The Arab School for Science and Technology (ASST) In cooperation with The Ministry of Higher Education in Syria and the Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technolgy (HIAST) has organized a Workshop on: “Engineering Education, Present Status, Trends and Challenges” at HIAST, from 19 to 21 July, 2010.
This workshop main objective was to present the [...]
Gulf Medical University has launched three new Masters programmes, approved and accredited by the UAE higher education and scientific research ministry. The new programmes, which include masters in Public Health and Toxicology, and diploma in Toxicology, will be introduced in the 2010-2011 academic year with an annual intake of five seats [...]
The UAE education ministry is working on raising the compulsory education age to 18 from 15 by next year for UAE nationals, in a bid to minimise the high dropout rates in schools, Khaleej Times has reported. “We are working on increasing the compulsory education age and by the beginning of [...]
The international red-conference – rethinking education in the knowledge society – brings together experts and researchers investigating the field of technology in education. The setting for this informative event is Centro Stefano Franscini – the congress centre of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETH Zurich) situated at Monte Verità.
The primary goals of the red-conference are:
The [...]
EDULEARN10, the annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies will be held in Barcelona (Spain), on the 5th, 6th and 7th of July, 2010. The main objective of the conference is to promote and disseminate the experiences in New Technologies and E-learning applied to Education in all fields and disciplines.
EduLearn10: conference programme.
EDULEARN10 will be [...]
The Open Educational Quality Initiative will focus on provision of innovative open educational practices and promote quality, innovation and transparency in higher and adult education.
The OPAL Initiative is a partnership between seven organizations including the ICDE, UNESCO, European Foundation for Quality, the Open University UK, Aalto University and the Catholic University Portugal. It is led [...]
Helping an individual choose a particular training track is the objective of the educational services proposed by the Advanced-degrees organization. Indeed, it shows the right way that leads international students to reach professional progress.
The Advanced-degrees offers an efficient orientation in what concerns the overseas education by providing reliable information about it. Actually, it affords [...]
For current K-12 teachers, instructors, or others currently employed in a position in education, doctorate degrees in education provide opportunities to develop on current knowledge and advance upward in the educational field, and satisfy career ambitions.
Because a doctoral degree requires greater in-depth learning, you will be able to explore your interests, and delve deeper into [...]
The World Wide Workshop Foundation is a non-profit educational organization founded in 2004 to enhance technological skills among children and youth in economically-disadvantaged communities worldwide. One of the goals of the Foundation is to use social media technologies and gaming to bring educational changes. The main programs are My Global Life (MyGLife. Org), My Science [...]
For a very quick and preliminary review of possible educational uses or affordances of the Apple iPad, see Elliott Masie’s 10 minute video at: http://www.ipadlearninglab.com/ (Thanks to Clayton R. Wright for bringing this to my attention – from Sierra Leone!)
It would be a good idea to keep an eye on the Masie web site over [...]
Saturday, July 24, 2010
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