Themen

eLearning for Kids

Instructional Design Volunteers Wanted

Ardmore, PA (USA), March 2012 - Do you have thirty to forty hours over a three-month period to volunteer your instructional-design skills? If so, eLearning for Kids, a global non-profit foundation, needs your help. The goal is to develop 150+ lessons in 2012 for Math World. » MORE

Enter History

Put the Past in the Palm of Your Hand

Paris (FR), March 2012 - Time travel on your iPhone or iPod touch with the murderers, gravediggers, and celebrity photographers of Time Traveler Tours. These tours combine the traditional power of storytelling with the latest in mobile technology to bring history and culture to life. » MORE

ICT in Education

UNESCO eLearning Tools

Bangkok (TH), March 2012 - The UNESCO office in Bangkok has released a collection of eLearning tools aimed at high school students, university students, educators, and teacher trainers as part of UNESCO's ICT in Education Teacher Training Series. » MORE

New Release

Major Update for Blackboard Learn 9.1

Washington D.C. (USA), February 2012 - Blackboard Inc. has announced a major update for its flagship online-learning platform with a new release incorporating a sleek, modern design that marks the platform's biggest shift in look and feel in years. » MORE

Student Achievement

Sopris Opens New Communication Channels

Longmont, CO (USA), February 2012 - Sopris Learning, a provider of research-based assessments, supplemental, and intervention materials, has announced the creation of a new YouTube Channel and Google+ business profile page. » MORE

Online Curriculum

Leadership in Rapidly Growing K-12 Market Segment

Herndon, VA (USA), February 2012 - In an independent report on educational technologies, MDR's market-research service EdNET Insight ranked K12 Inc. the leading provider of online curriculum to school districts across the United States. K12 provides online curriculum and support for more than 2,000 school districts in all fifty states. » MORE

Educational Sector

Supporting the Use of ICT in the UK

Stafford (UK), February 2012 - Stone, an ICT-services provider to UK education, has announced the second Stone Group ICT in Education Report and a "Rent-a-PC" scheme that presents all levels of the education sector with a new ability to access funding for ICT hardware through revenue budget rather than the capital budget. » MORE

Free Digital Education

Open Source Innovation for the Teaching Community

Paris (FR), January 2012 - The goal of the Sankoré programme is to make the digital education revolution available for everybody and to enhance teachers' creativity by the potentials of working digitally and with the internet. The Sankoré Portal offers open and free access to excellent teaching contents and new resources produced with the Open-Sankoré IWB Open Source software. » MORE

Game-based Learning

Chelsea FC launch Footee for Young Fans

London (UK), January 2012 - Chelsea FC has announced the launch of Chelsea Footee, an online educational football-themed entertainment zone for children that links to the National Curriculum. It has been developed in partnership with UK eLearning specialist MotivatEd. » MORE