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PCs or mobile phones: where is the future for e-learning?

The Globe and Mail, one of Canada’s national papers, in its excellent series on Africa, had an article that really made me sit up. Here are some quotes from the article – try substituting e-learning for the xxxxs ‘It’s part of a phenomenon that has people in Africa adopting new technologies that have been slower [...]

Download ebooks for free !

Bookboon.com is an online publisher of free books. You can download the books for free and without providing any personal details. The books are provided in PDF so that you can print the books and/or read them offline. In the books there are relevant advertisements on every third page on average. Bookboon’s students’ section provides [...]

Open source software for research administration

I try not to use this site to promote particular products or services, but occasionally something that is likely to be of genuine interest to readers comes up – hence my previous posting on the Canadian launch of the iPad. In a similar vein, the development of the Kuali consortium and its goal of developing [...]

University of Phoenix Online MBA Degree Review

Attending classes online is the smart way for busy people to earn degrees to advance in their present career or furthering their education. The University of Phoenix Online has earned its reputation as the premier provider of E-distant learning degree programs and courses, and is the nation’s largest accredited private university. The University of Phoenix [...]

USA: Launch of the TechWomen program in favor of Arab countries

Washington – The US department has announced last month the launch of the Techwomen project which purpose is the mentoring and development of women in the IT sector for Arabic countries, Northern Africa and Middle East. In one of his speeches, President Obama himself called for a broadening of educational exchanges within entrepreneurship innovation and [...]

Study for free in Finland !

Did you know that there are no tuition fees in most Finnish universities? And this also applies to foreign students, no matter which country they come from? I suppose that this is a big asset for students from developing countries, especially that education is highly valued in Finland, and the high standard of education forms [...]

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

IDLE: A new open source Learning Management System

With the rapid development of Internet technologies, the conventional computer-assisted learning is more and more moving toward a web-based learning. How to assist learners in creating self-regulated learning abilities efficiently is an important issue. IDLE is a free, open source interactive learning environment developed for academic use. It supports arbitrary interaction within distributed learning communities [...]

95,000 students enrolled at Tunisian Virtual University

The integration of technology in higher education was the focus of President Ben Ali’s attention on Tuesday. During his meeting with the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, President Ben Ali recommended to improve the coordination between the Tunis Virtual University (UVT) and other academic institutions. Since its inception in 2002, the number of [...]

The Egyptian E-Learning University (EELU)

The Egyptian E-Learning University (EELU) is a private non-profit university founded in 2008  and provides distance education through “24-hour” online learning, with a vision to be a leading university providing e-learning nationally, regionally, and internationally. First academic year is 2009/2010. EELU offers educational opportunities to learners who cannot attend a campus university: Professionals looking for [...]