Telecenters
Ghana:
Networking for Local Development: How you can use a computer
without owning one?
September/October 1999 issue of
TechKnowLogia
Mary Fontaine and Dennis Foote, Academy for Educational Development
One model for providing public access that is growing rapidly
around the world is the telecenter: a public place where people
can come to use computers when they need them. This article
describes a project in Ghana that is exploring the practicality
of non-governmental organizations, or NGOs, establishing self-sustaining
telecenters.
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AMIC@S
in Asunción: Leapfrogging Development
November/December 1999 issue of
TechKnowLogia
Mary Fontaine, Academy for Educational Development
This is a success story from Paraguay that demonstrates the
use and sustainability of telecenters.
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The
Watering Hole: Creating Learning Communities with Computers
May 1, 2000 issue of TechKnowLogia
Mary Fontaine with Richard Fuchs, Academy for Educational
Development
Throughout the developing world, there is evidence that telecenters-a.k.a.
Community Learning Centers-may be starting to create a social
context for learning in the post-industrial economy. If the
conviviality, sociability and cohesion of the `watering hole`
can be brought to the business of learning, then the business
of education and development will have done its job.
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High
Tech/Grassroots Education: Community Learning Centers (CLCs)
for Skill Building
July/August 2000 issue of TechKnowLogia
Mary Fontaine, Academy for Educational Development
This article is a description of two Community Learning Centers
(CLCs) in Africa that provide training and learning opportunities
for trainees at the grassroots level. It illustrates design
and implementation elements that are proving effective for
both the CLCs and their clients.
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