This presentation goes through the work I've been doing with Distance Education for Africa and the University of Virginia. This work is based on the Community of Inquiry model for online learning and uses Facebook and WhatsApp with dedicated mentors to reach tens of thousands of women entrepreneurs across Africa to build community and increase capacity for growing successful businesses.

1. Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
through Online Peer-Learning
Dr. Kristin Palmer, May 2023
eLearning Africa 2023 Annual Conference

3. Creating lasting economic impact
and promoting gender equality
across Africa through education.

4. 48,000+
Scholarships
7 Years
50+ Courses

10. Cognitive Presence

11. Teaching Presence

12. Social
Presence

13. Success = Doing

15. Optimized for Mobile

16. Life Happens.
Time is a
Scarce
Resource for
Working Adults.

17. Bandwidth
Use downloadable content.

18. Electricity
Did I already mention mobile?

19. Let the World Know
When Good Things Happen.

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23. Celebrate and…
Build Multi-Generational Learning Communities!

24. Surprises
These didn’t work.
Dear (Learner Name),
How did you enjoy the lectures this week?
This week we learned about……
How does this idea show up in your work?

25. Many Thanks to…
kpalmer@deafrica.org
+1 434 2496659
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