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Changing the World of Learning
London (UK), June 2007 - Since being made available to the public, the first version of the Kaleidoscope Vision Statement has already had significant impact in the field of TEL. Currently it is informing input into a governmental report on "future learning" in the UK. In addition, it has attracted the attention of the organisers of the 2008 Networked Learning conference, who are interested in a keynote presentation concerning the iterative and highly collaborative process the Network undertook for the Statement's creation and the challenges it faced. » MORE
Holyoke Community College Announces New Courses
Holyoke, MA (US), May 2007 - Online career-training courses are in heavy demand. Staying on the cutting edge of this popular educational methodology, Holyoke Community College Community Services recently partnered with Gatlin Education Services to provide online career-training courses. The contents are in the fields of healthcare, business, construction/automotive technology, Internet, design and technical, networking and CompTIA certification, Microsoft certification training, and video game design and development. » MORE
Finnish and Bavarian Virtual Universities Cooperate
Helsinki (FI) / Würzburg (DE), May 2007 - A collaborative project on digital study material for mathematics was launched by the Finnish Virtual University (FVU) and the Bavarian Virtual University (Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern, VHB). Representatives of both Universities met during a workshop that was part of the Annual Virtual University Event VVYOP '07 in Dipoli, Finland. They set up the project in order to speed up the development of digital study material for mathematics and to increase the availability of existing material for teachers and students. » MORE
Scotland's Interactive University Closed
Edinburgh (UK), May 2007 - The Interactive University closed its doors at the end of April 2007. The joint venture among Scottish Enterprise, Herriot Watt University, and Robert Gordon University was intended to be a "one-stop-shop" for foreign students accessing courses from Scottish universities. However, the expected number of student registrations was not achieved. » MORE
Development of an Educational Model for Southern Africa
London (UK)/Pretoria(ZA), May 2007 - Jon Gregson from the Imperial College London and Dolf Jordaan from the University of Pretoria work together on a two-year project that incorporates mLearning in postgraduate distance learning. Jon Gregson reports to CHECK.point eLearning on the details of this project and mobile learning in the African context. » MORE
New Roles and Challenges for Librarians and Libraries
Karlskrona (S), May 2007 - With financing by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the not-for-profit institutions of Rwanda have acquired access to a great number of eJournal collections from publishers and aggregators. Anna Stockman from the Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden speaks with CHECK.point eLearning about eJournals in real life and her experiences from the National University of Rwanda. » MORE
VULA Means "Open"
Cape Town (ZA), May 2007 - Open Source and informal use of eLearning are buzzwords in the eLearning world. Stephen Marquard, Learning Technologies Co-ordinator at the University of Cape Town (UCT) will give us a lesson from practice, speaking about UCT's use of the open source environment Sakai under the aspect of informal eLearning. » MORE
eLearning Provisions at Nigerian Universities
Lagos (NGR), May 2007 - University education in Nigeria is aimed at meeting the needs of an increasing number of clientele adult learners. It is competing with other nations and therefore has to meet international standards. Oluwayemisi Obashoro-John from the Department of Adult Education at the University of Lagos speaks with CHECK.point eLearning about her study on eLearning provisions and their implications for quality development and assurance. » MORE
Building an Information Literate Community
Gaborone (BOT), May 2007 - Institutions of higher learning acknowledge the relevance of teaching Information Literacy Skills (ILS). What is the role of University Libraries here? Ayanda A. Lebele, Chief Librarian at the Botswana Institute for Development Policy, speaks about her experience at the University of Botswana. » MORE
eLearning Certificate at the University of Botswana
Gaborone (BOT), May 2007 - As one of the measures to ensure high-quality eLearning standards, the University of Botswana has offered the "Centre of Academic Development (CAD) eLearning Certificate", a workshop series on eLearning-related topics. To evaluate the effectiveness of the Certificate in relation to its objective to promote more eLearning, Daniela Gachago and Spoon Mafote, both from the Educational Technology Unit, conducted a study. » MORE
