| Parallel sessions of the Education Commission |
| Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
| 16.00 - 17.30 |
| Parallel 1: Commission sessions |
| Theme : ICT for shaping the future of education in Africa |
| Session chair: Goolam Mohamedbhai (IAU\UNESCO) |
| Speaker 1: Alain Senteni (Mauritius), IFIP co-chair of the Education Commission |
| Speaker 2: George Sadowsky, Special Advisor to the UN Secr. General Special Advisor for internet Governance |
| Panel discussion - Moderator: Goolam Mohamedbhai (IAU\UNESCO) - Members:Bob Joliffe and/or Guido Sohne (FOSSFA), Asha Kanwar (COL), Nicolas Negroponte (OLPC), Joseph Ngu (IICBA\UNESCO), George Sadowsky (UN advisor), , Alain Senteni (University of Mauritius) |
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| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 10.45-12.15 |
| Parallel 2: Commission sessions |
| Theme: ICT infrastructure & policies for education |
| Session chair: Awol Endris (UNESCO-IICBA) |
| Speaker 1: Constant Sossoulo (Borgounet NGO) - jointly with ‘Building the Infrastructure’ Commission |
| Speaker 2: H.E. Mr. Seid Agha Bani Hashemi, Director General of Information Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran |
| Speaker 3: Rahel Bekele (Ethiopia) SchoolNet Ethiopia |
| Speaker 4: Goolam Mohamedbhai (IAU\UNESCO) The use of ICT for increasing access to and improving quality in higher education in Africa |
| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 14.00 - 15.30 |
| Parallel 3: Commission sessions |
| Theme: ICT-based innovation and change management in education |
| Session chair: Demissew Bekele (Govt of Ethiopia) |
| Speaker 1: Asha Kanwar (COL) The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) |
| Speaker 2: Tom van Weert (NL) & Mike Kendall (UK) Lifelong Learning / TC3 |
| Panel discussion - Moderator: Alain Senteni (Mauritius) Members: Asha Kanwar (COL), Tom van Weert (TC3 - NL), Mike Kendall (TC3 - UK), Guido Sohne and/or Bob Joliffe (FOSSFA) |
| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 16.00 - 17.30 |
| Parallel 4: Commission sessions |
| Theme: WITFOR projects |
| Session chair: Paul Nleya (Botswana) |
| Speaker 1: Tirussew Teferra (Ethiopia) & Awol Endris (UNESCO-IICBA) MEd ICT in Education |
| Speaker 2: Berhalu Beyene (Ethiopia) Introducing an ePortfolio in eLearning services to empower ICT use in Ethiopian Higher Education |
| Speaker 3: Alain Senteni (Mauritius) & Paul Nleya (Botswana) SADC region projects follow-ups of WITFOR 2005 |
