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| Intrinisic Motivation |
| Game-based Learning for Quality Education in Schools |
 Graz (AT), July 2010 - Can learning be fun? Many people would not agree with this hypothesis since they remember their own educational history, which involved investing a lot of effort to pass exams in school and university. On the contrary, learning is often perceived as an exercise in getting results in the form of a certification – and for this reason, extrinsic motivation strongly dominates most of the learning process in primary and secondary education, at the university level, and even in vocational education and training. [more...] |
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| Open Educational Practices Lead to Quality in Education |
 Milton Keynes (UK), July 2010 - There is an inherent connection between opening educational practices and quality of education. In the recent debates about the quality of OER and eLearning content in general, a structural problem becomes apparent. In many approaches, educational resources are evaluated and judged separately from their intended use, e.g. through certification or criteria-based approaches. [more...] |
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| Improved Communication with Parents, Students, and Staff |
| Washington, DC (USA), July 2010 - Blackboard has announced several enhancements to its AlertNow and Blackboard Connect mass notification services for K-12 districts and schools. The Blackboard Connect platform has added significant feature enhancements, including rich-text HTML e-mail that enables users to create and send e-mails with formatted text, embedded images, and hyperlinks using an intuitive interface. [more...] |
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| Structure & Share |
| Introducing a New Learning Calendar |
| London (UK), June 2010 - With the rise of web 2.0 tools and social media, teachers are increasingly looking for hi-tech ways of communicating, collaborating, and saving time. English-language teachers now have a new way to plan and schedule online resources with the launch of the Learning Calendar on onestopenglish.com. [more...] |
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| Do the Math |
| Interactive Technology to Enhance Learning Experience |
| Galway (IE), June 2010 – ALISON, an Irish-based provider of free online courses, has announced the release of a suite of new maths courses that allow the learner to grapple with the subject matter in an interactive and self-paced manner. The programs give students the confidence and skills to succeed at both higher and ordinary-level maths. [more...] |
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| New Service |
| Saffron Interactive Announces LMS in a Box |
| London (UK), June 2010 - LMS in a box is a Moodle-based solution that allows customers to quickly and easily make a branded learning management system available to their learners. It offers custom brand design, hosting, and support service. [more...] |
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| Change Ahead |
| Free Online Resources Justify Government's ICT Cuts |
| Galway (IE), June 2010 - The UK government's decision to abolish the education ICT agency Becta by November has been met with mixed views. The scrapping is part of cuts worth £6.2 billion in what Chancellor George Osbourne has called "wasteful" public spending. While up to 240 jobs will go and its services cut, many are asking if Becta will truly be missed. [more...] |
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| ICT in Education |
| Embracing All Facets of ICT Deployment in Africa |
 Nairobi (KE), May 2010 - In his role as Africa Regional Director for the Global eSchools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI), Alex Twinomugisha helps to empower African countries to develop strategies for the proper use of ICT in education to promote their overall development. In the following interview, Nairobi-based Twinomugisha talks about the challenges his organisation has to overcome when deploying ICT in Africa and what effect technology continues to have on the Continent. [more...] |
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| Obstacles to overcome |
| Mobile Solar Classrooms in Rural Uganda |
 Kampala (UG), May 2010 - Three solar panels, a battery, ten folding chairs, five tables, fifteen Intel-powered Classmate PCs and two teachers in a small van: This is the basic "equipment" of the Mobile Solar Computer Classroom (MSCC). It has been en route through rural Uganda for two years now with the purpose of teaching pupils and teachers IT and computer skills. [more...] |
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| Teacher Training |
| Utah Education Network Praises Adobe Products |
| Salt Lake City, UT (USA), May 2010 - The Utah state government has established the Utah Education Network (UEN). The UEN is made up of providers of training and technical support services and serves more than 22,000 K–12 teachers and higher- education instructors State wide, helping to improve the learning environment for the students in Utah public schools. [more...] |
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| Operating System for Kids |
| A Safer PC Environment with Magic Desktop |
 Bucharest (RO), April 2010 – (by Elena Lita) As a premiere for Romania, visitors of the UPC Romania's website can download Magic Desktop, one the most appreciated software programs for children up to ten years of age for free. Pre-loaded on twelve million PCs purchased in Europe in 2009 alone, Magic Desktop, developed by the Norwegian company EasyBits Software, has twice been honored as best-in-class software for child safety online by the European Union. [more...] |
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| Report |
| Multimedia for Open Schools in Namibia |
 Vancouver, BC (CA)/Windhoek (NA), March 2010 - In 2009, the Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) implemented a Multimedia Content Development Strategy in Open Schooling and introduced sixteen video lessons in Accounting, English, Mathematics, and Physical Science. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is now offering a report for download that recounts NAMCOL’s experiences. [more...] |
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| Virtual College |
| Safeguarding Children Moves to Adult Training |
 Leeds (UK), March 2010 - The Safeguarding Children e-Academy has extended its remit to incorporate adult social-care training for the first time. The academy, an operating division of online-training pioneer Virtual College, of Ilkley, West Yorkshire, is specialised in the delivery of interactive online learning for the children's workforce. [more...] |
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| Health & Safety |
| Training to Teach about Bloodborne Pathogens in Schools |
| Virginia Beach, VA (USA), February 2010 - Coastal Training Technologies has announced the release of Bloodborne Pathogens in Schools: The Fundamentals, a training program that explains how school staff members can stop the spread of bloodborne pathogens. [more...] |
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| Astronomy Questionnaire |
| Input for New eLearning Modules Wanted |
 Pallini Attikis (GR), February 2010 - The EU project COSMOS is funded under the eContentplus programme and creates eLearning modules on Astronomy, offering a large collection through one portal. The needs of teachers and students are currently assessed via an online questionnaire. [more...] |
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