"En los doce primeros capítulos se describe cómo a partir de la utilización de la radio para la educación básica de los campesinos adultos, se construyó un sistema de medios masivos reforzado por materiales escritos y con el apoyo de comunicadores comunitarios, que fue ampliamente analizado po
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r diferentes instituciones internacionales y monitoreado en sus procesos de organización y cumplimiento de sus objetivos institucionales. Se hace especial énfasis en la descripción de un movimiento social de base, que surge como resultado de la acción educativa de los medios. Los capítulos 13 al 18, tratan de documentar y analizar la extensión de los dualismos que fueron característicos en la construcción del sistema y cómo las contradicciones a que dieron lugar, no pudieron solucionarse. La radio y los demás medios de comunicación, constituyen un poder social. El tema crucial es quién maneja o de cuál de las instituciones sociales depende dicho poder, especialmente cuando llega a adquirir las características de extensión y masividad que tuvo Radio Sutatenza. El capítulo 19, con intencionalidad prospectiva, resume las principales lecciones aprendidas y trata de señalar cómo aprovecharlas para construir una nueva acción cultural popular, de acuerdo con las características del actual contexto social." (Introducción)
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"This publication contains a collection of scripts and selected radio episodes that have been produced and distributed by ABC Ulwazi in Southern Africa. The scripts focus on social and health issues, and recognize that local communities are the key drivers of their own development. Each of the progr
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ammes, only partially presented, were produced with the systematic participation of community members and with a conscious effort to ensure easy adaptation of the original English versions to local languages. They attempt to demonstrate formats that combine information and education approaches to engage the public audience in critical development issues. The scripts of the three programmes included here promote poverty eradication, gender equality, and the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Each programme was produced to influence social change for economic growth and stability." (Introduction)
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"The impact of ICT use on learning outcomes is unclear, and open to much debate. Widely accepted, standard methodologies and indicators to assess impact of ICTs in education do not exist. A disconnect is apparent between the rationales most often presented to advance the use of ICTs in education (to
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introduce new teaching and learning practices and to foster 21st century thinking and learning skills) and their actual implementation (predominantly for use in computer literacy and dissemination of learning materials). Costs: Very little useful data exists on the cost of ICT in education initiatives, especially related to Total Cost of Ownership and guidance on how to conduct cost assessments. Current implementation of ICT in education: Interest in and use of ICTs in education appear to be growing, even in the most challenging environments in developing countries. Policy: Best practices and lessons learned are emerging in a number of areas, but with few exceptions (notably on ‘schoolnet’ development and general lessons learned), they have not been widely disseminated nor packaged into formats easily accessible to policy makers in developing countries, and have not been explicitly examined in the context of the education-related MDGs." (Key findings)
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"This is a guide for those training writers of radio soap operas for peacebuilding. It contains a ten day training course, materials, and background information which are invaluable to facilitators." (Back cover)
"This manual was designed for project managers, and gives emphasis to the planning and production - not on scriptwriting - of radio soap operas for peace building in conflict areas. Its underlying assumption is that radio soap operas can, over a long term period, subtly change attitudes, and contrib
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ute to peace, because they reach people emotionally. The guide gives instructions on several steps of the planning and implementation process, such as conducting a timeline, defining the target audience, and choosing a team, recording a schedule, and planning the budget. It discusses where to record a soap opera (in studio or outside), how long a soap opera should last, and when it should be broadcast. It gives advice on the pre-test phase with focus groups, and provides a checklist with the overarching aims, ie, the intended outcomes and the emotional focus, of the soap. The appendix contains an excerpt from an Indonesian radio drama serial, produced by Common Ground Indonesia." (commbox)
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"This synthesis presents learning, based on experience in Africa, around the production, distribution and use of HIV/AIDS information and communication materials. It explores what different users want, need and find useful (or less useful) from these materials. The purpose is to guide and inform peo
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ple working on, or thinking about undertaking, communications work in the field of HIV/AIDS." (Page 2)
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