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Online Learning to Accelerate Best Practice
London (UK), September 2010 - ILX Group plc has announced that its eLearning APM Introductory Certificate in Project Management modules have now been integrated into selected undergraduate and post-graduate courses at the Canterbury Christ Church University. Students are now able to learn project-management skills that can be applied in the work environment straight away. » MORE
mEKP Takes Learning to the Field
Hong Kong (HK), August 2010 - NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning-management systems, has announced the commercial release of a new product, mobile EKP (mEKP). "We believe that mEKP is the world's first full-featured personal learning environment that runs completely off a USB flash drive - no installation required", said NetDimensions Managing Director and CEO Jay Shaw. » MORE
The Red Point and Blackboard in a Strategic Partnership
Iasi (RO), August 2010 - (by Elena Lita) The Red Point, a Romanian company, has recently extended its Academis integrated platform, which ensures complete and efficient management of the resources of higher education institutions. This was done by adding to it the Blackboard blended learning component. Alexandru Uglea, Chief Executive Officer of The Red Point, talks about the objectives of the partnership, as well as about the current goals of his company. » MORE
K.U.Leuven ranked highest in Europe
Leuven (BE), August 2010 - The European Commission has recently approved the new Erasmus Mundus programs, an event European universities eagerly anticipate every year. K.U. Leuven will participate in four of the twenty-nine new European Master's programs and in two of the nine new European doctoral programs. Thus, in one year, K.U.Leuven has doubled the number of Erasmus Mundus programs it offers and is now ranked highest amongst European universities, offering no less than eleven programs with the Erasmus Mundus label. » MORE
User-Generated Content in Higher Education
Erlangen (GER), July 2010 - Very much due to its success, user-generated content (UGC) poses a number of challenges to the current understanding of education and its institutions. Web2.0 and the corresponding tools enable learners to develop and publish learning content independently from experts' knowledge and institutional frameworks. This development has led to questions as to whether the traditional concept of "authority" is still appropriate at universities and to suggestions for the "ivory tower" of higher education to be opened to the wider world. » MORE
The Readiness of Traditional Universities for Quality
Brussels (BE), July 2010 - Traditional universities have been more than slow in integrating ICT in their teaching and learning. The reasons for this are linked to strategic and organizational change issues rather than technological or budgetary ones. Successful eLearning indeed requires new organizational and pedagogical models. This conflicts with the historical model that has shaped the culture of our traditional universities. » MORE
Luminosity eLearning Software Available to Universities
Bristol (UK), July 2010 - CM Group has announced that it is making Luminosity, the distance learning authoring software, available to the university and higher-education sector. Following its success in the private sector, universities and colleges can now benefit from the product to experience significant increases in the scale and scope of their use of eLearning. » MORE
Business College Signs Contract with Fronter
Oslo (NO)/Copenhagen (DK), July 2010 - Fronter has announced that Niels Brock Business College has just signed a three-year contract with the company. Niels Brock had an older solution but realized that their demands and expectations of a modern learning platform were not being met. » MORE
Higher Education: ePortfolios Enter a New Era
Telfod (UK), July 2010 - Catherine Dhanjal interviews two users about their views on the personal learning system PebblePad. In the enquiry, she explores the way that ePortfolios have evolved from being tools exclusively for personal development planning to sophisticated interactive portfolios. Her interview partners are Moira Savage, the University of Worcester's Senior Lecturer in Primary Initial Teacher Training and Primary Information and Communication Technology Coordinator and Julie Hughes, a Principal Lecturer PCE in the School of Education at the University of Wolverhampton. » MORE
Giunti Labs' eLearning Helps Women Survive Eclampsia
Florence (IT), July 2010 - Giunti Labs is combining its expertise with that of specialists at the University of Oxford to help to reduce problems associated with pre-eclampsia in pregnant women in the developing world. » MORE
