MirandaNet Fellows in Free State, South
Africa
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This notice has gone out to all of the MirandaNet Fellows
and Scholars throughout the world.
“During the past few months MirandaNet has been supporting
the Department of Education in Free State Province, South
Africa, to implement an e-learning project – the e-Lapa
Project.
Ten schools across the province have been selected to form
part of a pilot project from October 2004 – March 2005.
Insights gained by the Free State will be applied to the wider
project, which is set to embed e-learning in all schools in
the Province by 2010.
Christina Preston’s involvement started a year ago:
she has tirelessly worked with Free State officials to develop
the project, and in October 2004 she, together with Christine
Knight, who was the MirandaNet Administrator at the time,
and eight fellows flew to Bloemfontein. For a week the MirandaNet
Fellows worked in the schools with their Free State counterparts.
Now that the project has started their support has been virtual;
online work will soon be augmented by a visit by members of
the Free State pilot schools to this country in early January.
Three young people, two teachers and the Learning Adviser
for each of the ten schools will arrive on January 8 and spend
three days working at Chafford Hundred School, Essex. After
that they will spend two days in the schools of their MirandaNet
colleagues, followed by time at the BETT Exhibition. The online
environment for the e-Lapa project will soon go online, but
if you can’t wait until then to find out more about
the project come along to the MirandaNet stand at BETT and
meet us all there.”
Reports from the Project Advisory Team
Here are some reports from the MirandaNet
team.
- Andree Jordan,
e-Lapa Adviser for Retief High School
- David Thomas,
e-Lapa Adviser for Heilbron School, Heilbron
- Mara Chrystie,
e-Lapa Adviser for Gelukwaarts School, Van Stadensrus
- John Cuthell,
e-Lapa Adviser for Ikanyegeng Combined School, Ratanang
- David Jordan
, e-Lapa Adviser for Marallaneng School, Ficksburg
- Mara Chrystie,
e-Lapa Adviser for Unitas Welkom
- Tom Rank,
e-Lapa Adviser for St Bernard’s High School, Motheo
District
- Lawrence Williams,
e-Lapa Adviser for Retshedisitswe
You can also download
a full-length version of the Consultants' Interim Report
in Word (400KB)
Article in the Volksblad, October 28th
2004
Article in the Guardian, March 15th 2005
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