E-Learning

[Isaac Witmer]

Well, to be honest, I'm not entirely sure what E-Learning is.
At the school in question, they presented me some Microsoft Encarta
software, software that required (for some reason) Microsoft office to
be installed, and they claimed that *this* was E-Learning.
In the community I've been in, E-Learning has been tossed around a lot
as a magic word, relating to the government and computers in the
educational system.

I tried installing this software in Wine, and not surprisingly failed.

Looking at the e-learning website (I guess it's their website?):
http://www.elearning-africa.com/ you can see that Microsoft is one of
the "Silver Sponsors."

I'll probably have to do more research to find out what exactly
E-Learning is, but I guess I was wondering if any other Ubuntu users
have heard of, or understood E-Learning... especially in the context
of Ubuntu.

Thanks
-Isaac Witmer


On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Brian Ngure <brian at pixie.co.ke> wrote:
> Hi Isaac,
>
> Could you explain what the problem is with E-learning? I don't quite
> understand the need for dual booting.
>
> Brian
>
> Regard's
>
> Brian Ngure
>
> On 22 May 2011 22:55, "Isaac Witmer" <isaaclw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This email is from a ubuntu-ke subscriber to other subscribers inluding
>> you:)
>
>> I work with schools in Kenya, and we're trying to promote Ubuntu in
>> the school system so that the computers don't have to worry about
>> viruses, or pirated software.
>> One of the schools uses E-Learning, and I imagine many others will also.
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with this? Suggestions?
>> It seems the only solution is for these computers to either dual boot,
>> or ditch Linux all together.
>>
>> -Isaac Witmer
>>
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