developing the relevant human and other intellectual resources to facilitate this process.