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Scientific Director for Research Institute Appointed
Heerlen (NL), September 2007 - The college governing board of the Netherlands' Open Universiteit has appointed Prof. Dr. Jeroen van Merriënboer as scientific director of the Netherlands Laboratory for Lifelong Learning - NELL. The appointment is effective as of 1 September 2007. » MORE
MARGA Online Competition to Be Continued
Erftstadt (GER), August 2007 - MARGA, the long-established General Management Business Simulation, is an integral part of the management development activities of many companies. Deadline for teams to participate in the next online competition is 5 October 2007. » MORE
A Teaching-with-Technology White Paper
Pittsburgh PA (USA), July 2007 - Podcasts are a relatively new tool in teaching at universities. The Office of Technology for Education and Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence at Carnegie Mellon University has recently published a white paper on Podcasting. » MORE
Changing the World of Learning
London (UK), June 2007 - Since being made available to the public, the first version of the Kaleidoscope Vision Statement has already had significant impact in the field of TEL. Currently it is informing input into a governmental report on "future learning" in the UK. In addition, it has attracted the attention of the organisers of the 2008 Networked Learning conference, who are interested in a keynote presentation concerning the iterative and highly collaborative process the Network undertook for the Statement's creation and the challenges it faced. » MORE
'E-word' Being Heard by Teachers
Brisbane (AU), June 2007 - Teenage students are demanding that education and training institutes provide them with a choice about what, where, when, and how they learn. Providing good libraries, canteens, and social facilities is becoming less important than giving students access to new technologies such as wikis, blogs, and mobile learning. » MORE
Holyoke Community College Announces New Courses
Holyoke, MA (US), May 2007 - Online career-training courses are in heavy demand. Staying on the cutting edge of this popular educational methodology, Holyoke Community College Community Services recently partnered with Gatlin Education Services to provide online career-training courses. The contents are in the fields of healthcare, business, construction/automotive technology, Internet, design and technical, networking and CompTIA certification, Microsoft certification training, and video game design and development. » MORE
Finnish and Bavarian Virtual Universities Cooperate
Helsinki (FI) / Würzburg (DE), May 2007 - A collaborative project on digital study material for mathematics was launched by the Finnish Virtual University (FVU) and the Bavarian Virtual University (Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern, VHB). Representatives of both Universities met during a workshop that was part of the Annual Virtual University Event VVYOP '07 in Dipoli, Finland. They set up the project in order to speed up the development of digital study material for mathematics and to increase the availability of existing material for teachers and students. » MORE
Scotland's Interactive University Closed
Edinburgh (UK), May 2007 - The Interactive University closed its doors at the end of April 2007. The joint venture among Scottish Enterprise, Herriot Watt University, and Robert Gordon University was intended to be a "one-stop-shop" for foreign students accessing courses from Scottish universities. However, the expected number of student registrations was not achieved. » MORE
Building an Information Literate Community
Gaborone (BOT), May 2007 - Institutions of higher learning acknowledge the relevance of teaching Information Literacy Skills (ILS). What is the role of University Libraries here? Ayanda A. Lebele, Chief Librarian at the Botswana Institute for Development Policy, speaks about her experience at the University of Botswana. » MORE
eLearning Certificate at the University of Botswana
Gaborone (BOT), May 2007 - As one of the measures to ensure high-quality eLearning standards, the University of Botswana has offered the "Centre of Academic Development (CAD) eLearning Certificate", a workshop series on eLearning-related topics. To evaluate the effectiveness of the Certificate in relation to its objective to promote more eLearning, Daniela Gachago and Spoon Mafote, both from the Educational Technology Unit, conducted a study. » MORE
