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Youth Meeting Youth A collaborative e-learning
pilot project between schools in Denmark, Kenya
and Zambia. 2002 - 2004

• Kirsten M. Anttila
• Mogens Eriksen

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Youth Meeting Youth Why a collaboration between
Europe and Africa? Why not?

• Denmark
• The objectives of the law to implement the
  international dimension in education
• Knowledge about African countries in education
  generally based on information from traditional
  sources, but Internet makes it possible to work
  directly and on equal terms with African schools.
  
• European, national and local interest in using
  ICT in education
• Africa
• Equal interest in being part of the ICT
  development
• Wish for educating the coming generations

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• Objectives
• Create a human and technical platform for a
  direct collaboration between schools in the
  participating countries
• Enhance teaching and learning by integrating the
  use of e-mail, Internet and TV.
• Promote exchange of ideas and experiences about
  European and African conditions and thus form a
  basis for intercultural understanding

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KOEE / Kenya
The Danish Outdoor Council
Centre for Higher Education Copenhagen North
Zealand / ESP-DK
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The Danish Association for International
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Kulturkommunikation
Danish Teachers County Ressource Centres
ZOGEE / Zambia
JEL-kommunikation
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Youth Meeting Youth A collaborative e-learning
pilot project between schools in Denmark, Kenya
and Zambia. 2002 - 2004

• Financed by the Danish Ministry of foreign
  affairs - DANIDA

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Youth Meeting Youth Process

• Grants from the Danish Foreign Ministry
• Danida for 2002 and 2003 (2001)
• 2001 An introductory seminar
• 2001 A fact finding mission to Kenya and Zambia
• 2002 Selection of lower and upper secondary
  schools in all three countries private as
  public
• 2002 A teachers seminar in Denmark
• 2002 ICT In-service courses in Zambia and Kenya
  conducted by the local coordinators
• 2002 2003 Development of the Virtual House
• 2002 2003 Installation of lap tops at the
  African schools
• 2003 Access to the Fronter platform for all
  involved

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• Do the curricula in the African schools in the
  pilot project give room for both cross curricular
  activities and implementation of ICT?

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• Zambia
• Cross curricula activities
• Certain areas of learning do not appear in the
  curriculum as regular subjects but are rather
  linked and embedded in all subjects.
• They are a vital component of the life of the
  school. These areas are as important to knowledge
  and life as are the regular subjects.
• Zambia The Basic School Curriculum Framework

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Youth Meeting Youth Curriculum

• Cross Cutting Themes
• Basic Health
• Environment
• Living together
• Human rights
• Citizenship
• Democracy
• Making a living
• Zambia The Basic School Curriculum Framework

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Virtual House
General information
Ad hoc chat room
Students room
Teachers room
Zambia Kenya Tanzania Denmark Others
Co-ordinators room
Materials and methods
Language
Environment
Science
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• Relevant questions about ICT
• Hardware
• ICT skills
• Support from colleagues or headmasters
• Maintenance
• Climatic problems (heat rain)

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• Barriers
• Africa
• Technical barriers
• number of students per class and per PCs -
  telephone lines - electricity security
• Traditions oral tradition
• Africa and Denmark holidays and exam periods
  staggered
• Denmark
• Impatience
• Understanding that things take time
• Involve students too early before contact is
  established

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• What has been accomplished?
• First student letters exchanged
• Visits from Africa
• Student and teacher exchanges

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• Wishes
• During 2003 and onwards involve collaboration
  between countries in Europe, Africa and Asia
• Develop more educational material within various
  topics together with colleagues in the countries
  involved
• Sponsors
• That EU financial support could be expanded to
  involve developing countries as well

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