[Sigiii-l] [Fwd: [km4dev-l] Online Discussion: Internet in African Higher Education, Research + Technology Development]

[Michel J. Menou]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrea Goetzke [ mailto:ago at newthinking.de]
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 12:24 PM
> Subject: Invitation to Online Discussion: Internet in African Higher 
> Education, Research + Technology Development
>
> Dear colleagues of the UbuntuNet Alliance,
>
> we would like to invite you to our Online Discussion Forum on "The 
> Role of the Internet in Higher Education, Research, Science, and 
> Technology Development in Subsaharan Africa". Please disseminate this 
> invitation to your colleagues and partners who you think may be 
> interested to participate in the discussion forum.
>
> Higher education, research and technology development are increasingly 
> recognized as pre-conditions and/or drivers of African knowledge-based 
> development. How can information and communication technologies (ICT), 
> especially the Internet, contribute to strengthen the academic and 
> scientific sector? Can e-Learning bring about better access to higher 
> education? Are "open" approaches to publishing and content production 
> a solution to the scarce visibility and availability of African 
> knowledge resources? Will the Internet help Africa to become active 
> producer of knowledge-intensive products?
>
> Questions like these are at the heart of our study, commissioned by 
> the German Federal Parliament and conducted by newthinking 
> communications GmbH and the German Development Institute. We invite 
> you to contribute your valuable knowledge, insights and opinions to 
> this research, benefiting at the same time of the mutual 
> knowledge-sharing with experts in Africa and other parts of the world. 
> As we expect the research topic to be booming in international 
> development debate in the years to come, the network that may arise 
> from this process might be of high value in the future.
>
> SCHEDULE:
>
> Mo. August 21, 2006 - Fr. September 8, 2006
>
> Week 1: Internet in Higher Education, Teaching and Learning; Week 2: 
> Internet in Research and Science ;Week 3: Internet in Technology 
> Development
>
> We will provide a summary of the discussion and share our analysis for 
> further comments during the month of September.
> With our introductory message, we will share further details about the 
> discussion.
>
> REGISTRATION:
>
> The discussion forum is organized on DGroups. You can register by 
> email or online.
> BY EMAIL: Send an email to join-InternetAfrica at dgroups.org < 
> mailto:join-InternetAfrica at dgroups.org>
> ONLINE: Go to 
> http://www.dgroups.org/groups/cgiar/InternetAfrica/index.cfm?op=dsp_join
> It would be helpful if you briefly outlined your relationship to the 
> topic in the email or the registration form. Upon approval of your 
> registration you will receive an automated email including your password.
>
> If you know of other experts that might be interested in participating 
> in our forum, feel free to let them know and forward this message.
>
> Please direct your questions regarding the study and online discussion 
> to andrea.goetzke at newthinking.de < mailto:andrea.goetzke at newthinking.de>.
>
> Best wishes, and looking forward to exciting exchanges,
>
> Andrea Goetzke, Andreas Stamm, Markus Beckedahl
>
>
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> Andrea Goetzke
>
> newthinking communications GmbH |köln
> Aachener Str. 57 I 50674 Köln
> Germany
> + 49 - 221 - 35 689 198
> andrea.goetzke [at] newthinking.de
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