Selecting appropriate Technologies

Short Description:
The use of open education is growing and has become a global movement. Across much of North America, most post-secondary institutions are in the process of integrating the use of open education resources into their teaching and learning activities. The number of OER repositories from which instructors can draw resources continues to grow each year. The number of resources continues to grow along with the number of different tools used to develop these resources. There are a number of commercial and open source digital technologies available for the creation of open resources. This resource is intended to provide the OER community with a summary of some currently available tools for creating open content. OER creators need to know the range of tools that can be used in the creation process. This guide is designed to provide a starting point for instructors and faculty at post-secondary institutions. Prospective creators of OER can use the guide to pick the most appropriate tool for their specific context and level of technical expertise.

Long Description:
The use of open education is growing and has become a global movement. Across much of North America, most post-secondary institutions are in the process of integrating the use of open education resources into teaching and learning activities. The following are the chapters covered in the guide: Chapter 1 starts with very basic information on the definition and description of what constitutes OER. Chapter 2 introduces the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by providing a brief listing of each goal. Chapter 3 focuses on commercial word processing tool options. Chapter 4 describes a number of open-source word processing and additional tools. Chapter 5 introduces the basic open-source TeX-based systems that arose out of the open-source software movement. Chapter 6 delves further into TeX-based open-source tools by highlighting some packages useful for content creation. Chapter 7 describes other TeX-based tools helpful for creating open content. Chapter 8 introduces the emerging OER tools Pressbooks, EdTech Books and LibreTexts.

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ISBN: 978-0-7731-0777-9

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Agriculture or farming is the backbone of INDIA'S economy. As two-thirds of the population live in rural areas and depend(DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) on agriculture for living. ICT is active in agriculture on the basis of seed development, soil development,weather forecasting etc. ICT is boon to farmers.
10 technological innovations that are revolutionising Indian agriculture
1. Barrix Ago Sciences ( bangalore based)
2. Anulek Agrotech ( mumbai based)
3. Mitra ( nasik based)
4. CropIn Technology Solutions ( bangalore)
5. Eruvaka Technologies ( vijaywada, andhra pradesh)
6. Skymet ( predicting climate risk)
7. Ekgaon ( gujarat based)
8. Digital Green ( community engagement)
9. FrontalRain Technologies ( bangalore based)
10. Agrostar ( pune based)

The Zimbabwe ICT Essentials for Teachers Course is avaiable as an App for Android phones and tablets. The original course has been reformated to fit on screens of different sizes! The full course is available.

Let me introduce you to ZOOM Meetings. This is a video conferencing platform with customisation that suits online classes. Teachers can do a lot even by using its free account which offers 40 minutes of the online session in one go.

Please remember that your reluctance is of no value to you. If you do not want to take your face, your voice can also be there as you can stop the video. Use the name of the next speaker when you close your virtual speech in video conference so that the other one can start. It will avoid the abrupt overlaps of speakers.

It is possible to use Zoom on Desktop with Webcam/Laptop or the smartphone you have. Install the Zoom Application for your desktop version or use the App for the phone. Using the Desktop version, you can schedule the meetings with ease and can also record the whole meeting being the Host. It is possible to share the screen or a particular window/screen with the students. You can join a meeting using the Application if someone else is hosting it.

Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) face daily challenges and barriers in different sectors, especially the ICT field, which result in their exclusion from accessing learning opportunities and using digital technologies.
This training workshop is part of the Mada Academy ICT accessibility training program.
By taking this introductory training session, you will understand and learn the foundations of ICT Accessibility. You will be introduced to the broad scope of disability, accessibility, and the related legal landscape, and you will explore the key principles guiding accessible content creation.

උසස් පෙළ තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණය විෂයය සඳහා අවශ්‍ය ඉගෙනුම් සම්පත් මෙම වෙබ් පිටුව මගින් ඔබ වෙත ලබා දෙනු ඇත. ඒ අනුව විෂය නිර්දේශයට අදාලව පාඩම් සඳහා අවශ්‍ය ස්වයං ඉගෙනුම් කට්ටල පහත දක්වා ඇත.