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Short description of the product

Ipembo Campus has been developed to offer internet-based courses with special focus on SADC Region.

Long description of the product

With the dwindling investment in educational institutions by governments due to poor economies, eLearning programs offer an avenue for a large number of people to access education. The Ipembo Campus is a customized solution for eLearning in developing countries. It works under low bandwidth requirements. Participants and trainers need a browser only to attend or to manage courses and content. Since Ipembo Campus is based on Open Source ICT, this results in lower training fees for participants and less infrastructure costs for training institutions.

Ipembo Campus has been developed to offer mainly internet-based courses with special focus on SADC Region. The platform is aimed at meeting the needs of the greater majority of individuals and institutions in the SADC who cannot afford the high fees of some overseas eLearning services and platforms. Also, it is intended to promote local content in the learning material by focusing on the empowerment of local knowledge owners and the provision of platforms on the Internet for SADC knowledge services and sustainable business.

The equipment requires standard PC desktop technology only and the server platform has been developed based on open source technology (Linux Operating System, ZOPE Application Server, ZMS Learning Content Management System).

Ipembo Campus provides environment for development cooperation projects in the SADC Region to rapidly build capacities for e-learning, knowledge management and e-collaboration. Our services are adapted to local requirements (minimalistic approach) and our solutions have been implemented in a number of projects in Africa and Asia since 1998.

The services we deliver include (i) blended learning courses, (ii) support to companies and institutions that intend to embark on e-learning, (iii) Institutional change management, (iv) Business consulting for eLearning service provision, (v) Setting up online and blended instruction on www.ipembo-campus.com, and Migration of face-to-face training content for eLearning delivery.

Customers include governments, industry (International Telecoms), donor agencies, educational institutions (Universities), NGOs, communities and individuals.

Our products and services are backed by a team of experienced and internationally recognized professionals who have been working in the field since 1990. Our partners have an industry background as well as work experiences in the public sector and collaborate in multidisciplinary teams in Europe, the United States, Africa and Asia.

Favourite path through product

Please access our enabling package for Building eLearning Organizations:
http://www.ipembo-campus.com/e176/

Installation procedure of the product

Step by Step using latest ZMS 2.x for Zope 2.x, Python2.x, UTF-8
Further information: http://www.zms-publishing.com/live/zmspublishing/content/e52/e66/index_eng.html

Special technical requirements

There are no special technical requirement. The solution can be administered and used under low bandwidth conditions.

Short description of the reason for production

The platform is aimed at meeting the needs of the greater majority of individuals and institutions in the SADC who cannot afford the high fees of some overseas eLearning services and platforms. Also, it is intended to promote the use of local content in the learning material.