麻省理工暨非洲网络科技计划(MIT-AITI)是麻省理工学生所提出新颖的手法，要将计算机与网络科技整合到非洲学生的教育系统。这计划着重于程序设计的原理、尖端的网络科技及免费的开放式系统，甚至用企业家研讨会方式为非洲学生介绍科技的力量，让他们拥有技术，能够充满创意、擅用资源及蓬勃发展。这课程的宗旨是基于信息科技可以透过知识带给全世界的人们力量，课程强调以课堂教授、社群导向的专题与独立的学习等方式来进行。
he MIT-Africa Internet Technology Initiative (MIT-AITI) is an innovative approach by MIT students to integrate computers and internet technology into the education of students in African schools. The program focuses upon programming principles, cutting-edge internet technology, free open-source systems, and even an entrepreneurship seminar to introduce students in Africa to the power of technology and to equip them with skills that will allow them to be creative, resourceful, and prosperous. The mission statement of the AITI program is based on the idea that information technology carries the potential to empower people around the globe with knowledge. The AITI program is implemented with emphasis on classroom teaching, community-oriented projects, and independent learning.
为完成麻省理工暨非洲网络科技计划的目标，许多麻省理工学生被送去非洲三个国家，透过6周密集的授课与实作课程来指导当地的学生与老师；因此，此计划不仅让麻省理工的学生有机会可以应用本身广泛的工程技术来提供社群服务，此外也创造麻省理工与非洲教育机构长期的文化与科技关系。
MIT-AITI achieves this goal by sending MIT students to three African nations in order to teach both students and teachers through intensive classroom and lab sessions for six weeks. Hence, MIT-AITI provides MIT students with an opportunity for community service where they can apply their extensive engineering skills. Moreover, MIT-AITI creates long-term cultural and technical relationships between MIT and African educational institutions.
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