Publications http://www.iicd.org daily 1 2009-10-23T04:21:08Z ICT for education: Five years of learning http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/ict-for-education-five-years-of-learning Lessons learned from IICD's ICT for Education Programme in Africa and Latin America in the past five years (2007-2012) Over the years, IICD has worked with education partners in 12 developing countries, supporting 71 projects in Africa and Latin America. Our aim is to use ICT to bring about sector-wide improvements in education. IICD is unique in that it works at both the grassroots and the policy level. Our partners and portfolio of projects span primary, secondary and vocational education, as well as national education ministries.

This publication provides a selection of lessons learned in the five educational services that IICD provides.

]]> No publisher JJessurun 2013-03-18T10:55:00Z Publication Mobile on the move - Mobile learning publication http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/mobile-on-the-move-mobile-learning-publication A showcase of IICD's mobile projects in economic development, education and health in Africa and Latin America and some of the lessons learned. Mobile phone usage is exploding in developing countries. Africa alone had more than 500 million mobile telephone subscribers in 2011. Mobile learning or ‘m-learning’ services therefore play a growing role in IICD’s education, health and economic development programmes. This publication shows some examples of the projects with a mobile component that IICD supports.

]]> No publisher JJessurun 2013-02-15T09:30:00Z Publication The IICD Approach: From need to sustainability http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/the-iicd-approach-from-need-to-sustainability Publication that describes IICD's approach. 'From need to sustainability Empowering people to use ICT for their development.' This documents provides a summary of IICD's participatory and multi-stakeholder social innovation approach towards ICT for development.

]]> No publisher JJessurun 2013-01-31T13:50:00Z Publication Improving quality and affordability of healthcare in Africa through an eHealth package http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/improving-quality-and-affordability-of-healthcare-in-africa-through-an-ehealth-package Key to a successful use of eHealth is that it should lead to a lasting and substantial improvement of performance. Experience learns that a participatory design approach is required when using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) when designing health solutions This creates a momentum of change. However, health facilities are often complex organisations and we learned that to create continuous and lasting change, explicit attention is required to the ongoing process of organisational change. The momentum of change should be transformed in a pathway. IICD and its partners in Tanzania developed a practical and integrated approach that scaffolds health management information systems, telemedicine and e-learning in one integrated approach called the eHealth package, which has relevance world wide. Author: Nic Moens The eHealth package is applied in the Lake Zone in Tanzania. It is embedded in a district approach to ensure a more conducive institutional and financial setting. Organisational and institutional issues proved to be key obstacles in applying ICT in health. Therefore the district approach is closely related to the national eHealth strategy. The strength of the eHealth package compared to other eHealth solutions is the integration of all aspects; technical, medical, financial, learning, behavioural change etc. in a flexible road map of best practices for eHealth implementation at a health facility.

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