Hey Kim - Enabling access is a strategic priority in Africa - couldn't agree more. In addition to enabling access - I would like to add a left-brain strategy, namely projects which generate universal demand for access - in other words generating the need for access in parallel to technical infrastructure.
For this reason I believe that libre content is a missing link in the chain. Learning activities are derived from our pursuit of knowledge and I suggest that the more free content we can produce - the greater the need for access.
Conceptually it is possible to provide access to the 1.7 million free content articles of Wikipedia by creating wiki ==> pdf functionality. This could be a foundation for billions of learners - especially those without textbooks to high quality content, even though they may not have access to the web themselves.
I was playing around with a use case scenario - still needs a little work, but you'll get the gist of my thinking. See: Thinking creatively about access to free content 1
Chat to you soon. Wayne
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