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A Good Farmer Should Not Complain of His/Her Tools: Using A Hybrid E-Learning Approach at The ICT University to Reach Thousands in Developing
Nations
Prof. Victor W. A. Mbarika(Ph.D.)ICT Consultant / Endowed Professor, SUBR
President, The ICT UniversityFounder: International Center for Information Technology and Development
Southern University and The ICT UniversityBaton Rouge, USA
Presented at: e/merge 2012(Research/Projects Funded by the National Science Foundation, NASA,
Microsoft, Louisiana Board of Regents, and other private donors)
Global Image vs Reality?
HIV/Aids
starvation
dictatorships corruption
kidnapping
► Source: Mohoney (Intel, 2009)
Population still rising, but reaching<2% growth rates
0.0
500000.0
1000000.0
1500000.0
2000000.0
2500000.0
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
popannualized growth
>500M people below 25 years old
Source: United Nations. World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision
How can people live like this in Africa?
Zimbabwe 90.7% Equatorial Guinea 87%South Africa 86%Kenya 85.1%Namibia 85%Congo 83.8%Libya 82.6%Botswana 81.2%Zambia74.8%Cameroon 71%
Source: CIA World Factbook. 2010
As a reference:China 90.9%, Brazil 88.6%Turkey 87%,India 60.1%,
Literacy. Some progress
200M+ population in countries with 80%+ literary rateDefinition: age 15 and over can read and write
Democracy: Some progress?
Sources: Democracy and Elections in Africa, Lindberg 2007, Pg 144.‘Freedom in the World 2007‘ and Jacob Lundberg
But it is important to note that at the time of writing 47 out of the 48 sub-Saharan states are in one stage or another of planning or holding de jure participatory, competitive and legitimate elections
Sustained growth during downturn
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
-2.0
-1.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
Africa GDP growth history and forecast
Source: Global Insights. September 15th 2009
US Western Europe
LatinAmerica
Asia Africa India China
46% 31% 50% 71% 79% 168% 293%
GDP growth in the last 15 years (‘94-’09E):
Internet&PC
Digital divide
Broadband.
HealthcareEducation
Construction, Transportation
Industry
EnergyEntertainment/
Media
Internet for every person
Accelerated by downturn: ICT as an Economic Engine
Finance
First steps on ICT: Mobile phones
Ongoing step 2: Africa undersea cables 2011
Seacom EASSyTEAMs
WACSMainOne
GLO1 ACE
Cost (USDmillion)
650 265 130 600 240 150 ???
Length (km)
13,700 10,000 4,500 14,000 7,000 9,500 14,000
Capacity Tb/s
1.28 1.4 0.120 -1.28
3.84 1.92 640 1.92
Completion
July 2009
June 2010
Sept 2009
Q2 2011
Q4 2010
Nov 2009
2011
R 1.8m R 0.8mCost of an STM-1 155Mbps circuitLondon-Johannesburg
Source: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/9030.html
Positive Impacts► African urban elites are the most impacted by the Internet.
► E-mail is certainly the most popular used in cyber cafés for communication since international telephone rates are very high.
► Telemedicine“…Ever since my eye swelled up, I’ve gone to church three times a week to pray for a cure. As soon as I’m better I’m going back to thank God. I always knew He would send a way to make me better—I just didn’t know that it was going to be from London…but this afternoon I went to London.” Diagnosis and treatment Transfer of medical data Information on disease control
► Hence ICT University’s Diploma in Telemedicine and E-Health► Accounting Certifications Exams with a focus on AIS
Association for Chartered Systems Accountants, USA Association for Chartered Systems Managers, USA
► www.acsausa.org
Positive Impacts(Cont’d)
►Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Briefly, FOSS programs are programs whose licenses give
users the freedom to run the program for any purpose, to study and modify the program, and to redistribute copies of either the original or modified program free of charge. African Tertiary Education institutes could use and benefit from the FOSS. These software are the most effective learning Management Systems (LMS).
Reduces cost Improves interactivity between content, students and
teachers Helps to keep records of lecturers and students Makes module materials available every time students need
them Improves communication between students and lecturer
and among the students themselves.
Examples of selected FOSS at African Universities
Example of FOSS
Selected African Universities Implementing FOSS
Moodle (www.moodle.com) The ICT University, Mozambican UniversityRhodes University
Sakai (www.sakaiproject.org) University of Cape Town University of South Africa
Atutor (www.atutor.ca) Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology,
Claroline (www.claroline.net) Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU)
Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities(AVCNU 2011)
Positive Impacts(Cont’d)► E-facilitated marketing or e-commerce
► E-Democracy
► E-Agriculture
► E-Banking/Money Transfer– M-Pesa
► E-Government
► E-ATCAM– Digitizing Africa’s Traditional Medicines/Herbs
► E-Learning
Where do we Go From Here?
ICT TRANSFER TO Africa: EMERGING ISSUES FROM CURRENT KNOWLEDGE
Issues of ICT Transfer in Resource-Poor Settings
Other Issues Specific to Africa’s ICT Academia
► Huge Mistake in Perceptions that ICT is a COST and not a PROFIT center. Hence: ICT Managers are more of SUPPORT and not STRATEGIC staff Some University Administrators believe ICTs should come cheap
► Hence ICT-U’s Strategic ICT Management Certification Course
► VCs and top academic leaders must be IT Champions for the others to follow
Hence ICT-U’s Strategic ICT Academic Management Certification Course
► Give a chance to the younger generation that are ICT driven– Strategic positions!!! Don’t place people over them that will kill their creativity
► Grants, Grants, Grants– Strategize and partner with foreign(trusted) colleagues to co-develop proposals for funding from their countries
Hence ICT-U’s Grant Writing Workshops
Other Issues Specific to Africa’s ICT Academia(Cont’d)
• Dissertation/Thesis-Only doctoral research in Africa– Does that prepare doctoral students? While this may work in some “western” countries, does it work for our African Universities?
• Hence ICT-U’s Masters and Doctoral Degree Programs– Two Academic Paper Submission per year for 3 Years
• Balancing doctoral work with full time teaching– A typical trend in our African Universities.
• Hence ICT-U’s ICT Research Bootcamp
• Watch out for research on “ICT Potentials…”
Unique Intensive Training Opportunity
► The ICT Bootcamp: October 17-November 28, 2011 and May 14 – June 25, 2012
► See: www.ictuniversity.org► The ICT-U/SUS Boot Camp will:
1. Provide trainees with the necessary mentoring to develop their thesis/dissertation and journal
articles for publication 2. Provide trainees access to huge online databases of thousands of journals and e-books. 3. Provide intensive training on research methods under the one-on-one guidance of senior professors at ICT-U and The Southern University System (Major Areas of research in, E-health, E-Business, E-commerce E-Agriculture, E-democracy, Public Policy, Change Management and Project Management and Implementation.) 4. Provide hands-on training in the use of statistical applications for research. 5. Provide training in developing grant proposals to sustain the trainee’s personal and institutional
research activities. 6. Provide E-Learning course development and implementation training to University lecturers. 7. Organize a three day educational bus tour around the south eastern region of the United States
to selected major universities► Application deadline is March 15, 2012 for the fall Boot Camp► Email: [email protected]
Enrolment of over 5,500 in just two years Phone: +1 225 612-4643
FAX: +1 225 612-6994 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.ictuniversity.org
Degree Programs and Certification
ICT-U FOCUSES ON LOCALLY RELEVANT
KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND NOT JUST KNOWLEDGE CONSUMPTION
Certificate Courses Diploma in Health Information Technology Certificate in Executive Leadership in Technology Certificate in E-learning
Bachelors Degree Program Top-up BSc. Degree
Masters and Ph.D. Programs i-MBA (International MBA) Masters in ICT Ph.D. in ICT
ICT Literacy– A MustExample of ICT University and Southern University
Partnership with The Government of India
Public – Private Partnership
Offering Globally Competitive ICT enabled Educational Courses on a Global Basis using KRPXG™
Titanic Personalities of the Twentieth Century
With Message for the Entire HumanityQuality Education for Masses is the Key to Development
Dr Martin Luther King JrDr Babasaheb Ambedkar
OMKAR
Open Matrix Knowledge Advancement Resource
Dr Manoj SoniHon’ble Vice ChancellorDr Babasaheb AmbedkarOpen UniversityGujarat
OMKAR is humble tribute of the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University Gujarat to these illustrious leaders. Both Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and Dr Martin Luther King gave priority to access to quality education as the key to upliftment of the downtrodden and deprived masses OMKAR is a dream to ensure that world class education is available to all:
At a time and a place of one own choiceIn language of one own choiceIn an easy to understand format OMKAR is a dream to give wings to aspirations of all regardless of class, caste, creed, language or religion
ICITD Websites to Visit► www.mbarika.com► www.icitd.com-- Open to short term visits► www.ictuniversity.org-- Open for faculty
affiliates► www.ajisonline.com -- Currently receiving
applications for service on the editorial board
► www.ictforafrica.org --Currently receiving papers for the Harare(Zimbabwe) ICT for Africa conference, 2013
► CONTACT: [email protected]
THANK YOU
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