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E-Research and Technology-Enhanced Learning
Lancaster (UK), December 2007 - In January 2008, the Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technology, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK, launches a new structured, part-time Doctoral Programme in E-Research and Technology- Enhanced Learning. This innovative programme combines a limited number of face-to-face residential meetings with considerable online learning and will be available to anyone in the world wishing to develop eLearning research and practice. » MORE
Meeting in Real and Virtual Worlds
Coventry (UK), December 2007 - Coventry University has collaborated with Cisco® and Giunti Labs to create a highly innovative learning environment that blends mobile learning and virtual-learning-worlds technologies. The University wanted to help give its Serious Games Institute (SGI) a technology platform on which to build a digital model of the campus building so that students' movements in both the real building and its virtual reconstruction trigger location-based access to learning content and experiences. This means that content can be pushed to students by the most suitable method for their location and the device they are using. » MORE
"Education Can Be Open"
Barcelona (Spain) / Cambridge, MA (USA), December 2007 - (by Manuel Aineto) Vijay Kumar is working on the interface between technology and education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Director of the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology. He attended the recent University Campus Workshop in Barcelona, where the future of open content universities was debated, and in the following, Mr. Kumar shares his vision on how students, researchers, and teachers can take advantage of the new initiatives in relation to digital technologies. Descended from several generations of musicians, he explains passionately the way technology will assist other fields such as transportation, medicine, or communications in the future. » MORE
Audio Visual Theory and eLearning
Singapore (Singapore), November 2007 - With the rapid development of technology and the merging of audio visual and IT in education, it is time to think about major issues brewing from the confluence of the professional practice in these two areas. Dr. Joe Peters from the National University of Singapore speaks about major implications for pedagogy, facility design, and staff re-training in these areas. » MORE
CARPE DIEM: Seizing Each Day for eLearning Design
Leicester (UK), November 2007 - How do universities develop ICT literate faculty? Prof. Alejandro Armellini, Research Fellow in eLearning and Leader of the Adelie Pathfinder Project at the University of Leicester, UK, explained to CHECK.point eLearning the strategy for building institutional capacity and fostering change at the University of Leicester. » MORE
Labyrinths of Learning: Wikis in Education
Tilburg (NL), November 2007 - The use of wikis in education is more or less exploding. For Dr. Harrie Manders of the Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg, the wiki in an educational setting is a special tool to challenge students to walk though labyrinths and learn in a way that breaks through boundaries. CHECK.point eLearning spoke with Dr. Manders about his experiences with wikis so far. » MORE
Reforming International Cooperation in Education
Helsinki (SF), November 2007 - The Master's degree eLearning programme Virt@ for teachers of visual arts has generated a number of interesting projects based on blended learning and international cooperation in education. Prof. Martti Raevaara, University of Art and Design Helsinki and head of the MA programme shares his insights. » MORE
Higher Education and Online Quizzes
Zagreb (HRV), November 2007 - Online quizzes are an important tool for students testing their knowledge. Karmela Aleksic-Maslac, Chair of the ICT Department at Zagreb School of Economics and Management (ZSEM), has analyzed the use of different kinds of online tests for Information and Communication Technologies courses. » MORE
New President and CEO of Educause elected
Boulder, CO (USA), November 2007 - The EDUCAUSE Board of Directors has announced that Diana G. Oblinger, vice-president of EDUCAUSE, will become president and CEO of the association effective January 1, 2008. Oblinger succeeds Brian L. Hawkins, who has led EDUCAUSE since it was formed in 1998. EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. » MORE
Estonia Expands Strategic eLearning
Tallinn (EE)/Hamburg (GER), October 2007 - Based on the strategic plan 2007 - 2012, the Estonian IT Foundation - the legal body of the Estonian eLearning Development Centre - has decided to extend the existing Blackboard Campus Edition Learning System for universities and vocational, and secondary schools in the country. Of the more than 2000 courses taken by over 21,000 university students annually, 79% run on Campus Edition. » MORE
