Themen

Open Source

eLML Wins IMS Learning Impact Award 2010 Silver Medal

Zurich (CH), June 2010 - The eLML team received the silver medal at the IMS Learning Impact Awards 2010 in Long Beach, California in the category "New/Research and Development". The Learning Impact Awards are designed to recognize the most impactful use of technology worldwide in support of learning. » MORE

Open Repository

MA Level Writing Courses Now Available Online and Free

Falmouth/Cornwall (UK), May 2010 - University College Falmouth has launched a website making its teaching resources free to learners all over the world. If you ever wondered about becoming a screenwriter or considered doing a Masters course but not sure if you're up to it, now's the chance to have a go. » MORE

Educational Experience

Using KEWL and Other Open Source Tools to Train Future Teachers

Johannesburg (ZA), May 2010 - Claudette Ann Muller's presentation at eLearning Africa 2010 will provide a detailed look at the delivery of a course entitled Online Teaching and Learning. It is part of the program for Bachelor of Education Honors students at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and addresses issues related to teaching in an online environment within an online environment. In the following, Claudette Muller outlines her talk. » MORE

Case study

Powerful Mobile Devices Continue to Contribute to Education

London (UK), May 2010 - How can mobile phones add real value to students' learning experience? The varied components needed to ensure an appropriate educational design will be discussed at eLearning Africa 2010. Niall Winters from London Knowledge Lab will present a case study from Zanzibar: Veterinary Training with Mobile Phones. » MORE

Use of Cell Phones

Linking Mobile Learning to the Student-Centered Approach

Pretoria (ZA), May 2010 - Dr Mpine Makoe is Senior Lecturer in Open & Distance Learning at the University of South Africa (UNISA). At eLearning Africa 2010, she will deliver a talk entitled "Identifying Competencies Needed for Using Cell Phones for Facilitating Teaching and Learning in Distance Education". She has kindly shared her profound experience in an interview with CHECK.point eLearning. » MORE

Immediately Usable

A Tool to Facilitate the Management of Web Content

Kumasi (GH), May 2010 - At Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, three highly competent staff members have developed a new Open Source Content Management System called KAN. Robert Kabutey Okine, Francis Adu-Gyamfi, and John Serbe Marfo are responsible for this achievement and will demonstrate it at eLearning Africa. In the following interview, they have been kind enough to explain to CHECK.point eLearning what's new in KAN. » MORE

Equality Statement

EDEN Seeks Gender Balance

Budapest (HU), May 2010 - EDEN - the European Distance and ELearning Network -puts emphasis on the balanced representation of genders among speakers, and is thus expressly extending an invitation this year to encourage women to take active part in the Conference, particularly by submitting proposals for presentations and events. Selection processes will attach special attention to equity in order to avoid gender bias among speakers. » MORE

Regional Innovation

UAE Develops eLearning Techniques for Gulf Region

Abu Dhabi (UAE), May 2010 - Experts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are discussing ways to develop eLearning techniques and communications technology in the entire Gulf region. The UAE's Advanced Network for Research and Education (ANKABUT - "Ankabut" is the Arabic word for "spider") encourages technology professionals to promote innovation and collaboration in the region through eLearning methods, and experts from IBM and Microsoft have been asked to provide insight from an industrial point of view. » MORE

Diversity Now

New eLearning Programme at Queen's University

Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK), May 2010 - eLearning provider Aurion Learning has been commissioned to design and deliver the equality-and-diversity eLearning programme 'Diversity Now' for Queen's University staff. » MORE

Platform

Diaconia University of Applied Sciences Chooses Fronter

Helsinki (FI), May 2010 - Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Diak) has chosen Fronter as its platform for learning and social networking. Diak emphasises a close relationship to practise and working life. It has four units and seven campuses located in different regions of Finland. » MORE