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| Higher Education |
| Imperial College London Accelerates Learning |
| London (UK), December 2011 - Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) has announced that it is increasing its support to in-house eLearning development teams as a result of demand for online learning. TIS has also shared three steps organisations can take to "turbo-boost" the capacity and capabilities of their in-house eLearning development teams. [more...] |
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| Language Learning |
| Speexx for Students in Beijing |
 Munich (GER), December 2011 – dp (digital publishing), a provider of award-winning corporate language training, has announced that it has signed an agreement with the top 10 Chinese University for International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing to deliver language-learning courses in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. [more...] |
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| Creative Commons |
| Blackboard Launches New Open Education Initiatives |
| Washington, DC (US), December 2011 - Blackboard Inc. has announced a series of new initiatives to provide greater support for open education efforts. Working with Creative Commons, Blackboard will now support publishing, sharing, and consumption of open educational resources (OER) across its platforms. [more...] |
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| Content Library |
| Using Data to Inform Teaching Practices |
| San Francisco, CA (USA), November 2011 - To help educators and administrators improve how they interpret and use learning assessment data to increase student achievement, Teachscape has developed the Data-Driven Instruction Series content library. [more...] |
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| Higher Education |
| Student Wins £20,000 Sir Ratan Tata Trust Scholarship |
| London (UK), November 2011 - Apeksha Vora, a graduate of the University of London International Programmes, has been awarded a £20,000 scholarship by the Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) to study International Development in the UK. She is enrolled for her scholarship-funded Masters in International Development at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex. [more...] |
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| Education |
| Establishment of Saudi Electronic University Approved |
 Riyadh (SA), October 2011 - The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, who is also the Premier and the Chairman of Higher Education Council, has approved the Council's decision on the establishment of Riyadh-based Saudi Electronic University. [more...] |
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| Fishbanks |
| New Interactive Simulation Tool for Educators |
| Cambridge, MA (USA), October 2011 - MIT Sloan has released "Fishbanks", a new, interactive simulation tool developed by MIT Sloan professors that creates a virtual world for students to explore issues related to sustainability. There is no cost to educators – or to any potential users around the globe – in accessing the simulator, which is available on the MIT Sloan Teaching Innovation Resources (MSTIR) website. [more...] |
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| Theological Seminary |
| Taking the Distance out of Distance Learning |
| Lexington, KY (USA), October 2011 – Learning of the new program at Lexington Theological Seminary, with 2/3 of the classes online, "was obviously a godsend", says Michael Junkroski. And he quickly found that LTS students have a tight-knit community. [more...] |
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| Boosting Efficiency |
| TopSchool Analyzes Career Services Drivers |
| Denver, CO (USA), October 2011 - TopSchool, an SaaS provider of Student Lifecycle Management (SLM) solutions for higher education, has published part two of its white-paper series, "Taking Career Services to the Next Level in Higher Education." It highlights the different steps students, employers, and institutions themselves need to go through in order to achieve higher placement rates. [more...] |
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| Virtual Schools |
| Pearson Acquires Connections Education |
| London (UK), October 2011 – The learning company Pearson has announced the acquisition of Connections Education from an investor group led by Apollo Management, L.P. Through its Connections Academy business, the company operates online or "virtual" public schools in 21 states in the US - serving more than 40,000 students in the current school year. [more...] |
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| Education |
| Establishment of Saudi Electronic University Approved |
| Riyadh (SA), September 2011 - The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, who is also the Premier and the Chairman of Higher Education Council, has approved the Council's decision on the establishment of Riyadh-based Saudi Electronic University. [more...] |
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| eLearning Award |
| University of East London Shortlisted |
 Pleasanton, CA (USA)/London (UK), September 2011 - The University of East London has been shortlisted by the eLearning Awards for immersive learning environments developed jointly with Toolwire. The University’s submission features data on how immersive experiential learning impacts the student experience. [more...] |
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| New Updates |
| Blackboard Broadens Global Reach of CourseSites |
| Washington, DC (USA), September 2011 - CourseSites™ by Blackboard, the company's free, fully hosted and supported online course system, has been updated to include a range of new features and support for five additional languages. CourseSites can now be accessed in Spanish, Dutch, French, German, and Brazilian Portuguese. [more...] |
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| Video Lectures |
| Introducing the Next Generation of Online Learning |
| Phoenix, AZ (USA), September 2011 – The University of Phoenix, the largest private university in the U.S., has introduced The Phoenix Lecture Series, a video series that captures the insights from three of the most influential business thinkers of our generation – Professor at the Harvard Business School Clayton Christensen, London Business School's Gary Hamel, and co-founder of MIT Media Lab Nicholas Negroponte. [more...] |
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