Techno-News Blog. Google’s Chromebooks are now the most used devices in K-12 classrooms across the U.S. The use of Google in the classroom is true Googlification, or modeling learning off of Google’s own employee skillset, in that the use of Google and Chromebooks in the classroom aims to turn today’s students into creative and collaborative problem-solvers that know how to intuitively harness online and in-hand technologies. More...
10 juillet 2017
Chromebook takeover signals major shift in education…but not in the way you may think
Students hit by suspension of ‘sub-standard’ universities
The Mahatma Gandhi University in Kigali looked like a ghost campus, with padlocked entrance and empty classrooms, following an audit and the suspension in mid-March of its activities by authorities who judged that the institution lacked facilities and did not offer quality education, reported Radio France International or RFI. More...Academic calls for more vision in research agenda
Funding is not the only requirement for a good national research programme, according to a University of Mauritius academic. More...Academics condemn violence after lecturer’s murder
The murder of university teacher Bachir Sarhane Karaoui has led to calls from academics for universities to be protected and for the government to restore stability. More...Building capacity among research and innovation managers
By Munyaradzi Makoni. The Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association, or SARIMA, has gone a long way to creating a community of practice for research managers and innovation managers in public and private sectors in Southern Africa. More...Producing the right kind of student – A moral imperative
By Sharon Dell. The creation of jobs for young people was as much a moral imperative as it was an economic imperative, according to Durban University of Technology Vice-Chancellor Thandwa Mthembu. In an interview with University World News, he called on universities to “think differently” about the kind of education they were giving their students. “What’s the value of a degree that can’t be used?” he asked. More...Continent-wide space sciences initiative gathers support
By Wagdy Sawahel. A group of researchers is proposing a 20-year continent-wide push to strengthen teaching, research and innovation in the field of planetary and space sciences in Africa, where research in the field remains scattered and underfunded. More...Reversing the decline in higher education
By Mukwanason A Hyuha. In order to regain its standing, Uganda’s higher education sector needs to be modernised. It also needs much better funding. More...Continent risks fading from digital knowledge economy
By Sanna Ojanperä and Mark Graham. The rapid growth of internet use on the African continent has sparked hopes for the democratisation of knowledge production, but recent research suggests that connectivity is not enough to boost Africa’s position in the knowledge economy. More...Higher education loans agency faces uncertain times
By Gilbert Nganga. Kenya’s Higher Education Loans Board, the agency that disburses loans to students on behalf of the government, is likely to face significant cash flow problems in the coming years, the country’s auditor general has warned, citing poor chances of recovering over US$85 million (KES8.8 billion) in non-performing loans. More...
