Themen

University of Nottingham

Completely Wireless Learning Environment

London (UK), June 2013 - BT iNet, one of the IT-services arms of BT Business, has been awarded a £1.3million wireless-local-area network (WLAN) deployment contract by the University of Nottingham. The project is designed to improve standards across the institution by opening up a host of possibilities for the way teaching and learning, as well as research projects, are conducted. » MORE

"eAcademies"

Virtual College Celebrates One-millionth Learner

Illkey (UK), June 2013 - Ilkley-based Virtual College, a pioneer of learning online, recently passed the milestone of one million online learners. The company is predicting over 25% growth in sales for 2013 and remains confident that its unique proposition and market position will see the business through an exciting period ahead. » MORE

University of Warwick

To Deploy Video to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Coventry / London (UK), June 2013 - The Language Centre at University of Warwick has announced that is has selected Kaltura, the leading open-source video platform to power video for teaching and learning. The Language Centre is deploying Kaltura's full-featured video extension for Moodle, as well as its own video portal based on Kaltura's MediaSpace video portal application. » MORE

Added value

EFMD Strategic Partnership with CVTRUST

Brussels (BE), May 2013 - EFMD has recently signed a strategic partnership with CVTRUST. The aim of CVTRUST is to increase trust where it is becoming ever more valuable: in academic and education credentials. Smart Diplomaâ-žÂ¢ (patent pending) is a highly secure, easy-to-use solution to grant thousands of academic credentials in just a few clicks: diplomas, certificates, attestation letters, transcripts, badges, etc. » MORE

e-Learning for Kids

Professional Instructional Design Volunteers Needed

Ardmore, PA (USA), May 2013 - Do you have time to volunteer your instructional design skills over a three-month period? If so, e-Learning for Kids, a global non-profit foundation that reached over 4.5 million children in 190 countries in 2012 (with approximately fifty percent usage in the US) with its free courseware, needs your help! The goal is to finish twenty-plus lessons for Mathworld - a virtual world for learning math in the context of different countries and continents - and to begin the development of 200+ courses for Scienceworld. To date, more than 300 lessons have been launched from volunteers who have similarly contributed in the past! » MORE

To Help Irish Students

Free Online Leaving Certificate Maths Resources Launched

Project MathsGalway (IE), May 2013 - ALISON.com, in a joint venture with the Galway Education Centre, and the Athenry Maths Academy, have announced the launch of a free interactive maths resource for the Irish Leaving Certificate Maths Course, for both Higher and Ordinary level. The resources launched cover "Strand One" of the Maths Curriculum, which covers the areas of probability and statistics, areas of traditional difficulty among Irish students. » MORE

EURODL

Digital Resilience in Higher Education

EURODLBudapest (HR), April 2013 - The European Journal of Open, Distance and eLearning (EURODL) presents scholarly work and solid information about open leaning, distance learning, and eLearning. Since 1995 it has provided a home for the introduction of new dimensions of technology-enhanced learning and has made a meaningful contribution to the open content movement. » MORE

Two Billion Facts

Reflex Usage Accelerates Strongly

Charlottesville, VA (USA), April 2013 - ExploreLearning®, a business unit of Cambium Learning Group, Inc., has announced that students have now solved more than two billion addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts using Reflex®. ExploreLearning Reflex is a research-based program that uses the allure of challenging and exciting games to get students engaged and working at peak performance in developing instant recall of math facts. » MORE

Virtual School

Sberbank Leverages Saba to Improve People Development

SberbankBracknell (UK), April 2013 -Saba, the provider of people-centric enterprise solutions, has announced that Sberbank, the largest bank in Russia, is using its solution to transform people development across the country through a strategic program called the Virtual School of Sberbank. Founded in 1841, Sberbank comprises 17 local banks with more than 18,000 branches and over 230,000 employees throughout Russia. » MORE

MOOC Strategy

Adaptive Mobile Online Platform for Faster Learning

Boston, MA (USA), April 2013 - If you've ever been in a course and struggled because you just aren't "getting it-, the reason might be less your ability than the way in which the material is being presented. New technology is now allowing online course environments to analyze how individual students learn, customizing instruction to individualized learning strategies. » MORE