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Wikipedia's Rival Citizendium: a Start with Obstacles
Columbus, Ohio (USA), February 2007 - Larry Sanger, one of the co-founders of Wikipedia, who left the project in 2002, announced his counter-project Citizendium at the Wizard of OS 4 conference in September last year in Berlin, and the new platform recently opened its doors. But it was a start with obstacles. » MORE
Curruki: the Wikipedia of Curricula
Washington D.C. (USA), February 2007 - In recent years, the World Wide Web has been transformed by collaborative tools that help many people create and develop resources online. These implements are known collectively as 'wikis', and they represent the leading edge of what many Web experts and analysts call 'Web 2.0.' The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia, the collaboratively authored encyclopedia. Now there's a new wiki dedicated entirely to teaching resources and curriculum development. It's called Curriki. » MORE
Kaleidoscope Announces New Scientific Manager
Grenoble (F)/ Oslo (NO), January 2007 - Prof. Sten Ludvigsen has been elected the new scientific manager of Kaleidoscope, the European Network of Excellence for research in technology-enhanced learning. He replaces Dr. Nicolas Balacheff from CNRS, France, who has guided Kaleidoscope through the last three years. Professor Ludvigsen is Director of InterMedia, an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Oslo, Norway. » MORE
Quality Initiative at Russian Universities
Berlin (GER), December 2006 - At ONLINE EDUCA 2006, the session on "eLearning in Russia" presented visitors with an overview of the various efforts the country is undertaking to upscale its education system. The Russian government is currently investing in an overall eInitiative named "eRussia" (Electronic Russia for 2002-2010) that includes "eEducation", a program to develop ICT infrastructure in the education sector. » MORE
Open University Launches OpenLearn
Milton Keynes (UK), November 2006 - The British Open University (OU) has stepped up its commitment to broadening access to education by launching "OpenLearn" , a new open-content website. » MORE
Cardiff University Teaches Doctors via the Internet
Cardiff (UK), November - A Cardiff University course that helps doctors internationally to improve patient care from their computers is the runner-up in this year's education awards by the Times Higher Education Supplement. » MORE
Trade Body for Serious Games Launched
Worthing (UK), November 2006 - The Alliance for New Generation Interactive Leisure and Simulations - ANGILS - has officially launched, with a line-up of support from leading experts and commissioners of serious games. It is the first trade body representing the business of serious games. » MORE
Digital Immigrants & Digital Natives
Bloemfontein (South Africa), November 2006 - (by Dr. Herbert Thomas) In South Africa, large numbers of faculty members at higher education institutions are 'digital immigrants', and yet we presume to create learning environments for 'digital natives', who differ radically from us in their understanding of technology. This already complex situation, is further exacerbated in South Africa, where we have eleven official languages and as many different cultural groupings. » MORE
Simulation of Crisis as a Learning Context
Hedmark (Norway), November 2006 - As the student-assessment component of the Hedmark University College's seminar-based course "Crisis Management, Communication and Collaboration", a one-week simulation is conducted at the Norwegian Army Command and Staff Trainer. Students from call-out services such as fire, police, and ambulance departments, as well as army staff and security employees from large private corporations or governmental organizations get prepared for action. » MORE
Elearning at the Novosibirsk State Technical University
Novosibirsk (Russia), November 2006 - "In a regional university, eLearning is a factor of life quality improvement", says Dr. Olga Kazanskaya, Deputy Director of the Institute of Distance Education at the Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU). Demand for ICT supported learning is really high. » MORE
