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Barnsley College Paves the Way for Enhanced eLearning
Barnsley (UK), January 2009 - Barnsley College is adopting Unified Communications technology provided by NEC Philips Unified Solutions. The solution incorporates Microsoft's Office Communications Server (OCS), Unified Messaging (UM), Live Meeting, and IP telephony and will help the College to streamline business processes by improving the reachability and presence information of staff. » MORE
Serious Games: Fun Is a Good Motivator
Berlin, December 2008 - Gaming is being taken seriously by teachers and trainers all over the globe. Several panels during ONLINE EDUCA Berlin dealt with innovative games for eLearning. Serious gaming is often expensive to produce, but there are exceptions that demonstrate how a good idea or storyline can forge the foundation of a game that is fascinating and useful learning tool. » MORE
Business Partnerships for Education in Northern Ireland
Dublin (IE), November 2008 - C2k, the educational support system constructed by HP for the Northern Ireland Department of Education, reports to have generated significant interest from international education authorities. » MORE
To Have a Relationship to Whatever the Culture Is
New York, NY (USA), October 2008 - Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant, and designer in the critical areas of education and learning. He is the founder and CEO of Games2train. In the following interview, he reflects on issues like: "Schools are stuck in the twentieth century, but students have rushed into the twenty first. How can educational institutions catch up and provide learners with a relevant education?" Dr. Birigt Gaiser sought the answer for this and other questions for CHECK.point eLearning. » MORE
ELearning Applications Introduced to Schools in Romania
Bucharest (RO), September 2008 - Over ninety primary and secondary schools all over the country were provided with Myria Educational computers in the first part of 2008. This was done through an extensive program sponsored by ALTEX, one of the leading Romanian retailers of household electrical appliances, electronics, ICT, and multimedia. Elena Lita of CHECK.point eLearning writes about this large, nationwide programme to introduce PCs and eLearning applications in Romania. » MORE
What's Cooking in the Copyright Kitchen?
Brisbane (AU), September 2008 - Emerging technologies are providing teachers and trainers with access to more information and resources than ever before, in more formats than ever imagined possible. However these new technologies also have new implications for copyright infringements. » MORE
Search Engine Detects Content Thieves
Warsaw (PL), September 2008 - Dr. Sebastian Kawczynski is CEO of Plagiat.pl, owner of the service www.strikeplagiarism.com. Kirsten Seegmüller interviewed him for CHECK.point eLearning on plagiarism, which has become a problem in education, with students copying the work of others instead of writing their own papers. Kawczynski discusses the importance of knowledge availability while making it clear that plagiarism has nothing to do with open content. » MORE
Digital Learning Devices Released in South Africa
Johannesburg (ZA), August 2008 - Several new learning DVDs have been released in South Africa, including an ABC DVD made for South African children, a K53 Licence tutorial, a Zulu Language course, and information about labour laws. » MORE
Seventy Percent of Romanian Teachers Prefer Using ICTs
Bucharest (RO), July 2008 - (by Elena Lita) According to the results of the first evaluation research report on the implementation of the IT-Based Educational System in Romania, seven out of ten teachers in the country prefer to teach using the computer. The research was conducted between August 2007 and May 2008 by the University of Bucharest in collaboration with the Institute for Education Sciences, Centre for Innovation and Development in Education (TEHNE) and the Association for Education Sciences (ASTED). » MORE
Pearson VUE Extends Partnership with TDA
London (UK), July 2008 - Pearson VUE is helping to raise England's teaching standards through its delivery of the Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) skills tests for the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA). This new three-year partnership will see the specialist provider of Computer-Based-Testing (CBT) solutions, who deliver electronic tests to over 35,000 trainee teachers each year, helping the Government ensure greater measurability and performance in the profession. » MORE
