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Estonian e-University
Tallinn, April 2006 - (by Ene Tammeoru, Head of the Estonian e-University) The scene of Estonian higher education (HE) is changing towards more flexible ways of providing both higher and continuing education. The number of adult students in continuing education and retraining programmes will grow, and the number of high school graduates decrease. This void is being filled by the three-year-old Estonian e-University - a consortium of higher education institutions (HEI) with the goal to instigate and facilitate inter-university cooperation in implementing eLearning based on the principles of lifelong learning. » MORE
Failure of a Prestigious Venture
Oxford, April 2006 - The AllLearn project, a consortium among Oxford, Stanford, and Yale Universities to research online learning, has come to a close. The eLearning joint venture has folded because it failed to attract enough students. » MORE
A True Center of Learning
Brighton, April 2006 - The newly established OKI Printing Solutions Business School and its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Sales Academy is starting an ambitious eLearning training program. Brighton-based Futuremedia will develop the first in a series of Sales Product Training modules, as an initial component of a wider EMEA Sales Academy program. » MORE
eLearning at Saudi University
Dubai, April 2006 - (by Umme Salma Mujtaba ) The King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) was officially established by Royal Decree in September 1963. With the new emerging information and instructional technologies and their influence on teaching and learning, the campus has sought to equip faculty members with the necessary skills to cope with these developments and utilize their benefits in teaching and learning. » MORE
How to Find the Right Blend
Wolverhampton, April 2006 - John Traxler, from the University of Wolverhampton in the UK, will take part in the congress section "Cutting-Edge Developments Aimed at Africa". Involved in mobile and eLearning projects and teacher trainings in Kenya and South Africa, he was kind enough to CHECKpoint eLearning a current assessment in advance. » MORE
Push Effects of ICT
Windhoek, April 2006 - Maggy Beukes-Amiss is a lecturer at the University of Namibia. She is an expert in the usage and application of Information Communication Technology across the curriculum in tertiary as well as secondary educational institutions. CHECKpoint eLearning asked for her appraisal of the situation in her country. » MORE
Meeting the Challenge
Akure, April 2006 (by Joel Oladipo Omofaye) The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Nigeria considers ICT a powerful driving force for academic excellence and a promoter of enhanced technological training for self-reliance. As a result, it received an excellent position in the National Universities Commission's ranking of the Nigerian universities. » MORE
WITFOR Education Commission
Le Reduit, April 2006 - Prof. Alain Senteni from the University of Mauritius will present the World IT Forum (WITFOR) of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) at the congress "eLearning in Africa". CHECKpoint eLearning asked him about the content of his presentation and its relevance for his University. » MORE
eLearning Activities for Kenya
Nairobi, April 2006 - (by James Sankale, Kenya Ministry of education) Use of ICTs in education can be a useful tool to help promote and enable educational reform. Furthermore, ICTs are both important motivational tools for learning and can promote greater efficiencies in education systems and practices. » MORE
A Kenyan Technical College's Experience
Nairobi, April 2006 - The Kenya College of Communication and Technology (KCCT) boasts extensive experience in eLearning. John Walubengo, who will participate in the congress session "Building and Implementing Management Systems", describes the way of developing computer-based trainings at KCCT and his vision for the future. » MORE
