Education - general discussion
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Dear Neighbors,
Enclosed is a paper I wrote for an E-Moderating Course at Jakarta International School after two years of volunteering to train the Trainers of iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)Indonesia teachers in collaboration with the Indonesian National Commission of UNESCO office in Jakarta.
The Trainings were usually short and successful but I believe it would be much more effective if the sessions were to be continued online.
Respectfully,
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Herlina Surbakti
PIE Pondok Indah
Jakarta
--Dear sir,
Greetings,
I offer you volunteer position as an educational advisor for Rural
University, india we offer you volunteer for developing course contents and online teaching and online training our prospective students
we have our course development center in India. The server for
them is http://ruralu.org. They are applying for accreditation in
India and need overseers with academic credentials.
In the United States, we operate as an Independent Study Resource
only. We do not confer degrees here. Our units in South Africa,
Nigeria and India will receive degrees from the India office once
accreditation is acquired. It is important that we have feedback and
criticism from qualified independent educators like your self.
Please reply,
Thanks
.
pankajmohan
pankajmohan
Hi Herlina,
This is quite some interesting work, it would be great for the work to continue online and i have seen an interesting platform where such concepts could shared.
An organisation on website www.elimu.co.ke is developing websites for schools in Kenya-Africa and this offers a great opportunity for rolling out such a great idea, please check it and see if the platform could be useful to this concept.
Kind Regards
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BenWaore
Dear all,
Jennifer recently found an organisation, Givology (https://www.givology.org/donate/projects/) that might be of interest for some of the Nabuur organisations involved in education. It follows a very similar model as Givemeaning and allows organisations involved in education to find private sponsors for different activities such as teacher training, or school fees for specific students. However, the application process is not that easy, and organisations have to fulfill the following criteria.
1. 501-(c)3 status (or equivalent) or official institutions of education (i.e. local schools or universities) - Non-profit organizations based in the United States should have tax exemption status. NGOs abroad have to meet accountability standards in accordance to the law of the base country. Official institutions of education should have documentation proving legitimacy of operations.
2. 2+ years of field experience - Givology mainly partners with established organizations that have deep operational experience and commitments to local communities and villages. Ideally, the partner organization would have local branches situated nearby the villages, since partners are required to provide periodic updates on the progress of the sponsored student or project.
3. Completion of Partner Application Form - To become a partner, Givology requests that each organization fills out a form that describes the organization's main achievements (i.e. number of students helped, amount of funding raised, awards for social impact, etc.), history, management team, and operational experience (i.e. geographic location and branches, number of staff, outreach strategy, overhead as a % of total resources). The form comprehensively addresses the key issues in building credible, lasting partnerships. The form is available here
4. Interview - Givology first screens potential partners through a 30-minute phone interview to clarify questions in the application and to develop a better understanding of the partner's operations and mission. If feasible, we will make travel arrangements to visit your organization.
5. Further Documentation - Givology may request potential partners to provide additional documentation, including letters of support.
More information and the application form can be found at https://www.givology.org/partnerships/
If somebody applies, please share your experience for others to learn from since so far nobody has applied yet. (or is there somebody?)
Wish you a happy new year,
Maria
Maria, thank you for sending the information. I will look into it and tell you whether we do make an application.
all the best,
Lia
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lilalia
Dear all,
It has been quite quiet in this group. I was just wondering whether any village actually applied to givology. And if yes, what was your experience?
If you are new to Nabuur or this group, please do not hesitate to use the various discussion threads to share your experience and ask questions you might have. If you are a new village on Nabuur working in education, this is your opportunity to get started and to learn from other villages that might work on a similar topic as you are. PLease have a look at the different discussion topics here http://www.nabuur.com/en/group/education/project
Have a good week-end everybody,
Maria
Hi Maria
Last I heard, Christopher from Masaka was part way through the application process, but am not sure how he got on. If I hear, I will let you know
Mary
Hi all
I want to ask that why online education is best rather them physical?
IS it cheaper or time saving?
Hi Jonnitwo-
I would definitely not say that online education is cheaper than education in person. It is however sometimes more convenient (depending on where you live and your access to the Internet). For the purposes of the projects here at Nabuur, there are often websites that offer free information on how to do different things which can be downloaded and used in the classroom.
Best regards-
Jennifer
I am not fully agree that online education is the best;it might be, but only in those geography of the world where there prevails a very smooth system of Internet technology.In one way online education has some very good results;but on other side it creating a sense of CUT and Paste behaviours among the student of online education;because they usually using internet and searching litrature for their define assignment;where they just prefer to search the material and then cut and past and to present and to currior to the concern authority.Where this approach is totally wrong i am strongly apposing this,because it vialating the laws of copy right,and most importantly it devalue the student strength.
Therefore i suggest that all on line education provider are suppose to make it mandatory for all student to search knowledge through Internet,but CUT & Paste Approach is punishable.
Zahid Khattak
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Zahidalikhan
Hi to you all,
I take this opportunity to thank the nabuur management team for
the wonderful links and the advice and guidance they are giving us.
I actually applied to givology last week and I have not received any feedback yet.
But I am still optimistic that they will respond in the near future.
Was a conclusion about facilitators arrived at?
By Josephat Nyagwaya.
Grapevine Community School.
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we are a community school in Njiru district.
We are focused in providing access to Quality education to the
poor,orphans and other vulnerable children in sewage slums and its environs.
Hi MariaZ
i applied for partnership with Givolgy and had a skype interview with Joyce Meng but till now
no result at all. I dont know if it takes long to have a definite answer so i am still waiting.
Can you help us with the time line? When did you apply? When did you have your Skype interview? Those two dates will help.
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Ginger :)
I did apply to Givology too. I applied on friday 22/1/2010. Joyce acknowledged receipt of my application and said she would get back to me.
I am still waiting for the next step.
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Framar School of Excellence, Kasama, Zambia
Tonga, hello! What type of skype interviews did you have with Joyce? I applied there too but I do not remember having any type of interviews other than completing their questionnaire. Or do you mean the same?
Maria
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Framar School of Excellence, Kasama, Zambia