Background and Rationale

Africa stands at a pivotal moment in its educational journey, as disruptive technologies redefine the landscape of teaching and learning across the continent. The rapid adoption of digital platforms, is enabling African institutions to transcend traditional barriers. However, the continent also faces unique challenges, including disparities in connectivity, limited resources, and the need for contextually relevant solutions. By leveraging Moodle and other disruptive technologies, African educators, policymakers, and technologists can collaboratively build resilient digital ecosystems that foster equity, drive workforce readiness, and ensure data security and sovereignty. This conference provides a timely platform for the pan-African education community to share experiences, showcase innovations, and develop strategies for harnessing disruptive technologies—anchored by Moodle—to transform education. Through dialogue, capacity building, and partnership, the event aims to accelerate Africa’s educational transformation in alignment with continental development goals and the demands of the 21st-century economy.

Sub-Themes

1. Inclusive Access and Student Success with Moodle

Focus: How Moodle bridges educational gaps and fosters inclusive, equitable learning across Africa.

Key Topics:

• Leveraging Moodle to enhance access for marginalised and underserved communities (offline content, mobile compatibility, multilingual support)
• Improving user experience and supporting student retention and achievement through Moodle
• Using learning analytics in Moodle for early alerts, student tracking, and targeted interventions
• Data-driven strategies for equity, inclusion, and digital justice within Moodle environments

2. Empowering Skills Development and Innovative Pedagogies with Moodle

Focus: How Moodle supports the development of future-ready skills, innovative teaching, and lifelong learning for both students and educators.

Key Topics

• Delivering competency-based, modular, and micro-credentialed learning via Moodle
• Integrating STEM, TVET, and 21st-century skills training through Moodle courses
• Developing and deploying contextually relevant AI teaching assistants in Moodle
• Teacher training, professional development, and capacity building using Moodle
• Gamification, simulations, collaborative learning, and monetisation of content (MOOCs, OERs) within Moodle

3. Building Sustainable and Innovative Moodle Ecosystems

Focus: The technical, strategic, and policy dimensions of deploying, scaling, and innovating with Moodle to transform African education.

Key Topics

• Infrastructure development, system architecture, and cloud-based hosting for scalable Moodle deployment
• Integration of Moodle with institutional systems and cross-sector partnerships for sustainability
• eLearning Management Security: Techniques, Challenges and Way Forward
• Ensuring data privacy, digital rights, and compliance within Moodle
• Incorporating emerging technologies and ensuring ethical, policy-aligned innovation with Moodle

• Inclusive Access and Student Success with Moodle
• Empowering Skills Development and Innovative Pedagogies with Moodle
• Building Sustainable and Innovative Moodle Ecosystems