Themen

Utilising Rich Media

"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

Distance Learning

Certification for Clayton College of Natural Health

Boston, MA (USA), May 2008 - USDLA/QS certification is "a standards-based program that recognizes excellence across a range of distance learning settings", according to Dr. John G. Flores, USDLA Chief Executive Officer. Clayton College has been certified as an Alternative and Continuing Education provider under the Quality Standards program. Based on a rigorous peer review process, it is designed both to protect the public and to improve the distance learning experience. » MORE

Aada&Aaron

To Facilitate Web-based Studies

Helsinki (FI), April 2008 - Competencies, Scoping and Monitoring of Web-Based Learning (KoMiTi) is a two-year project coordinated by the University of Kuopio, Finland. One of its aims has been to give visibility to web-based learning, which is often perceived of as invisible. The results of the project are assembled in the manual Skills, Hourglasses and Statistics. The project also produced a web-based course planning tool for teachers called Aada&Aaron. » MORE

Moodle Integration

The Open University Selects Elluminate Live!

Fort Lauderdale, Florida (USA), April 2008 - Elluminate, Inc., a provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, has announced that the Open University (OU), the largest university in the United Kingdom and a pioneer of large-scale distance learning, has selected Elluminate Live!® as their enterprise synchronous collaboration solution. In addition, the OU will also integrate the virtual classroom with its chosen learning management system, Moodle™. » MORE

Leadership role

ELearning Boom in Colombia

Bogota (CO) / Duisburg (GER), March 2008 - ELearning is the booming educational topic in Colombia. This month the country joined SC36, the leading international eLearning standardization committee, making it the first Latin American land to do so. » MORE

First Bremen eLearning Fo

Preparing Universities for the Ne(x)t Generation

Bremen (GER), March 2008 - The first Bremen eLearning Forum will neither be a conference nor a convention, but a day-and-a-half occasion for discussing and exploring the issues faced by European universities in meeting the needs and expectations of the "Net generation" as well as those of the next generation of students. The Bremen Forum will take place on April 17th and 18th as part of the eLene-Teaching and Learning Centre's activities. » MORE

IDOL Platform

Web Portal for Academia and Citizens of Sweden

Cambridge (UK) / San Francisco, CA (USA), March 2008 - Autonomy Corporation plc, a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, has announced that the Swedish Research Council, Vetenskapsrådet, has selected its Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) platform as part of the Swedish government's initiative to promote research, eLearning, and collaboration within Sweden's education system. » MORE

The EuroPACE Approach

European Networking and Learning for the Future

Heverlee (BE), February 2008 - EuroPACE is a European nonprofit association of universities and their partners in education and training. Its main objective is to foster networked eLearning for virtual mobility, internationalisation of higher education, knowledge creation and sharing, and for lifelong learning. The book "European Networking and Learning for the Future", edited by Annemie Bonen and Wim Van Petegem, collects articles from various authors involved in the development of the EuroPACE network. » MORE

ENQA-EADTU

Collaboration on Quality Assurance in eLearning

Heerlen (NL), February 2008 - Quality assurance in eLearning is of growing interest. Not only has eLearning grown into a mainstream means of providing of education in open universities as well as traditional universities; it is also becoming the main instrument of internationalisation in education. » MORE

Agreement

The Open University UK joins Santander Universities

London (UK), January, 2008 - The Open University has signed an agreement with Abbey, part of the Santander Group, to join Santander Universities, an international scheme that already supports 575 universities in Spain, the United States, Portugal, Russia and the United Kingdom. » MORE