Category Archive: 'News'
Celebrating International Women’s Day. We first met Samjhana Bhandari at the Astam Computer Centre in April last year where she delivered a 2 week digital literacy course. Over 90 people from 4 different VDCs attended the course delivered by Samjhana, who works for the Microsoft Innovation Centre Nepal and is the Coordinator at Forum for […]
RMIT University’s School of Education and the Logged On Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The Memorandum is the culmination of a relationship that began in 2011. A visit to Dr Richard Johnson at RMIT by Logged On’s Founder, Mark Pinoli, in July that year started what has become an ongoing dialogue about how […]
Congratulations to the Shree Bhumeshwor School students who participated in RMIT University’s eTutor program in 2013. They were the second year of students from Astam to be part of this international program. The students were awarded Certificates of Recognition by Dr Nicky Carr, RMIT’s eTutor Coordinator, who was in Nepal last year with six pre-service teachers on […]
We would like to thank Dr Nicky Carr, Hilary Clarke, Erin Schulz, Joanna King, Mindy Saunders and Tam Shama from RMIT University who spent three weeks teaching at our project site in the village of Astam under the Pathways Program. The RMIT group and children from the Shree Bhumeshwor School in Astam participated in the […]
We are happy to announce the opening of our Computer Centre in the village of Bhedabari. Thanks to our Australian and Nepali team who helped with the installation and training and welcome to Bhedabari to the Logged On family! The Centre was installed at the Baraha Higher Secondary School in the village of Bhedabari, Dhital […]
SUMUDAY WAS BORN FROM OUR WORK IN NEPAL Our vision is to bring computers and the Internet to rural communities in Nepal in an effort to bring positive and sustainable education programs. Logged On is helping with teaching and learning, offering greater diversity through the delivery of online education programs, and stimulating the curiosity of […]
Congratulations to the 89 students who, on the 20 April 2013, were awarded Certificates for successfully completing a two week intensive Digital Literacy Training Course. The course was conducted at the Astam Computer Centre as a joint partnership between the Logged On Foundation and Microsoft Innovation Centre, Nepal. When we started preparing for the course, […]
We would like to congratulate our partners HANDS in Nepal who last month established a Library at the Shree Bhumeshwor School. The library is located in the same building as our Computer Centre. Together, the library, computers and internet have become the first Community Resource Centre in the area. We hope that it will become a model […]
We would like to announce our newly formed Board of Advisors who are providing valuable assistance and advice to the Foundation. Dr Raju Adhikari (Nepal Country Advisor). Raju is a Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO in Melbourne. He is the founding President of the Nepali Association of Victoria, Help Nepal Network Australia, a member of […]
We would like to welcome HANDS in Nepal to the village of Astam. HANDS in Nepal, a US-based INGO, will be establishing a Library at the Shree Bhumeshwor School, which will be located in the same building as our Computer Centre. The shelving has been completed and Jan Sprague from HANDS will be in Astam […]