The backdrop to each ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN is a bustling exhibition where participants are given a taste of new developments to come in the technology and e-learning arena. At OEB 2011, 89 exhibitors from 29 countries presented an assortment of new products and services including software for managed learning environments...
International Human Resources Development Corporation (IHRDC) is pleased to announce the opening of a regional office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and the appointment of Malachy Mulhall as Regional Manager.“We are delighted to announce the opening of our first office in the Middle ...
Teaching hospitals the world over face increasing difficulties in sourcing real patients who exhibit every conceivable ailment which medical students need to learn to diagnose and treat. An e-learning approach using interactive computer simulations known as virtual patients is one way to solve the problem...
Online learning programs may be adopted by one major phone retailer as a new way to engage with its customers.Mobile phone giant and network operator O2 has announced it is preparing to move into the fast-growing market of e-learning in a bid to get ahead of its competitors and to tap into an area of the market that is relatively new, Marketing Week reports...
We would like to share with you this interesting post from tonybates.ca: The European Links-up Project interviewed five experts on Learning 2.0 at the recent EDEN Annual Conference in Dublin. The experts were asked three questions: 1. Is learning 2.0 really supporting inclusive life-long learning? 2. Can isolated experiments be mainstreamed? 3. Is learning 2.0 [...]
As part of making education more engaging and inclusive, Intel India and Karnataka Government’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan today launched the Computers On Wheels, an e-learning pilot programme, in five districts of the state. The pilot programme include digital instruction materials from ‘Educomp’. A total of five Government Higher Primary Schools in Karwar, Mysore, Davanagere, Yadgir [...]
We would like to share with you this interesting post from tonybates.ca: Last week the BC Provincial government released two reports critical to the economic future of the province, and which have implicit implications for online learning in British Columbia. British Columbia (2011) BC Labour Market Outlook 2010-2020 Victoria BC: WorkBC This document provides the following [...]
We would like to share with you this interesting post from tonybates.ca: The University of New South Wales, Australia, hosts a site with short five minute videos of interviews with experienced online instructors, giving advice on topics such as planning your online class, considerations for choosing technology for teaching, should you use an an LMS [...]
Global learning solutions provider Element K has expanded its long-standing relationship with Microsoft and is now recognised as its Official Provider of Microsoft Official E-Learning. This designation enables Element K to provide worldwide sales and distribution of the Microsoft Official E-Learning courses and virtual labs, supporting both direct and reseller channels. Paul Krause, President and [...]
The eLearning Africa 2011 conference highlighted the worldwide phenomenon of distance learning by mobile phone. There are more than 500 million mobile phone subscribers in Africa now, up from 246 million in 2008, according to industry estimates. Presenting his paper on “New Technologies in Restricted Environment”, Gerald Henzinger, a lecturer at the Catholic University of [...]
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