INFORMATION SYSTEMS PLANNING
ICT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NETWORK AND WEB SECURITY
Database fundamentals (mySQL)
Data structures (Java, C++)
Information systems development Methodology
Project Management
(to be continued…)
PS.
I came across this address and I thought it would be useful: globalopenversity.org
How receptive to new information, especially the type that results from awareness creation efforts of ICT lobby groups are students of today?
A shining example:
India sets the pace:
http://www.ictworks.org/news/2011/12/12/aakash-35-android-tablet-towards-universal-access-computing
AN OPEN SOURCE INTERNET FACILITY?
http://opensource.com/life/11/7/fabfi-open-source-wireless-network-built-trash
INNOVATION IN INDIA
WHAT LESSONS CAN WE LEARN FROM THE ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD PROJECT (OLPC)?
WHY IS THERE A SEEMING LACK OF SUPPORT FOR SUCH A NOBLE INITIATIVE? CAN SOMETHING SIMILAR BE SAID FOR OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (OSS)?
the OLPC (one laptop per child) was an educational project, not a business one. It seems that when it comes to children and societal benefit, the issue of “business case” needs to be sacrificed in order to aid the objectives of our 21st century educational system. I need ask what has become of the OLPC now, i hope big business is not frustrating this noble dream, especially with regard to the operating system…
One of the avowed aims of student2.0 is to develop, and drive “social innovation in the field of education”. This is the kind of freedom that derives from student2.0’s adoption of FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software). Humans are social beings and so these freedoms derive naturally as Student2.0 congregates in K-12 open mind conferences and especially so if the platforms used are FLOSS. The benefits that accrue to humanity from FLOSS are immensely huge and make good business sense. This is treated in far greater detail by Yochai Benkler’s
“The Commons as a Neglected Factor of Information Policy” on page 11 of his book, The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom;
(e-book site): http://www.benkler.org/wealth_of_networks/index.php?title=Main_Page
Student 2.0 would perform better in Open-Book/Open-Internet Examinations. This allows for assessing Higher Cognitive Abilities. But the traditionalist in us says no to Student 2.0.
student 2.0 sees the need to democratise higher education. They believe in the philosophy of connectivist pedagogies.
Unfortunately, when we provide training, we rarely conduct an evaluation of prior knowledge to inform the training.
(Teacher ICT Readiness in Ghana, Kofi B. Boakye, Dzigbodi Ama Banini p5)
Student 2.0 subscribes to the questioning dimension, reinventing Socrates. They do not accept as sacrosanct
theories without scrutiny, they identify with the concept of negotiated meaning and adhere to collaborative learning practices…
