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EdX Launches Three New Smithsonian Courses
Cambridge, MA (USA) / Washington, DC (USA), March 2015 - EdX, the nonprofit online-learning initiative, will offer three new free MOOCs from the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum and research complex, founded in 1846. The courses, for students and educators of all ages, will interest fans of superheroes, teachers, and American-history buffs alike. » MORE
Technology Facilitates One-to-One Student Relationships
Telford (UK), March 2015 - Pebble has announced the launch of Flourish, the first personal learning system that addresses the critical one-to-one relationships students have with tutors and supervisors across education, research, and the workplace. » MORE
Growth Engineering to Work with Erickson Coaching
Berkshire (UK), February 2015 - Learning technologies company Growth Engineering and leading Canadian coaching organisation Erickson Coaching International have teamed up to develop an education-specific LMS to engage and motivate students. » MORE
IT Support for 27,000 University Staff and Students
Newcastle (UK), February 2015 - AXELOS has published a new case study outlining how one of the United Kingdom's most well-regarded universities is using ITIL® to ensure that more than 27,000 staff and students receive the highest standards of IT service management. » MORE
UOC Is Offering Ten Grants for the Doctoral School
Barcelona (E), February 2015 - The Open University of Catalonia (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC) is offering ten grants for the 2015-2016 academic year to study in three of the Doctoral School's programmes: the Information and Knowledge Society Programme; the Education and ICT (eLearning) Programme, and the Network and Information Technologies Programme. To be eligible for the UOC Doctoral Grants Programme, students must be full time and physically present on the University's premises. The deadline for applications for the Doctoral Programmes is 28 February 2015. » MORE
IMC Shows How Engaging Scientific Research Can Be
Saarbrücken (GER), January 2015 - What will our environment be like in fifty years' time, and how does our behaviour influence our climate as well as our everyday lives? The priority for researchers at the Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and their cooperation partners, for example DHI-WASY GmbH, in carrying out this project was to inform citizens about the consequences of the use of landscapes and agricultural land. » MORE
Enhancing Student Engagement with Interactive Videos
New York, NY (USA), December 2014 - Wilmington University is the third-fastest-growing university in the United States. How are they doing it? First of all, the university offers a third of its courses online. Another major factor is the university-wide deployment of Kaltura's Building Block for Blackboard. This helps Wilmington keep courses engaging, personal and collaborative.
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Atlas Teams Up with RGU to Develop Course Content
Aberdeen (UK), December 2014 - Atlas, an international learning-technology and skills provider for the oil and gas industry, has joined forces with Robert Gordon University to develop content for one of their cutting-edge IT courses. Atlas has set the design brief for a key module, Multimedia Component Design, in the BSC Multimedia Development Course. » MORE
Saffron Interactive to Create Experiential eLearning Platform
London (UK), November 2014 - Saffron Interactive, recently named on Training Industry's Top 20 Learning Portals Watch List, has been selected by Denmark's International Business College (IBC) to realise its vision for a learning-experience network. The Open IBC project will use open-source technology and the Tin-Can API to act as a force multiplier for IBC's digital presence for a new generation of students. » MORE
Student Clubs Flourish in this Cyber School
Midland, PA (USA), November 2014 - Student clubs in an online school? How does that work? Clubs in a cyber school work better in some ways than in brick-and-mortar schools, said Jane Camp. As supervisor of student events, she oversees thirteen high school clubs and two middle school clubs for students in the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. » MORE
