tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39795195737766678322024-02-20T18:13:37.803-08:00DadamacPamela McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11410776150806060173noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979519573776667832.post-80758281594866836062010-07-31T01:06:00.000-07:002010-07-31T02:25:58.133-07:00Dadamac website now liveDadamac information can now be found at <a href="http://www.dadamac.net/">www.dadamac.net</a>. Please visit us there.<br /><br />Our website includes:<br /><ul><li>Lively <a href="http://www.dadamac.net/blog">blogs</a> covering our ongoing work in Africa, UK and on the Internet.<br /></li><li>Background information about our <a href="http://www.dadamac.net/projects">projects</a></li><li>Ways to collaborate with us through <a href="http://www.dadamac.net/company">Dadamac Limited</a> and <a href="http://www.dadamac.net/foundation">Dadamac Foundation</a><br /></li></ul>Pamela McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11410776150806060173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979519573776667832.post-4280993838605100642009-03-15T15:34:00.000-07:002009-03-15T15:35:25.719-07:00Website for DadamacOur website is being developed at <a href="http://www.dadamac.net/">www.dadamac.net</a> and will go live any time now. This blog was a temporary solution to our lack of a website.Pamela McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11410776150806060173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979519573776667832.post-42677202152217430182008-11-10T06:32:00.000-08:002008-12-10T16:05:42.913-08:00Introducing DadamacDadamac is a network which helps people to collaborate and learn from each other. The people in our network have come together through various shared interests.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dadamac is an unusual combination of:</span><br /><ul><li>Practical grass-roots action in Africa </li><li>Innovative ICT </li><li>Educational explorations</li><li>Theoretical analysis</li><li>Reseach and development</li><li>Appropriate technologies</li><li>Local and online communities</li><li>Seriousness and fun<br /></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dadamac people</span><br /><br />The founders of Dadamac are John Dada and Pamela McLean.<br /><br />John's interests relate to his practical community development work at Fantsuam Foundation in Nigeria, which began with micro-credit. See the people, the place and the work in a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlEBTCZ67NI">5 minute video at YouTube</a> or visit the <a href="http://www.fantsuamfoundation.org/">Fantsuam Foundation website</a>. John says that people at Fantsuam learn twice, once by learning, and once by sharing what they know (Dadamac helps them to learn and to share). John is also an ICT innovator - with the innovation driven by local needs.<br /><br />Pam is interested in how the Internet can help people to learn. She believes most of us enjoy learning new things - until we get put off by being taught things that don't interest us. She loves the opportunities for informal learning provided by the Internet, and is exploring with John the implications for education and training at Fantsuam and places like it. She has a blog <a href="http://learnbydoinguk.blogspot.com/">Learn By Doing</a> and leads two online groups <a href="http://learnbydoinguk.blogspot.com/">LearningFromEachOther</a> and <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dadamac_Learners/">Dadamac Learners</a> Pam is based in the UK but does practical work in Africa.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collaboration</span><br /><br />John and Pam have been collaborating informally since 2003, thanks to the Internet. They started the <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/secret/N0fvXQ18vvtANI">Teachers Talking programme</a> at Fantsuam in 2004 and are currently working with Dadamac Learning Groups at the Knowledge Resource Centre there. Dadamac has already shared the Teachers Talking (TT) programme with teachers in other parts of Nigeria and there has been a TT in Kenya. Dadamac hopes to share other projects too.<br /><br /><span>Dadamac's collaborations for learning are done through unpaid work and an open exchange of skills and knowledge - with all sides benefitting. <br /><br />There is also a complementary company </span><span> Dadamac</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>Ltd - Knowledge Brokers</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span><span>a vehicle for formal collaboration which enables people to access our knowledge and networks, and to use our sites for research and developent.<br /></span><br />Dadamac helps Fantsuam Foundation to reach out to others through the Intenet and also helps others to connect and collaborate with Fantsuam Foundation. It is concerned with the two way exchange of information. Projects this year include an experiment in distance learning about photography, collaboration with Steve Thompson of Teeside Univerisity on the People and Place project, and the visit to Fantsuam by Marcus Simmons from Ecoshelter to do some field work and practical training. If you share any Dadamac interests then you are welcome to join in (add a comment here or email <a href="pam54321@googlemail.com">pam54321@googlemail.com</a> to introduce yourself). There are plenty of opportunities for collaboration.<br /><span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Pamela McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11410776150806060173noreply@blogger.com0