Themen

In-Memory Database

Hasso Plattner's New MOOC on openHPI

Potsdam (GER), August 2014 - Extensive worldwide interest in the new main-memory database technology has led the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) to offer a further open online course on this topic. The course, to be held in English, will begin on 01 September on the Institute's interactive learning platform, openHPI. » MORE

For Cambridge Alumni

Judge Business School Launches Lifelong Electives

Cambridge (UK), August 2014 - The Cambridge Executive MBA has announced that it will offer lifelong learning to its graduates through a new annual electives initiative. After graduation from the eighteen-month programme offered by the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, alumni can now return annually to update their knowledge and skills throughout their career. » MORE

MOOC

To Learn and Design ICT-Based Learning-Design Activities

Barcelona (E), August 2014 - The HANDSON project will launch the third edition of the "Learning Design Studio for ICT-based Learning Activities MOOC" on 27 October 2014. The HANDSON consortium is looking for educators to participate in a free, open, and online course (MOOC) that will support educators in the creation and adaptation of lessons and learning activities with the use of ICT tools. » MORE

Virtual College

Essential Online Guidance on Telemedicine

TelemedicineIlkley (UK), July 2014 - As part of a "Better Training Better Care" pilot sponsored by Health Education England, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Western Sussex NHS Foundation Trust have joined forces with Virtual College to develop an online training course: An Introduction to Telemedicine. » MORE

For Universities

Bisk Education Achieves LTIv1.1 Certification for its LMS

Tampa, FL (USA), July 2014 - Bisk Education, a worldwide provider of professional education online, has announced that its learning management system (LMS) has officially become Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)TM v1.1 Certified by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. The Bisk LMS is a unique eLearning platform that is offered exclusively to universities that collaborate with Bisk to facilitate the online delivery of their associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees, as well as professional certificate programs. Now as an LTI Tool Consumer, the Bisk LMS accepts seamless integrations from university LTI tools. » MORE

STRANDS Project

Bob, the Autonomous Robot, Starts Work

Bob, the RobotBirmingham (UK), June 2014 - G4S, a security solutions group, have enrolled a new recruit this month: A robot from the University of Birmingham has joined its workforce as a trainee security officer on a three-week trial. » MORE

Working Together

Rising to the Challenge

Berlin (GER), June 2014 - How is a Rift Valley flint knife like a Congolese tablet? Well, they're both technologies made in Africa. One happens to be the first tool known to our species, while the other is a sign that tech manufacturing could soon take off across the Continent. » MORE

SpeakApps

Silver medal in the 2014 Learning Impact Awards

Barcelona (E), June 2014 - SpeakApps, the innovative language-learning portal developed by a team of faculty and technologists from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), has won a silver medal at the prestigious international 2014 Learning Impact Awards organized by the IMS Global Learning Consortium, a non-profit organization promoting the use of learning technologies in higher education. The main aim of these awards is to recognize the best innovative initiatives in technological applications that contribute to improving education worldwide. » MORE

Stanford University

Videogame Prepares Students to Learn about Statistics

Stanford, CA (USA), June 2014 - (by Tanner Vea) Dylan Arena and Daniel Schwartz adapted the videogame Space Invaders to help teach statistics. A new study by Daniel Schwartz and Dylan Arena shows how games can prepare students to learn in formal environments, such as school. » MORE

Education for Physicians

Eisai Helps Address Gaps

EisaiWoodcliff Lake, NJ (USA), May 2014 - Eisai Inc. has announced the launch of a website that will provide physicians with access to comprehensive clinical information that addresses obesity screening and risk assessment, provider-patient partnerships, and weight-loss management. The website, called the Obesity Education Network (OEN), was developed under the guidance of a group of weight-management experts and will be updated on quarterly basis. » MORE