Die Backsteinwände der Wohnheime auf dem Campus in Eldoret sind voll gepflastert mit Werbung für Laptops, USB-Sticks und billige Internet-Tarife. Die Korridore sind lang, dunkel und ein wenig unheimlich. Mehr...

By Phillip L Clay. This week, leading scientists and policymakers will meet in Dakar to discuss Africa’s scientific future. I believe that strengthening education is the key. More...

By Johan Fourie. There is a new call to arms at South African universities: it’s time to decolonise the economics curriculum. This is part of a broader project to make curricula across disciplines more applicable to the South African context. More...

Claudia Frittelli, Program Officer, Higher Education & Research in Africa, International Program at Carnegie Corporation of New York, attended the recent CHET HERANA series of meetings held towards the end of November 2015. She has written the following blog in which she shares her insights on the value of collecting data and developing indicators at institutional level in African universities. More...

The graphic below shows how the shape of the South African post-school system has change in the past four years. While there was growth across all sectors of the post-school system from 2010 to 2012, most sectors have not grown from 2012 to 2014. In fact, some sectors, such as private universities and public adult education, have shrunk between 2012 and 2014. The graph also shows that the public college sector grew the most relative to other sectors such as public universities, but, worryingly, so has the number of NEETs. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web.  Connectivism in Learning Activity Design: Implications for Pedagogically-Based Technology Adoption in African Higher Education Contexts
Rita Ndagire Kizito, The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL), 2016/03/02
This is a "reflection on the process of designing learning activities that employ blogging in an experimental training intervention provides a unique context in which to try and infuse connectivist principles while outlining the challenges that surface." How does connectivism inform the work in this context. More...

This paper reports on a study of the implementation of science teacher education through virtual and open distance learning in the Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe. The study provides insight into challenges faced by students and lecturers on inception of the program at four centres. Data was collected from completed evaluation survey forms of forty-two lecturers who were directly involved at the launch of the program and in-depth interviews. More...