[Chapter-delegates] Happy New Year and Call for eLearning Papers

[Prof.Dr. Srisakdi Charmonman]

Happy New Year to You.

Please visit www.eLearning07.com  or www.eLearningAP.com
to see the Call for Papers for the Fourth International Conference on
eLearning for Knowledge-Based Society to be held in Bangkok
Auguat 2-3, 2007.

Best regards,
Srisakdi


On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, Alex Gakuru wrote:

> Dear Members,
>
> It is one year today (29 December 2006) since "Focusing on the Individual
> Internet User" project was launched in Kenya.
>
> I am very pleased with the contribution and our local overwhelming impact of
> ISOC's internet awareness and education contributing to a better,
> widespread, public appreciation, and embrace of this incredibly powerful,
> enabling technology.
>
> With ISOC's leadership in the "doers" category along "trusted advisor" SOP
> policy, it is hoped that this project's initiated, quiet diplomacy urging
> the Kenya government to sponsor a domain for every school in Kenya towards
> making it possible for parents to remain in constant e-mail touch and get
> online information from schools' websites with will bear fruit some time.
>
> Quite some local Internet vibrancy has resulted from this project and the
> true benefit of this project. Projects and Allied Consultants (
> http://www.paconsult.co.ke/) have offered this project a free Monitoring and
> Evaluation assessment results of which will be sent to along protocol.
>
> I assure you the US$ 10,000 project award was worth spending in
> strengthening the Kenya Internet Community of users.
>
> But there are still some user issues as expressed below, but I am confident
> they shall be addressed along the way;
>
> [Daily Nation]
>
> "....The public also expressed concern that strangers could access the
> results of any candidate whose index number they held and suggested that a
> security measure be put in place to protect the candidates.
>
> The tradition has been that provincial directors of education attend the
> news conference where the Education minister was releasing examinations.
>
> They were then expected to physically transport the results to their
> respective offices where their juniors from the districts and headteachers
> would collect them.
> Students in Nairobi would receive their results the same day while those in
> other parts of the country would have to wait for a day or more, depending
> on how far the school was from Nairobi....."
>
>
> <
> http://nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?premiumid=0&category_id=1&newsid=88470
> >
> [Note: Correct story link is
> www.examscouncil.or.ke<http://www.examscouncil.org/>]
>
> I thank you all for your support  while I carried out this project and wish
> you a very connected 2007 in deed.
>
> Alex Gakuru
> Project Manager
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