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I have benefitted greatly, in my thinking and knowledge, through attending the lunchtime seminars organised by CDE (the Centre for Distance Education) at London University. This week it was a workshop: Finding and Evaluating Open Educational Resources. If the topic of OERs interests you then the link is well worth clicking. It includes a useful slide share of the presentation that happened before we did our practical. Definition If you want a good definintion of OERs see slide 3. I was glad to see it includes the wonderfully wide ranging "resourcss contained in digital media collections from around the world"...

Events Business Fights Poverty meeting June 2nd How can we better apply the results of impact measurement to drive improved business performance and greater development impact? http://businessfightspoverty.ning.com/events/how-can-we-better-apply-the Emails through posterous Great news about Barefoot Power: http://dadamac.posterous.com/world-bank-recognition-for-barefoot-power-pro Continuing to explore overlapping intersts with Mike Gurnstein's Community Informatics Students: http://dadamac.posterous.com/online-course-intro-to-community-informatics-3 http://dadamac.posterous.com/first-thursday-general-information-for-monthl

Over the last eight weeks I have been experimenting with Posterous - so now I am reflecting on the experience. Posterous can be used for blogging, but I already have a blog, so I wanted it for something different. I was attracted to it because it is so easy to use - as easy as an email. Midway between private and public My first entry said "I think it [Posterous] might help me with those emails that are "half private half public". I mean the ones where I start to write the email then realise that I need to add...

Hi Pam, I decided to put up this post since there is an Africa angle to it. The much-acclaimed Barefoot College in Rajasthan (North India)has been empowering rural men and women by teaching them skills that help them get a livelihood. This news link was interesting since it talks about three women from Africa getting trained in making and installing solar lamps. The news items says: "The three, who have been here for two months, will train another 16 weeks, learning about charge controllers, inverters, core-winding, deciphering of printed circuit boards, testing, wiring, installation, and repair and maintenance of solar...

Hi Pam, I don't hate technology, but I also don't have a craving fascination for it. Social media, of course, is a different arena. I love the idea of connecting to people and exhanging ideas and thoughts--and as you would say, rubbing minds with those who would like to share their wisdom with me on a range of topics of interest to me. But here too, I am not a person who plunges headlong into anything new unless I am truly convinced that I need it for 'building bridges' with the community around the world. I take my time to...