Themen

'How to think'

Conflict and Learning in the Security Environment

Warsaw, November 2010 - Capt. (Navy) ret. Piotr Gawliczek is Assoc. Prof. graduated from Naval Academy Gdynia in Poland. He is currently on the National Defence University (NDU) in Warsaw Rector's Representative for the Innovation and Head of the Rector-Commandant's Office. From his point of view ICT tools are important, but to him a new approach of learning is needed. Aside the main factor while aiming at the innovative approach is the motivation and strong will to implement elearning principles. » MORE

Higher Education

Armenian University Opts for Certpoint Learning Platform

Brussels (BE), November 2010 - Certpoint Systems has announced that the Medical University of Yerevan, Armenia, has decided to adopt Certpoint VLS as the institution's eLearning platform. It will be used to underpin the education of 5,000 medical students and other medical-staff training, as well as simplifying and extending student administration. » MORE

Appointment

New President of Korea National Open University

Seoul (KR), November 2010 - ICDE member institution Korea National Open University (KNOU) has appointed Prof. Nam Chul Cho as the sixth President of Korea National Open University. He assumed the position at the end of September, taking over from Prof. See-Won Chang, and will serve for four years. » MORE

Education Summit

Intel Supports Project-based Learning in Europe

Bucharest (RO), November 2010 - (by Elena Lita) During this year's edition of the Intel International Education Summit held in Bucharest, Romania, Intel announced plans to deploy the "Intel Teach - Elements" series in localized, translated versions in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Turkish starting the fourth quarter of 2010. » MORE

Distance Education

Two Free Places for Cisco CCNA with The Open University

Milton Keynes (UK), October 2010 - The UK's largest Cisco Academy, The Open University, is celebrating its rapidly growing suite of IT-vendor certifications by offering two free places to study in the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) programme starting in February, 2011. » MORE

Skills and Techniques

New Certification for Live Online Event Facilitators

Coventry (UK), October 2010 - The IITT has launched a brand-new certification programme for everyone who will be delivering live online learning events, meetings, and webinars. "Today's learning and development professionals are being asked to deliver learning to more people with less budget, and provide learning events that will save money but deliver increased business performance", explains IITT Chief Executive and architect of the programme, Colin Steed. » MORE

Open Source LMS

Online Learning and Training - OLAT 7 Released

Zurich (CH), October 2010 - OLAT (Online Learning And Training) is a web-based learning-management system. The latest major release - OLAT 7.0 - is now available. Some of the new features are a course element supporting IMS Basic LTI interoperability, a wizard simplifying the creation of OLAT courses, a pluggable QTI 2.1 test engine, and many improved features and components. » MORE

Wireless

University of Lisbon Upgrades to Xirrus 802.11n Network

Lisbon (PT), October 2010 - Xirrus has announced the deployment of Xirrus high performance 802.11n wi-fi arrays throughout the New University of Lisbon in Lisbon, Portugal. NOVA is a large university with seven campuses catering to nearly 7000 students. » MORE

OER and HE

New EQUELLA Partnership

London (UK), October 2010 - The team that delivers EQUELLA has formed a partnership with the University of London Computer Centre (ULCC). The goal of the collaboration is to provide educational institutions across the United Kingdom and Ireland with access to a hosted EQUELLA and Moodle environment. » MORE