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University of Tartu Increases International Visibility
Tartu (EE), September 2009 - The University of Tartu (UT) is better accessible to English-speaking audiences since recently opening its official page in Facebook.com. In July, the University also set up its own Twitter news stream and released a new version of its English-language web. » MORE
Last Call for Entries - Medea Awards 09
Roosbeek (BE), September 2009 - Submissions to the MEDEA Awards 2009 are arriving daily and are well up on the numbers received for 2008. Furthermore, they include submissions from countries new to the competition like Latvia, Ukraine, and Israel. » MORE
South Africa's oldest University selects Kaplan
Cape Town (ZA), September 2009 - Kaplan IT Learning has announced that The University of Cape Town are using eLearning lessons created using STT Trainer to train staff on a multitude of systems. Originally introduced for a PeopleSoft system implementation three years ago, STT Trainer is now used for many systems and within many different departments. » MORE
To Develop and Deliver High-stakes Examinations
Shipley (UK), September 2009 - BTL Group Ltd has announced that during the summer of 2009, WJEC - the Cardiff-based awarding body - successfully delivered the first-ever on-screen A-Level examinations in England and Wales, using BTL's Surpass eAssessment solution. WJEC is amongst a number of leading UK examination boards who use BTL's Surpass to develop and deliver high-stakes examinations such as A-Levels, GCSEs, and NVQs. » MORE
Schwarzenegger's Demand for Free Student Textbooks
Frederiksberg (DK), September 2009 - Arnold Schwarzenegger has demanded that California cut costs on textbooks. Bookboon.com is obeying the "Govenator" and is now launching a 100% free online textbook service for college and university students in the USA. BookBoon.com is a Danish book-publishing house that has specialized in free textbooks for students since 2005 and counts more than twenty million downloaded books a year. » MORE
ALISON Welcomes Obama's Investment in Free Learning
Galway (IE), August 2009 - ALISON, a free online learning service, welcomes the Obama administration's announcement that it is to invest $500 million in the provision of free online learning content. The announcement was made by President Obama on his visit to Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan and is part of a $10 billion education bill for community colleges and skills training. » MORE
Transferring Technology to Industry
Guildford (UK), August 2009 - The University of Surrey and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have signed an agreement to collaborate on the delivery of a £10m programme to translate the results of research into innovation that make a real-world difference. » MORE
Educational Media Research of the Georg Eckert Institute
Braunschweig (GER), July 2009 - Edumeres.net (Educational Media Research), the Georg Eckert Institute's portal for international educational media research, is now officially online with a new layout and design. This is the next step in the development of a key virtual centre in the network of this research field, following the test phase initiated in January 2009. Alongside current information and electronic publications, it provides access to specific topics and research relating to educational media, particularly textbooks. » MORE
Global Network for Supinfo
Paris (F), July 2009 - Supinfo - the International Institute of Information Technology in Paris recently decided to work with the collaboration solution Cisco WebEx. François Fanuel, Systems and Network Manager at Supinfo tells CHECK.point eLearning why a global network is crucial for students when it comes to working with tutors and other students distributed all over the world. » MORE
ICT Platform Improves Collaboration within Universities
Bucharest (RO), July 2009 - (by Elena Lita) SIVECO Romania is extending its experience in research and development of information platforms dedicated to the education sector through the SUNIDOC national project. The SUNIDOC project will provide Romanian educational institutions with a flexible and efficient tool for document management, able to integrate with other existing systems. » MORE
