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Speed and Space for eLearning in the City University
London (UK), July 2008 - City University in London has upgraded its data network to support high bandwidth eLearning technologies such as video podcasts of lectures. The University selected ntl:Telewest Business to replace its WAN with a high-speed metro Ethernet VPN network, which connects its main building and central campus at Northampton Square in Clerkenwell to ten remote sites, including Cass Business School, City Community and Health Sciences, and The City Law School. » MORE
A Bridge between Graduation and Job Acquisition
Bucharest (RO), June 2008 - (by Elena Lita) One hundred and fifteen students from the Cisco Networking Academy Program have been selected in the second edition of the NetReady initiative to be supported in developing a career in the telecommunications field. NetReady is a joint effort begun in February 2007 by Cisco Romania, the Romanian Association of Networking Academies (RoNetAcad), and other major industry organizations. » MORE
EduContact opens up to new partners
Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex (F), June 2008 - EduContact is an Erasmus Mundus project that allows students worldwide to obtain personalized advice on European higher distance education, thanks to its multilingual contact centre. It also provides an online selection of courses in English, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Dutch and Turkish. » MORE
The Online Education Method Practiced in Nitra
Praha (CZ)/ Bratislava (SK), June 2008 - The IT Department of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Univerzita Konstantina Filozofa (FPV UKF) in Nitra, a specialised facility for educating teachers and specialists in Applied Information Technology, makes use of the Internet in connection with a new method for online education with eLearning support. » MORE
Wimba Unveils Pronto in Europe
New York (USA)/ Manchester (UK), May 2008 - Wimba, the education technology company that helps people teach people, unveiled the new Wimba Pronto™ to an international audience, at Blackboard's annual European Users Conference. Wimba Pronto is an academic-centric, instant messaging platform designed specifically to advance and promote learning through a unique set of tools. Featuring pre-populated classmates tab, online tutoring and office-hours mode, and rich communications tools, Wimba Pronto is different from other basic messenger platforms. » MORE
Global Forum for Responsible Management Education
New York (USA), May 2008 - The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), a UN-backed global initiative developed to promote corporate responsibility and sustainability in business education, has now been endorsed by more than 100 business schools and universities from around the world. » MORE
Is Mobile Learning the Future of Education in Africa?
Accra (GH), May 2008 - If the advantages of eLearning cannot be overemphasized, then the merits of Mobile Learning - mLearning - are revolutionary, opines Fred Kofi de Heer-Menlah from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). CHECK.point eLearning asked him about his ideas in the context of his presentation at eLearning Africa entitled "An Investigation into Wireless Technology for M-Learning at GIMPA". » MORE
"Web 2.0 Should Complement eLearning"
Harare (ZWE), May 2008 - At eLearning Africa, Raymond Tsongorera is representing the University of Zimbabwe. His passion is in Web 2.0, Multimedia, webcasting and eLearning. He believes that in this fast-growing family of ICT, scientists and researchers should share the vast amount of knowledge available by all means possible so as to come up with meaningful contributions to the ICT family structure. He answered some question for CHECK.point eLearning. » MORE
The Right of Women to Do Something
Buea Fako (CM), May 2008 - In his speech at eLearning Africa, Eugene Ngole Masango from the Rural Women Development and Environmental Organisation in Cameroon will clarify his belief that more women and girls should be empowered in Information and Communication Technology. This especially true of the grassroots women who are seriously in need of information. » MORE
The Network for Tanzanian High Learning and Research
Dar-es-Salaam (TZS), May 2008 - Dr. Jabiri Kuwe Bakari is currently a Lecturer and Director of the Institute of Educational Technology, Open University of Tanzania. He is also the Acting Executive Secretary of TERNET, an organisation he will introduce at eLearning Africa. He will also explain TERNET's plans and strategies for facilitating eL.earning initiatives among higher learning institutions in Tanzania. » MORE
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