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PebblePad Keeps Invaluable Portfolios Secure
Telford (UK), May 2011 - The focus in public and private-sector organizations today is on increasing efficiency whilst reducing costs. Customer research shows that universities using award-winning online learning space PebblePad are saving staff and student time and money in areas such as travel, photocopying, and postage. PebblePad allows higher education students and those pursuing continuing professional development to collect, provide evidence, and reflect on their studies in a secure online space and to receive online feedback and marks from tutors and peers in the same space. » MORE
Unique Online Degree Course for Accountants
London/Manchester (UK), May 2011 - Core Learning Services (CLS), a consultancy providing eLearning-related products and services, is helping Manchester Metropolitan University Business School provide a unique degree course for students with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). » MORE
Regional Development of Higher Education
Bogota (CO), May 2011 - A consortium of 23 national and international university associations from across Latin America and Europe have joined forces to launch a major three-year project designed to improve mechanisms for modernisation, reform, and harmonisation of education systems in Latin America and to enhance Europe-Latin America university partnership. » MORE
Investment and Autonomy Needed to Develop Talent
Aarhus (DK), May 2011 - Around 450 university leaders and other higher-education stakeholders gathered in April at Aarhus University, Denmark for the European University Association (EUA) Annual Conference on the theme "Investing Today in Talent for Tomorrow". This is a short report from the meeting, provided by the EUA. » MORE
The 2011 International eLearning Awards
New York, NY (USA), May 2011 - The International ELearning Association (IELA) is pleased to remind everyone that submissions are open for the Academic Division of the 2011 International ELearning Awards. The entry-submission page is posted on the IELA site, and the deadline for submission is 01 June 2011. Only entries in the academic division are still being accepted; the 2011 deadline for business entries has passed. » MORE
UNESCO Chair in OER: Building Higher-ed Networks
Athabasca (CA)/Heerlen (NL), May 2011 - ICDE member institutions Athabasca University, Canada, and Open Universiteit, the Netherlands, were recently awarded the UNESCO Chair in open educational resources (OER). The UNESCO Chair in OER is a network that focuses on capacity building on an institutional, national, and international level and undertakes research that will contribute to the growing investigation of the OER phenomenon. » MORE
Irish Universities Partner with Aurion Learning
Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK), March 2011 - Aurion Learning has announced its success in winning a new contract to develop an equality and diversity eLearning programme for the Irish Universities Association (IUA) Equality Network, a sub-group of the Irish Universities Association. » MORE
Opening of the European Studies Library
Luxembourg (LU), March 2011 - The "European Studies Library" of the European Investment Bank EIB and the University of Luxembourg has officially opened its doors. The EIB document collection transferred to the University under an agreement reached between the two institutions in 2008 is now available to the members of the University of Luxembourg and to European and international academic and scientific circles. » MORE
Commonwealth Jubilee Time Capsule
London (UK), March 2011 - In honour of Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) is assembling the world's largest online time capsule, which will cover each day of her sixty years as Head of the Commonwealth. The RCS is inviting people all over the world, young and old, to contribute memories from the last sixty years, whether in the form of stories, photographs, films, or videos. » MORE
Kineo and the Royal Yachting Association Collaborate
Brighton (UK), March 2011 - Kineo and the Royal Yachting Association have decided to work closely together to create a suite of bespoke, high-end eLearning modules on navigation and water safety. The design approach taken and a sample module are shared in a new case study on the Kineo website. » MORE
