Themen
Iona Technologies Connects Belgian Schools
Dublin (IE), December 2007 - More than 3,000 schools throughout Belgium will be using Irish software firm Iona's open source technology to deploy a centralised student-registration system after being chosen by the Belgian Ministry for Education. Iona will be providing distributed service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure in the form of its FUSE ESB (Enterprise Service Bus), which will be integrated with various applications and databases to provide real-time registration for over one million students. » MORE
Lifelong Learning for Teachers, Students, and Parents
Luxembourg (LU), November 2007 - The Center of Technology of Education (CTE), part of the Ministry of National Education Luxembourg, pursues the aim of a multilingual educational working environment for teachers, principals, students, office staff, and parents. Luxembourg's Educational Portal, called "mySchool", is based on a technical business solution provided by BEA Systems. This solution is flexible that the integration of new specifications, like a restaurant management for the school cafeteria, was feasible. » MORE
Elearning 2.0 - A Stepping Stone to Elearning 3.0?
Grenaa (DK), November 2007 - Anne Fox is teacher trainer in the Experience-Based Learning Project, a Danish project piloting teacher training in the adoption of web 2.0 tools in secondary education. For CHECK.point eLearning, she reveals her findings and gives advice to other teacher trainers. » MORE
How the Lessons from a Disaster Led to Success
Edinburgh (UK), November 2007 - Making mistakes in the past did not stop Andrew Watt and his colleagues from the City of Edinburgh Council from continuing with eLearning. In his presentation, Andrew Watt takes an honest look at the lessons learnt and draws out guidelines for implementing online learning in schools and other educational situations. » MORE
Fronter for All Schools in London
Oslo (NO), June 2007 - The signing of the contract in the British embassy in Oslo this Tuesday confirmed the decision to implement Fronter as the official learning platform for the City of London. The contract partner, London Grid for Learning LGfL, is a consortium of 33 local authorities in London with the task of providing London's 2584 schools and their one million pupils with the best digital content, ICT infrastructure, and their own Learning platform: London Managed Learning Environment (London MLE). » MORE
Interactive Romania Launched
Bucharest (RO), June 2007 - (by Elena Lita) Shortly before the start of the Romanian National Testing Session, INTUITEXT, the eContent Solutions Division of the Romanian company SOFTWIN, has launched Geografika - Interactive Romania, the first virtual Guide of Romania and the easiest way to discover the country for school children and everyone else. Sorin Guleac, INTUITEXT's Educational Commercial Manager, was kind enough to speak to us about their new product. » MORE
EFK About to Receive Educational Software
Ardmore, PA (US), May 2007 - ELearning for Kids (EFK), a global nonprofit foundation that provides free online learning for children 5-12, has entered into an exciting partnership with Close the Gap (CTG). CTG is an international non-profit organization that actively helps to bridge the digital divide by lengthening the lifespan of Western IT equipment through its various projects around the world. » MORE
Michigan Virtual University Goes For Meridian LMS
Chantilly, VA (US), May 2007 - Meridian Knowledge Solutions LLC recently announced that their Learning Management System has been selected by Michigan Virtual University (MVU) and its Michigan LearnPort. The latter is a state-wide communication and professional development portal supporting Michigan's K-12 community. With the implementation of Meridian's LMS, MVU intends to support the professional development of more than 150,000 educators and support staff throughout Michigan's K-12 community. » MORE
Inspiring Science Education for Girls
Kampala (UGA), May 2007 - Across Africa, there is an alarming decline in the number of students graduating from universities and higher education institutions who have completed science-related courses. The situation is extremely bad for the female students. SchoolNet Uganda is working with NGOs as well as the Ministry of Education and Sports to address this serious issue. Daniel Kakinda, Executive and Training Director of SchoolNet Uganda gives insight into his project. » MORE
Successful Strategies for Implementing ICT in Schools
Nairobi (KEN), May 2007 - James Kiarie is Senior Quality Assurance and Standards Officer at the Ministry of Education, Kenya. He is involved in various projects on computer use in school. At the eLearning Africa conference, he will present his findings on the influence of teachers' cognitive eLearning readiness in the adoption of ICT in schools. » MORE
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