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Asha Kanwar President of the Commonwealth of Learning
Vancouver (CA), February 2012 - Professor Asha Kanwar, one of the world's leading advocates for learning for development and current Vice President of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the international organisation. She succeeds Sir John Daniel, whose term as COL's President ends on 31 May. » MORE
Janet Signs Framework with Liberata for Cloud Services
London (UK), February 2012 - The UK research and education network Janet has announced its framework agreement with Liberata IT Solutions to supply data-centre and cloud services to the higher-education and research communites. » MORE
Accredited Online Colleges on the Rise
London (UK), February 2012 - The Internet is revolutionizing higher education. Accredited online colleges are growing in size, traditional colleges are adopting online programmes, and all trends indicate that distance learning is not only here to stay, but that it will make an unprecedented impact on the educational systems currently in place today. CHECK.point eLearning offers a summary of Nick Johnson's recent publication on the topic. » MORE
Test of New Learning Analytics Solution
Washington D.C. (USA), February 2012 - Blackboard Inc. has partnered with several colleges and universities that will test drive its new solution for learning analytics. The institutions will pilot the new solution - Blackboard Analytics™ for Blackboard Learn™, and provide feedback to the company. » MORE
New Online Community and Learning Software Launch
Turku (FI), February 2012 - Sanoko launched a new, free online teacher's community in January. The Finland-based firm also previewed an extension of its study-product portfolio in March, with Study Solo, an interactive multimedia content-and-language-learning application in one package. » MORE
eLearning Programme for Users with Learning Disabilities
Belfast (UK), January 2012 - Aurion Learning has been working with the Family Planning Association (FPA) to develop a new and improved sex and sexuality eLearning programme for people with learning disabilities. » MORE
Imperial College London Accelerates Learning
London (UK), December 2011 - Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) has announced that it is increasing its support to in-house eLearning development teams as a result of demand for online learning. TIS has also shared three steps organisations can take to "turbo-boost" the capacity and capabilities of their in-house eLearning development teams. » MORE
Speexx for Students in Beijing
Munich (GER), December 2011 - dp (digital publishing), a provider of award-winning corporate language training, has announced that it has signed an agreement with the top 10 Chinese University for International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing to deliver language-learning courses in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. » MORE
Blackboard Launches New Open Education Initiatives
Washington, DC (US), December 2011 - Blackboard Inc. has announced a series of new initiatives to provide greater support for open education efforts. Working with Creative Commons, Blackboard will now support publishing, sharing, and consumption of open educational resources (OER) across its platforms. » MORE
Using Data to Inform Teaching Practices
San Francisco, CA (USA), November 2011 - To help educators and administrators improve how they interpret and use learning assessment data to increase student achievement, Teachscape has developed the Data-Driven Instruction Series content library. » MORE
