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Supporting education ecosystem building with digitalisation

Posted on October 26, 2022January 11, 2023 by Lais Oliveira Leite

In October 21st 2022, I had the honour to attend the panel discussion Embracing digitalisation to improve the sustainable delivery of education and training in Africa in ADEA Trennale 2022. My topic was focused on how digitalisation can support building education ecosystems. The ADEA Triennale is one of Africa’s high-level forums for political dialogue on education. The conference focuses on critical themes that transform Africa’s educational systems for sustainable social and economic development.

The objective of the panel discussion was to share experiences and working practices around EdTech issues, share ways how African countries are supporting ICT-oriented education and explore possibilities in regional cooperation. Below you find my contribution to the panel session based on the Recommendation Paper written in collaboration with Dr. Altti Lagstedt during the Edupreneurs project.

Eduix’s Lais Oliveira Leite attends panel discussion in ADEA Triennale 2022

Posted on October 21, 2022January 11, 2023 by Pauliina Halme

Education Consultant Lais Oliveira Leite attends panel discussion Embracing digitalisation to improve the sustainable delivery of education and training in Africa in ADEA Trennale 2022. The ADEA Triennale on Education is one of Africa’s high-level forums for political dialogue. The conference focuses on critical themes that transform Africa’s educational systems for sustainable social and economic development (https://triennale.adeanet.org/).

Building partnership in Ghana for digitalizing thesis work in higher education institutions

Posted on October 13, 2022January 11, 2023 by Lais Oliveira Leite

During 25th and 30th September, Eduix and Haaga-Helia went to Ghana to visit and support our pilot projects in two universities: the Ghana Institute of Journalism and the University of Ghana.

Dr. Altti Lagstedt, principal lecturer at the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, wrote his impressions about the trip at the university blog:

What is remarkable for all these meetings and sessions was the clearly positive attitude towards education digitalization. The information gathered from focus group sessions and interviews show, that there clearly is a readiness for education digital transformation.
Dr. Altti Lagstedt

Such visits and pilots are part of the research project Eduditra, funded by Eduix.

Find out more about his conclusions on the trip in his blog post here.

The Edupreneurs Recommendation Paper is out!

Posted on April 19, 2022January 11, 2023 by Lais Oliveira Leite

Our goal with this recommendation paper is to share the lessons learned from the project Edupreneurs: Networking and Empowering Education Entrepreneurs Towards a Resilient EdTech Ecosystem. The project was undertaked in Southern Africa, funded by the Southern Africa Innovation Support (SAIS 2) programme.

Eduix wishes

Posted on December 17, 2021January 11, 2023 by Lais Oliveira Leite

Despite its challenges, the year 2021 has been a mark for the internationalization of Eduix’s operations. The fact that I am writing this post in Brazil, right now, is one of its milestones. If we make a timeline of what has happened during this year, we should notice that:

Currently …

I am in my home country, after 2 years of a long wait in between a pandemic, not only to visit my dear family and friends, but also to talk with education stakeholders about Eduix and our vast experience in digitizing education processes. We believe we can support Brazilian education institutions in promoting high quality hybrid and online education with our edtech solutions!

Research experiences during the pandemic

Posted on October 4, 2021November 10, 2021 by Lais Oliveira Leite

Eduix participated in the X International Symposium on Research, organized by the Colombian Association of Higher Education Institutions with Professional Technical, Technological or University training (ACIET). The event happened from 29th September until 1st October and addressed the theme “Research Experiences in the Age of Pandemic”. In the event, Eduix presented how our edtech solutions has helped Finnish Higher Education Institutions (HEI) continue running their research endeavors during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The paradigm shift in education

From a global perspective, we all know that many HEIs have faced increased dropout rates due to students’ financial difficulties and inefficient virtual learning environments in the past year. Nevertheless, HEIs with the the appropriate virtual tools were able to keep educational processes running online (synchronous and asynchronous), identify students at risk and retain them, maintain staff efficiency, reduce costs, and attract more students.

Thank you for attending the Edupreneurs final event

Posted on September 8, 2021January 11, 2023 by Lais Oliveira Leite

Thank you for all of you who registered to and attended the Edupreneurs final event. We are proud to have brought together such an amazing group of education stakeholders. We have discussed how we can build a digital business education ecosystem in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

The final event counted with the participation of

Mr. Matti Karvanen, Deputy Head of Mission, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Finland;
Mr. Ilary Patrick Lindy, the SAIS Leader Expert;
Prof. Samuel John, from the Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering (NUST);
Mr. Hasekiel Johannes, Innovation Officer (NUST-NBII);
Dr. Altti Lagstedt, Principal lecturer from UAS Haaga-Helia; and
Mr. Sebulon David, Glowdom CEO, the keystone organization from the Edupreneurs ecosystem.

For those who haven’t made to attend the event and for those who would like to remember key points of our discussions, kindly find the link to our recorded session below:

Edupreneur Final Event

Thank you again for being part of our joint efforts on building a digital business education ecosystem in the SADC.

Welcome to Edupreneurs’ Final Event

Posted on August 18, 2021January 11, 2023 by Lais Oliveira Leite

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us in the final event of the project

Edupreneurs: Networking and Empowering Education Enterpreneurs Towards a Resilient EdTech Ecosystem in Southern Africa.

During the event, we will present the main results of the project, emphasizing lessons learned and best practices compiled in the project Recommendation Paper.

The event will be held on 30th August, at 9h00 – 12h30 (Namibian time).

You can register to the event through this online form.

The recommendation paper will be published and available online in the Edupreneurs platform after the event.

See you there!

Edupreneurs’ final capacity building workshop

Posted on June 30, 2021January 11, 2023 by Lais Oliveira Leite

The Edupreneurs project offers its final capacity building workshop:

Introduction to Flipped Classroom

In this workshop, we will implement Flipped Classroom methodology to address the main differences between traditional and flipped classrooms, as well as the conceptual understanding of how flipped classroom is a transition phase of changing teaching practices from a traditional approach toward flipped learning.

After implementing Flipped Classroom, most teachers report both increasing the success rate of their students in the course subject, as well as enjoying more their teaching. Ultimately, we would like that staff experience these results.

Networking and empowering education stakeholders from Southern Africa

Posted on May 28, 2021January 11, 2023 by Lais Oliveira Leite

The Edupreneurs project, funded by the SAIS 2 program, is gaining traction and the first week of June is full of surprises! We will not only offer two workshops for building capacity among education entrepreneurs, but we will also roll out officially our digital platform on June 4th.

The platform is accessible through the link: https://edupreneurs.ahaa.glowdom.com/#/

*_{The digital platform was developed by Eduix in collaboration with Glowdom.}*

Click here to access the Platform Launch Event on June 4th, at 11h (Namibian time).