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ES.259

Information and Communication Technology in Africa

Undergraduate · Historical course

Spring 2006

Topics

  • General Introduction
  • ICT in Africa
  • Group 1 Presentation
  • Group 2 Presentation
  • Group 3 Presentation
  • Guest Speakers
  • Themes
  • Guest Speaker
  • Project + Final Presentations
  • Wrap-up

Readings

  • Ngah, Zainab Awang, Ang Tan Fong, and Abrizah Abdullah. “E-Journal Publishing in Malaysia: from single journal system to publishing through a host.” Information Development 21, no. 4, 319 (February 2005) 53 - 65. DOI: 10.1177/0266666905060927. 2005 SAGE Publications.
    Listed reading
  • WEEK #: 3 · READINGS: Larson, Richard C., and M. Elizabeth Murray. “Distance Learning as a Tool for Poverty Reduction: A Focus on Two Countries, China and Mexico.” Submitted as a Working Draft through the Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) . Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2005.
    Reading assignment
  • WEEK #: 4 · READINGS: Del Alamo, J., et al. “iLab: A Scalable Architecture for Sharing Online Experiments.” International Conference on Engineering Education . Gainesville, FL, October 16-21, 2004.
    Reading assignment
  • WEEK #: 5 · READINGS: Adeyemi, A study on the use of Information Systems to prevent HIV/AIDS in Lagos
    Reading assignment
  • Reading assignment
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