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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
Role-play against mobbing and violence in schools
Edinburgh, June 2006 - Bullying is a widespread phenomenon that includes continual harassment and social exclusion by pupils against their fellow pupils. This problem is now addressed by an EU-funded project called e-CIRCUS, which aims at fighting bullying in schools and providing innovative strategies for conflict resolution. The problem occurs across cultures, a concern that is addressed by the project's international consortium. » MORE
ICDL GCC Foundation Partnership with ITEP
Dubai, June 2006 - The ICDL GCC Foundation, the governing body and certification authority of the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) programme in the Gulf region, has announced that its partnership with H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum IT Education Project (ITEP) has generated outstanding results in advancing the United Arab Emirates towards becoming a digital society. » MORE
Educators to Participate
San Jose, April 2006 - Adobe Systems Inc. has announced the Adobe Education Leader program to cultivate education technology innovations by providing educators with resources such as education software, free curriculum, training, and a forum to share best practices. » MORE
One of a Number of Possible First Steps
Kampala, April 2006 - The object of UConnect is the advancement of public educationis in the country by using Information and Computer Technology (ICT) for education to improve the quality and efficiency of communications. Daniel Stern of Uconnect sums up this work in an interview with CHECKpoint eLearning. » MORE
More Fun in Mathematics
Hannover, March 2006 - At CeBIT 2006, computer scientists from Saarbrücken presented a trendsetting online learning environment and math courses for schools and universities. Developed by a European research consortium, LeActiveMath delivers an innovative web-based, intelligent, multilingual eLearning system. » MORE
Education Beyond the Classroom
Cupertino, March 2006 - A recent issue of Class Notes: Weekly Insights on the Education Industry, an education investment newsletter published by the Robert W. Baird Education Services team, reports that Apple Computer is adding coursecasting to its list of offerings. » MORE
