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INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND SECURITY STUDIES ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY. How to use tablets and blended learning for effective adult education in Africa. Do you want to know:. How to use tablets effectively for training? How to mitigate the challenges with using tablets for trainings in Africa?
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INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND SECURITY STUDIESADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY How to use tablets and blended learning for effective adult education in Africa
Do you want to know: • How to use tablets effectively for training? • How to mitigate the challenges with using tablets for trainings in Africa? • Insights on effectively delivering blended learning? • Time-honored and innovative adult education theories?
Selecting the technology: tablets! • Personal engagement • Portable • Larger screen than mobile phones
The challenges of the tablets • Lack of experience with using tablets • Preference to use laptop PCs and mobile phones • Access to the internet • Use of tablets for something else
Mitigating challenges with lack of experience with using tablets • Blended learning • Training during initial face-to-face sessions • Interest through engaging and user-friendly content
Designing blended learning • Own pace • Interaction and socialization through SMS system and face-to-face sessions • Monitoring through face-to-face sessions
Designing the content • Aims at developing knowledge and skill, and changing attitudes • Gamefied content • Delivered through main and side stories • Formative questions
To get more information about this project www.ipss-addis.org batseba.s@ipss-addis.org