Themen

Higher Education

Luminosity eLearning Software Available to Universities

Bristol (UK), July 2010 - CM Group has announced that it is making Luminosity, the distance learning authoring software, available to the university and higher-education sector. Following its success in the private sector, universities and colleges can now benefit from the product to experience significant increases in the scale and scope of their use of eLearning. » MORE

Cooperation

Business College Signs Contract with Fronter

Oslo (NO)/Copenhagen (DK), July 2010 - Fronter has announced that Niels Brock Business College has just signed a three-year contract with the company. Niels Brock had an older solution but realized that their demands and expectations of a modern learning platform were not being met. » MORE

PebblePad

Higher Education: ePortfolios Enter a New Era

Telfod (UK), July 2010 - Catherine Dhanjal interviews two users about their views on the personal learning system PebblePad. In the enquiry, she explores the way that ePortfolios have evolved from being tools exclusively for personal development planning to sophisticated interactive portfolios. Her interview partners are Moira Savage, the University of Worcester's Senior Lecturer in Primary Initial Teacher Training and Primary Information and Communication Technology Coordinator and Julie Hughes, a Principal Lecturer PCE in the School of Education at the University of Wolverhampton. » MORE

Research

Quality in eLearning in a Cultural Context

Gothenburg (SE), July 2010 - Since higher education is booming in developing countries, so is eLearning. In a case study on Iran, a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows how culture can shape quality in higher education in general and in eLearning in particular. » MORE

Real World

Action Learning Programme for MBA Students

London (UK), July 2010 - Even before receiving their MBA degrees, students at Hult International Business School must showcase their hard-earned strategic mettle. Hult's Action Learning Program (ALP) lets students flex their management muscle by providing blue-chip corporations with practical solutions to existing problems. » MORE

Manifesto

Empower European Universities

Brussels (BE), July 2010 - Twenty eminent thinkers and practitioners of higher education cried out in Brussels for urgent change in higher education. In a manifesto entitled "Empower European Universities", they plead to let the European garden of higher education and research grow in accordance with the basic principles of gardening: variety, empowerment through autonomy, proper nourishment, and internationalization. » MORE

Collective Learning

Community ePortfolios for all?

London (UK), June 2010 - While a great deal of effort has been devoted to research on the individual ePortfolio and its implementation, the idea of a community ePortfolio has hardly been explored. Delegates to the London ePortfolio Conference (05-07 July 2010) will have the pleasure of listening to Darren Cambridge, who will present an "ePortfolio City in Augusta, Arkansas." » MORE

No More Paper

iPads Revolutionize Learning in the IMD Classroom

Lausanne (CH), June 2010 - Following its recent launch, the iPad has proven to be an instant hit for millions of consumers. It has also been a great success in the classrooms of Swiss Business School IMD. "After having piloted the iPad in a partnership programme with Allianz Global Investors at the beginning of May, I am convinced that this device will revolutionize executive education", states IMD Professor Bettina Büchel. "The feedback from IMD Faculty, staff, and the participants was overwhelmingly positive." » MORE

eAssessments

AAT Phases Out Paper-Based Exams

Shipley (UK), June 2010 - The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has announced that computer-based assessments will be central to its revised qualification, due to be launched in July 2010. The AAT has been using BTL's Surpass e-Assessment solution to deliver exams for a while now, whilst also offering the option of a paper-based exam. » MORE