1. 7th Sakai Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 2007
Gert Sibande College
Further Education and Training College
Mpumalanga
South Africa

2. Bridging the Digital Divide in South Africa
Lifelong Learning
Bridging the Digital Divide in South Africa
Shereen Dindar
Senior Education Specialist
Distance Education Department
Gert Sibande FET College – South Africa

3. Where Quality Meets Potential In Creating Your Tomorrow Today
Overview
Current Challenges Facing South Africa
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4. Where Quality Meets Potential In Creating Your Tomorrow Today
Key Issues
The Lifelong Learner
Accessible Education
The Skill Shortage Crises
South Africa – The Digital Divide
Corporate Social Investment
South Africa – Teaching Methodologies
South African Government – Open Source
Collaboration and ‘Glocalisation’
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5. Where Quality Meets Potential In Creating Your Tomorrow Today
The Lifelong Learner
The importance and nature of a lifelong learner
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6. Where Quality Meets Potential In Creating Your Tomorrow Today
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7. Where Quality Meets Potential In Creating Your Tomorrow Today
Accessible Education
Education needs to be accessible in all sectors to the lifelong learner
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8. The Skills Shortage Crises
Addressing the skills shortage crises
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9. South Africa – The Digital Divide
How does South Africa deal with and cope with the digital divide?
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10. Corporate Social Investment
Corporate Social Investment, a mere philanthropic gesture?
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11. South Africa – Teaching Methodologies
Questioning the current teaching methodology and philosophy of the South African Education Culture
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12. South African Government – Open Source
Growing the Sakai Community for those new to Sakai, considering South African Government’s stance towards the use of open source
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13. Collaboration and ‘Glocalisation’
Envisioning the future for South African Education through collaboration and investing by becoming part of the ‘glocal’ community
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14. Blog of a lifelong learner
“A passion for lifelong learning, inspires one to continue educating others, in a quest to instill compassion -through knowledge and wisdom”
-Shereen Dindar-
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15. Concluding Statements
Vibrant global online communities can become a reality in South Africa with relevant curriculums
Embrace the Laws of Education and ‘change’
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16. Where Quality Meets Potential In Creating Your Tomorrow Today
Implications
Building relationships through partnerships and collaboration, calls for pro-active, educationalists as global leaders
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17. Gert Sibande College - Mission
To educate, train, skill and guide learner clients meeting their needs for the benefit of themselves, our local community and our nation
Thank You
Shereen Dindar
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