The DRM Consortium, in its first significant collaboration with the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB/UAR), is planning a joint interactive webinar session on July 9 (0900 – 1100 UTC).
The aim of the webinar is to share with technical staff, journalists/content creators of the major broadcasting African organisations and all those interested in education, the advantages and benefits of the only all-band digital audio broadcasting standard, DRM, and the role it can have in distance learning. Delivering both audio and visual content can be effectively done using DRM. This makes available information and education to everyone wherever they are, even in the most remote corners of this huge continent.
During the webinar the participants will learn how Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) can be as effective in delivering radio programmes as well as rich and tailored teaching material to millions of students who have no access to IP connections and related devices. The webinar will be theoretical but also practical and interactive. Its starting premise and conclusion are that DRM can deliver education and information to a maximum number of citizens in today's world. This unique initiative will take participants from the basic information on DRM to more detailed knowledge in a useful and practical way.
Ndjaka Grégoire, AUB/UAR Chief Executive Officer, sees this as an important event “because education is such an important challenge for all our members and the whole African continent. Being able to use the latest digital radio technology for delivering education and information is exactly what we are trying to promote and get engaged in.”
This is a new challenge for the DRM Consortium which has engaged with African broadcasters before but, as DRM Chairman, Ruxandra Obreja, explained: “this is indeed a first for us and we hope that will serve as an introduction to DRM and its potential. With the support and involvement of African broadcasters, we can create a platform that could set an example not just for Africa but other parts of the world where delivering education to all is quite a mountain to climb, especially in these uncertain times.”
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