From overwhelm to organized; technology tips & techniques to serve you

‘All’ I had to do was to choose a picture of a chair from the ones on my computer screen & drag it to the centre of my screen & then write my name below it. It was an introductory exercise for an online course I was taking.   Could I grab that damn chair […]

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How I caught a thief in New Zealand using this easy tech tool

  I’m 35,000 feet in the air on a flight from Dubai to Nairobi watching ‘You’re soaking in it,’ a documentary about the new wild west of advertising. Did you know there is new technology using your basic smart phone that can read your emotions? The goal is to know what you want before you […]

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ICTs for you from my eLearning Africa workshop – 3 rules & 3×3 tools

  ‘Are you on the beach?’ my partner asked me. ‘I don’t know,’ I replied, ‘it’s dark & I can’t see.’   I was newly landed in Mauritius, a tiny speck of an island off the east coast of Africa. The evening opening reception for the eLearning Africa 2017 conference was kicking off, where I’d […]

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Using ICTs to enhance teaching & learning

  You may recall that I was the instruction designer for & taught one of the modules of a recent MOOC (massive open online course) on using ICTs to enhance teaching & learning. Spiffy new news – you can get the whole course right here.  Simply click on the links to download the pdfs.  Enjoy! Course […]

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Register now for March 9th launch- learn how to enrich your teaching & learning using ICTs for free

Interested in exploring ICTs (Information Communication Technologies)? Overwhelmed at the number of tools available & not sure where to start? Think ICTs consist only of people watching cat videos on Facebook? Check out this brand new, free, online course ~Using ICTs to enrich teaching and learning~ offered by the African Virtual University and the Commonwealth […]

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