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Schwarzenegger's Demand for Free Student Textbooks
Frederiksberg (DK), September 2009 - Arnold Schwarzenegger has demanded that California cut costs on textbooks. Bookboon.com is obeying the "Govenator" and is now launching a 100% free online textbook service for college and university students in the USA. BookBoon.com is a Danish book-publishing house that has specialized in free textbooks for students since 2005 and counts more than twenty million downloaded books a year. » MORE
Transferring Technology to Industry
Guildford (UK), August 2009 - The University of Surrey and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have signed an agreement to collaborate on the delivery of a £10m programme to translate the results of research into innovation that make a real-world difference. » MORE
ALISON Welcomes Obama's Investment in Free Learning
Galway (IE), August 2009 - ALISON, a free online learning service, welcomes the Obama administration's announcement that it is to invest $500 million in the provision of free online learning content. The announcement was made by President Obama on his visit to Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan and is part of a $10 billion education bill for community colleges and skills training. » MORE
Educational Media Research of the Georg Eckert Institute
Braunschweig (GER), July 2009 - Edumeres.net (Educational Media Research), the Georg Eckert Institute's portal for international educational media research, is now officially online with a new layout and design. This is the next step in the development of a key virtual centre in the network of this research field, following the test phase initiated in January 2009. Alongside current information and electronic publications, it provides access to specific topics and research relating to educational media, particularly textbooks. » MORE
Global Network for Supinfo
Paris (F), July 2009 - Supinfo - the International Institute of Information Technology in Paris recently decided to work with the collaboration solution Cisco WebEx. François Fanuel, Systems and Network Manager at Supinfo tells CHECK.point eLearning why a global network is crucial for students when it comes to working with tutors and other students distributed all over the world. » MORE
ICT Platform Improves Collaboration within Universities
Bucharest (RO), July 2009 - (by Elena Lita) SIVECO Romania is extending its experience in research and development of information platforms dedicated to the education sector through the SUNIDOC national project. The SUNIDOC project will provide Romanian educational institutions with a flexible and efficient tool for document management, able to integrate with other existing systems. » MORE
Digital Hubs to Transform Life in Digital Britain
Swindon (UK), July 2009 - Three research "hubs" based out of Nottingham, Newcastle, and Aberdeen Universities that will develop forward-looking technologies and ensure universal participation in the digital future have been unveiled by Research Councils UK. » MORE
Putting Science at the Centre of Vision
London (UK), July 2009 - Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills argued at the 100th birthday of the Science Museum in London that the creation of a new department for Business, Innovation and Skills will put science at the centre of the Government's economic recovery plans for a prosperous, sustainable future. » MORE
Content-Development Training for Oman Ministry
Dubai (UAE), June 2009 - Universal Knowledge Solutions (UKS), a learning-solutions enabler based in the Middle East, delivered training on content development to the Oman Ministry of Education from March to May 2009 as part of the ministry's strategy to transfer their curricula to digital format. » MORE
Human Rights in Educational Frameworks
Sohag (EG), May 2009 - HDEA is a Human Development and Education Association in Upper Egypt. Its work is focused on developing the education frameworks in Upper Egypt and incorporating human rights in educational frameworks. Shaima Aly is the Gender and Education program manager in the Association and has been working with this NGO for more than nine years. She will present her activities at eLearning Africa 2009 in the section "ICTs - Widening the Gender Gap or Improving Chances for Women?". » MORE
