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Orthopedic Surgeons Sharpen Operation Skills
Grenoble (FR), April 2007 - A computerised simulator currently being tested at hospitals in France will enable trained and trainee orthopedic surgeons to hone their skills in a computer-generated environment rather than during "live" operations. Developed by an interdisciplinary team of experts through a project called Technology Enhanced Learning for Orthopaedic Surgery (TELEOS), the simulator softens the boundaries between theory and practice, taking vocational training to a new dimension. » MORE
ICCI Partners With Gatlin to Expand Adult Education Offer
Grand Cayman (KY), April 2007 - The International College of the Cayman Islands (ICCI) recently partnered with Gatlin Education Services of Fort Worth, TX to provide new, online career training courses. The ICCI aims at helping adults promote their careers by offering a flexible blended-learning program. » MORE
John Seely Brown Lectures on "Relearning Learning"
Cambridge (US), April 2007 - In a lecture entitled "Relearning Learning: Applying the Long Tail to Learning", John Seely Brown elaborates on the changing face of learning. His opinion: "We learn through our interactions with others and the world", he says, "and there's no more perfect medium for enabling this than an increasingly open and organized World Wide Web". » MORE
Austria and Canada Offer Graduate-Level Program
Linz (AT) / Vancouver (CA), March 2007 - The University of British Columbia at Vancouver has been offering an online graduate level program on the development and perspectives of eLearning for several years. The Master of Educational Technology (MET) program is meant for teachers in secondary education, university, and polytechnic lecturers, as well as for trainers and HR officers who work in adult education. Now an introductory course on the MET program can be taken via the Center for Distance Learning at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. » MORE
A Wedding Planner Online Course
Fort Worth, TX (USA), February 2007 - Gatlin Education Services recently announced a new form of career training: a Wedding Planning Online Certificate Program, which is now available for immediate enrolment. The 300-hour course will be offered through Gatlin's partnership with major colleges and universities. » MORE
Curruki: the Wikipedia of Curricula
Washington D.C. (USA), February 2007 - In recent years, the World Wide Web has been transformed by collaborative tools that help many people create and develop resources online. These implements are known collectively as 'wikis', and they represent the leading edge of what many Web experts and analysts call 'Web 2.0.' The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia, the collaboratively authored encyclopedia. Now there's a new wiki dedicated entirely to teaching resources and curriculum development. It's called Curriki. » MORE
Spanish Bloggers Fear Being Censored
Madrid (Spain), February 2007 - The Spanish Internet community is enflamed by a draft bill: Ley de Impulso de la Sociedad de la Información (the Law of "Impulse of the Information Society") proposes to allow the regional governments to close websites viewed as objectionable without a court order. » MORE
Wikipedia's Rival Citizendium: a Start with Obstacles
Columbus, Ohio (USA), February 2007 - Larry Sanger, one of the co-founders of Wikipedia, who left the project in 2002, announced his counter-project Citizendium at the Wizard of OS 4 conference in September last year in Berlin, and the new platform recently opened its doors. But it was a start with obstacles. » MORE
Kaleidoscope Announces New Scientific Manager
Grenoble (F)/ Oslo (NO), January 2007 - Prof. Sten Ludvigsen has been elected the new scientific manager of Kaleidoscope, the European Network of Excellence for research in technology-enhanced learning. He replaces Dr. Nicolas Balacheff from CNRS, France, who has guided Kaleidoscope through the last three years. Professor Ludvigsen is Director of InterMedia, an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Oslo, Norway. » MORE
Quality Initiative at Russian Universities
Berlin (GER), December 2006 - At ONLINE EDUCA 2006, the session on "eLearning in Russia" presented visitors with an overview of the various efforts the country is undertaking to upscale its education system. The Russian government is currently investing in an overall eInitiative named "eRussia" (Electronic Russia for 2002-2010) that includes "eEducation", a program to develop ICT infrastructure in the education sector. » MORE
