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| Sharing Information |
| ALT launches Open Access Repository |
| Oxford (UK), December 2009 - The Association for Learning Technology’s (ALT) Open Access Repository is now available. Since going online, the repository has had about 10,000 visitors - browsing, searching for, and downloading journal articles, conference presentations, links to webinar recordings, and similar content. [more...] |
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| Brain Hurricane |
| Highly Interactive Free Classroom Tutoring |
| Chicago IL (USA), December 2009 - Brain Hurricane tutoring focuses on the interaction between teachers and students to make classroom learning a fun experience. The company develops tutoring programs that teach students through interactive classroom sessions and involve hands-on learning for subjects like math and reading skills. [more...] |
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| Mobile Learning |
| Blackboard Adds Application for BlackBerry Smartphones |
| Denver, CO (USA), December 2009 - Blackboard Inc. has announced the launch of an application for BlackBerry smartphones as part of the new Blackboard Mobile platform. The system is being leveraged by a growing number of campuses and K-12 schools to deliver a rich set of campus-life services and content to mobile devices. [more...] |
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| Letter from UK |
| ELearning loses out in Oxford Union debate |
 London (UK), December 2009 - (by Bob Little) That most British and august of debating institutions, The Oxford Union, has focused its attention on the world of eLearning when it debated the motion that 'this house believes that the eLearning of today is essential for the important skills of tomorrow'. The motion was lost, after learning experts from industry and academia had engaged in a debate at least encouraged, if not sponsored, by the well known eLearning developer, Epic. [more...] |
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| Have Your Say |
| University Hull Launches Video in Education Survey |
| Hull (UK), November 2009 - Kevin Burden and his colleagues at the University of Hull have recently launched a survey about how educators (e.g. teachers, lecturers) select and use digital video clips in their teaching. The survey is part of a European project (EduTubePlus), which is currently designing a video-clips library for educators. [more...] |
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| Global Students |
| Learn.com Goes Etiquette with Protocol School |
| Sunrise, FL (USA), November 2009 - Learn.com, a provider of workforce development and productivity, has announced that The Protocol School of Washington has selected the company's Learning Management System to provide Electronic Etiquette, Networking, Business Attire and Body Language eClasses to the world. [more...] |
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| Information Overload |
| Tagging to Increase Information Accessibility |
 Pori (FI), November 2009 - Harri Ketamo, PhD, is a Principal Lecturer at Satakunta University of Applied Sciences and Adjunct Professor at Tampere University of Technology. His research focuses on conceptual learning, complex adaptive systems, machine learning, user modeling, and game AIs. Currently, Harri is developing teachable agents that can be used to help people to deal with information overload. At ONLINE EDUCA, he will let the cat out of the bag as to how this is done. [more...] |
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| Cross-Country Comparison |
| Increasing Heterogeneity of Enrolments in Higher Education |
 Maastricht (NL), November 2009 - Dr. Bart Rienties is a researcher of the effective use of eLearning and project manager of several national and European eLearning innovation projects at Maastricht University. He leads a research and development team that has implemented and evaluated new tools which enhance learning in virtual groups. His topic at ONLINE EDUCA is "A Cross-Country Comparison of 120 Effective Online Courses: What Works?" [more...] |
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| Shaping the Future |
| Crown Prince Addresses Leading Educators in Bahrain |
 Manama (BH), November 2009 - Education is the most important issue for the future of any country, His Highness Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince of Bahrain and Chairman of the Kingdom’s Economic Development Board (EDB), told leading international education experts attending the inaugural Education Project in Bahrain. [more...] |
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| Acknowledgement |
| Honorary Life Membership of ALT Awarded |
| Oxford (UK), October 2009 – Professor David Hawkridge of The Open University and University of Leicester has been awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) for his outstanding contributions to the field of learning technology. [more...] |
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| Standardisation |
| Dutch Business School wins ISO Award for HE |
 Cape Town (ZA)/Rotterdam (NL), October 2009 - The Rotterdam School of Management of the Netherlands’ renowned Erasmus University has been declared the winner of this year's ISO Award for Higher Education in Standardisation. The award was presented at the 32nd ISO General Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa. [more...] |
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| Academia |
| University of Tartu Increases International Visibility |
 Tartu (EE), September 2009 – The University of Tartu (UT) is better accessible to English-speaking audiences since recently opening its official page in Facebook.com. In July, the University also set up its own Twitter news stream and released a new version of its English-language web. [more...] |
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| Deadline |
| Last Call for Entries - Medea Awards 09 |
| Roosbeek (BE), September 2009 - Submissions to the MEDEA Awards 2009 are arriving daily and are well up on the numbers received for 2008. Furthermore, they include submissions from countries new to the competition like Latvia, Ukraine, and Israel. [more...] |
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| Interactive Training |
| South Africa's oldest University selects Kaplan |
 Cape Town (ZA), September 2009 - Kaplan IT Learning has announced that The University of Cape Town are using eLearning lessons created using STT Trainer to train staff on a multitude of systems. Originally introduced for a PeopleSoft system implementation three years ago, STT Trainer is now used for many systems and within many different departments. [more...] |
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| eAssessments |
| To Develop and Deliver High-stakes Examinations |
| Shipley (UK), September 2009 - BTL Group Ltd has announced that during the summer of 2009, WJEC - the Cardiff-based awarding body - successfully delivered the first-ever on-screen A-Level examinations in England and Wales, using BTL’s Surpass eAssessment solution. WJEC is amongst a number of leading UK examination boards who use BTL’s Surpass to develop and deliver high-stakes examinations such as A-Levels, GCSEs, and NVQs. [more...] |
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