{"id":66,"date":"2019-04-30T10:33:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T10:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nextgenerationafrica.org\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2022-01-28T01:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T23:49:56","slug":"geschichte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nextgenerationafrica.org\/en\/geschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the beginning of 2016, we had the idea to support rural schools in Malawi with offline mini-servers. It didn't come about by chance. In Hesse, the digitization strategy for schools was on everyone's lips - and our first project school, Chaminade Secondary School, was unable to provide its students with sufficient up-to-date teaching materials or its teachers with Internet access.<\/span><\/p>

In the summer, we traveled to Malawi with the first prototype of the Xulendo Digital Library. On site, the concept proved to be very promising. This was especially evident from the feedback we received from teachers and students: They were very enthusiastic. One teacher even told us that he was now 'finally able to continue his education'. Motivated by these lasting impressions and the enthusiastic feedback from the first project, we wanted to further develop our approach, which was still in its infancy, and test it in a pilot project. Back in Germany, the association Next Generation Africa was founded to give the project an organizational framework. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the summer of 2017, the innovative approach of our digital library project allowed us to receive a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) in Bochum. As a research college, CAIS enabled us to devote 100% of our time to the project and take it to the next level in exchange with experts from computer science, development cooperation, and pedagogy. The following year, we split our time between Malawi and the Ruhr-Pott to design and implement a pilot project and to evaluate it scientifically. During this time, a comprehensive pedagogical and social concept was developed in close contact with the local teachers. It integrates the Xulendo Digital Libraries into daily teaching and anchors them in the community. This ensures the sustainability of our measures.<\/span><\/p>

Together with our local partners and with financial support from the state of Hesse, we are implementing the project at our three pilot schools: <\/span><\/p>