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    Establishment of a multi-stakeholder e-Learning Centre in Namibia
    (University of Namibia, 2007) Beukes-Amiss, Catherine M.
    This presentation looks at Namibia, a large country with a small widely dispersed population with several regions in need of e-services for all, but with a strong vision to avoid duplication of efforts. Furthermore, it looks at the very diverse educational institutions and primary-secondary, tertiary and private-vocational training institutions and governmental divisions. All at different levels of e-activities and services. The presentation argues the great need to bring multiple stakeholders together and use one common Learning Management System (LMS).
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    Namibia positioning itself as a knowledge economy
    (2012) Beukes-Amiss, Catherine M.
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    Seminar on using the internet for professional development
    (University of Namibia, 2000) Beukes-Amiss, Catherine M.
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    Towards education for all
    ((NOLNet) Namibian Open Learning Network Trust, 2005) Beukes-Amiss, Catherine M.; Mufeti, Kauna
    In acquiring new software/ an organization can either, {1) buy ready-made software/ {2) download open source software/ or (3) develop their own software from scratch. With a lot of debates about Open Source Software (OSS) or Proprietary Software/ it becomes imperative to look at the benefits and challenges of using OSS instead of Proprietary Software. The real benefit of OSS is in terms of freedom of access to the source code to be able to customize it to suit your need􀃚 and in some cases it is also free in terms of purchase charge􀃚 and software licensing (O.S.S. Africa/ 2005). This paper highlights direct benefits and challenges of using open source software. The benefi􀃛s among other, are reliabili� stabili􀃞 cos􀃜 flexibility and freedom (gbdirect 2005) and some of the challenges are limited support from developer􀃚 and the level of programming knowledge require􀃝 which is often lacking in organizations. It concludes focusing on the experiences of using an open source Learning Management System (LMS) for e-Learning activities/ at the University of Namibia.
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    Using the internet for social science research
    (University of Namibia, 2004) Mchombu, Kingo; Beukes-Amiss, Catherine M.
    It is estimated that Internet users around the world are over 200 million (Clarke 1998). Others have claimed that by 2005, Internet users will number one billion. Chadwick notes that few technologies have generated as much interest, paranoia, and hype as the Internet (Chadwick 1998). Apart from its vast reach, another characteristic of the Internet is the fast development of the technology. In fact the technology is developing so fast that it seems capable of running ahead of definitions. As recently as 1999, for example, the Internet was defined as "a large number of interconnected computers in a single cooperative global system". To date, such a definition would be inadequate because of the rapid advances in technology. An appropriate definition would have to include: Satellite technology, Wireless applications (WAP), 1-mode (wireless Internet connection via cell-phones), TV sets, to mention but a few possibilities.