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HEXTLEARN Community Update
Budapest (HU), February 2011 - When the HEXTLEARN project ended in 2010, the project partners decided to continue maintaining the community for the future. The final research results are now online on the HEXTLEARN community: The Good Practice Collection, the Virtual Peer Review Report, and the Living Toolkit are fully accessible for free. Community members may further request a Virtual Peer Review process from now on based on the fully tested methodology. » MORE
Save the Children Improves Employee Engagement
Santa Monica, CA (USA), February 2011 - Cornerstone OnDemand has announced that global non-profit Save the Children is using Cornerstone's comprehensive talent-management software solution to better engage its employees - and, in turn, further its mission of achieving breakthroughs in how the world treats children. » MORE
Changing Teaching through 3D Technology
Reading (UK)/Dallas, TX (USA), February 2011 - Two UK schools are using Texas Instruments DLP® 3D-ready technology to bring science lessons to life and turn two-dimensional topics into engaging 3D learning experiences. The result is an improvement in the pupils' understanding of difficult topics. Participating schools are The Abbey School, an independent girls' day school of over 1,000 pupils, and the Emmbrook School, a mixed comprehensive school of 1,200 pupils. » MORE
Fusion Universal to Launch 'Virtual School' Programme
London (UK), February 2011 - Fusion Universal has announced the launch of its "Virtual School" programme. The Virtual School is set to transform education by providing access to digital learning resources to anyone, anywhere, at any time. » MORE
EFK Announces High-Quality, Free Products for Teens
Ardmore, PA (USA), January 2011 - The eLearning for Kids Foundation, a global 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation that provides free computer-based-learning courses for children aged five to twelve, has announced the release of new courses for teenagers and older students: eLearning for Life. » MORE
Stone Launches "@ccessability" Scheme
Stafford (UK), January 2011 - The computer hardware manufacturer Stone has announced the launch of its @ccessAbility scheme, an independent initiative that provides schools with a bespoke package to deliver 1:1 ICT access to pupils without reliance on central government funding. The Stone-designed programme comes in the wake of continued government cuts and the termination of the Home Access scheme. It aims to ensure that computer devices continue to be made available on a 1:1 basis to allow pupils to study both at school and at home. » MORE
Video Game Tackles Primary School Reading Crisis
Cambridge (UK), January 2011 - Nine percent of boys in England reach the age of eleven with, at best, the reading skills of an average seven year old. This figure equates to over 18,000 boys with seriously substandard literacy. This shocking statistic, obtained by the BBC's Today programme, also revealed that in some areas, such as Nottingham, Derby, Manchester, Rotherham, and Telford the figure was closer to fifteen percent. » MORE
The University of Edinburgh Offers PebblePad
Edinburgh (UK), December 2010 - Staff and students at the University of Edinburgh are now benefitting from access to award-winning online learning space PebblePad. All staff and 22,000 undergraduate students have access to their own PebblePad accounts, which are hosted by Pebble Learning in a software-as-a-service model. » MORE
Alternative to Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server 2010
Calgary, AB (CA), December 2010 - Userful Corporation, a leader in Linux desktop virtualization, has released a beta version of its Linux alternative to Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server 2010. The software, named Userful MultiSeat Linux 2011™, turns one Linux computer into ten independent high-performance computer stations. » MORE
The Commonwealth of Learning in Action
Vancouver, BC (CA), November 2010 - Some of the Commonwealth of Learning's (COL) latest news includes experimentation with digital photo frames that have been developed into affordable mini-laptops and distributed to primary school children in the Maldives, as well as a new toolkit for quality assurance in open schools. » MORE
