Themen
Schools
Digital Literacy for Romanian Schools
Bucharest (RO), February 2007 - (by Elena Lita) Between 2007 and 2010, 251 Romanian communities will benefit from Local Communities Electronic Networks (LCEN), as knowledge centers for offering citizens information and online services through the Knowledge Economy Project. The new rural and small urban communities will join the already-existing nine pilot communities. The project was initiated by the Romanian government with the support of the World Bank and coordinated by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Diana Voicu, Knowledge Economy Project Management Unit Director, talks about the goals of the project she coordinates. » MORE
To Provide Children with Education Anywhere
Ardmore, OK (USA), February 2007 - Nick van Dam Ph.D. is the Global Chief Learning Officer for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. He is an internationally recognized thought leader in Learning and Human Resources Development and the author of "The eLearning Fieldbook" (2004 and Mandarin edition, 2006) and "The Business Impact of eLearning" (2005). CHECKpoint eLearning met up with Nick at the Online Educa Berlin conference, which he attended in support of eLearning for Kids (EFK), a non-profit organization he founded in 2004. Nick was kind enough to answer several questions for us. » MORE
Negroponte's Dream: a Laptop for Each Child
Munich (GER), February 2007 - Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the One Laptop per Child non-profit association, has a challenging vision: He wants to provide all children in developing countries with a laptop and free Internet access to support them in learning. In his eyes, this project isn't just a laptop project but an educational project. Many problems in the world, like the population explosion and the climate crisis, are connected with education. "Some important people have said it cannot be done; some said it should not be done. Both are wrong. We are doing it", Negroponte said. "Education is the key to solve those problems." » MORE
A New Learning-Platform Services Framework
Science Park (UK), January 2007 - Becta has launched a new Learning Platform Services Framework. The framework provides UK schools, colleges and local authorities with an EU-approved supplier network to deliver high quality, value-for-money learning platform services. » MORE
Best Practice Manual Available
Roosbeck (B), December 2006 - Based on the experiences gathered during Citizen E, an EU-funded project to improve teachers' ICT skills, the project partners have written a Best Practice Manual available for download now. » MORE
Qaddafi's Computer Kids
Tripoli (Libya), November 2006 -The government of Libya has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), a nonprofit United States group developing an inexpensive educational laptop computer, with the goal of supplying machines to all 1.2 million Libyan schoolchildren by June 2008. » MORE
Government's eLearning Project to Enhance Education
Kingston (JAMAICA), November 2006 - According to a report by the Jamaica Observer, the country's government's US$50 million investment in an eLearning project, launched earlier this year, is expected to enhance the quality of secondary teaching and learning significantly. The program is scheduled for three years. » MORE
LearnCenter® to Be Sold in Portugal
Sunrise (FL, USA), November 2006 - Florida-based Learn.com®, producer of on-demand workforce productivity, will sell the LearnCenter® platform in Portugal through Conhecer Mais Ti, a Portuguese information technology provider, to increase its share of Portugal's growing higher education and training market. » MORE
Students and Teachers Are All Ears
Edinburgh, November 2006 - (by Andrew Watt, Senior Development Officer eTeam) The iPod has almost instant appeal to everyone and despite the best efforts of competitors is still the "must have" mp3 player. Can education make use of this sort of device and its desirability? Read and marvel at what happens when you give a class of Scottish students and their teachers an iPod each. » MORE
eLearning for Foster Parents
Sunrise (FL, USA), October 2006 - More than 5,500 foster parents across the State of New Jersey will receive online, at-home training with the LearnCenter Workforce Productivity Suite by Learn.com® as early as next year. » MORE
