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South-South Collaboration between India and Africa
New Dehli (IN), November 2012 - Kaviraj Sharma Sukon, Director-General of the Open University of Mauritius, will discuss "Using ICT to Shrink Horizons: Pan-African e-Network" at ONLINE EDUCA. His session on Thursday afternoon covers various examples of infrastructure projects that enable national, transnational, and cross-institutional collaborative content development. The Pan-African e-Network is one of the most ambitious projects worldwide in this field. » MORE
How to Enhance Participation in Class
Vanderbijlpark (ZA), November 2012 - Re-an Muller is a lecturer in Business Management and Marketing Communication at the North-West-University in South Africa. In his talk at ONLINE EDUCA Berlin, he will pose the question, "Can class participation be enhanced by using the student's favourite mobile chat-platform?" Here he summarizes his experience. » MORE
"ELearning Is a Fast-growing Approach in the Caucasus"
Tbilisi (GE), November 2012 - Tamar Lominadze is professor and Head of the eLearning Centre at the Georgian Technical University. She is coming from Tbilisi to ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN to give an overview about the development of eLearning and lifelong learning in the Caucasus. And she explains the special need to use eLearning as a bridge that connects countries and ties together nations with different languages, cultures, and religions. » MORE
Blackboard CEO Resigns and Rumblings
Washington, DC (USA), October 2012 - Michael L. Chasen has announced that he will step down as President, CEO, and Director of Blackboard Inc. at the end of the year. Chasen will be replaced by Jay Bhatt, currently President and CEO of Progress Software. » MORE
Conflictology Training for United Nations Workers
Barcelona (E), October 2012 - As of October, the UOC School for Cooperation will validate subjects on the Master's in Conflictology in English for United Nations personnel who are studying in any of the courses on the UNITAR training programme. Thanks to this institutional collaboration, many of the workers on peace missions will be able to gain a UOC university qualification. » MORE
University of Farmers Campuses Using iPads
Los Angeles, CA (US), October 2012 - Inspired by cost efficiency and capabilities of delivering interactive participant materials, Farmers, America's third-largest insurance group, has invested in iPads for classrooms throughout the campuses of the University of Farmers. » MORE
Polycom Video Helps St. Petersburg University
Moscow (RU), October 2012 - Polycom, Inc. has announced that Saint Petersburg State University, Russia (SPBGU) has implemented the Polycom RealPresence® Platform® and RealPresence® Room solutions across the University. The platform provides high-quality learning and also improves communications among students and faculty. » MORE
Brand Recognition for Online Education
Boston, MA (US), October 2012 - The growing presence of nonprofit universities in online education has ignited unprecedented competition for students who once could choose predominantly among for-profit programs. For the first time a school's brand - and its presumed influence in the job market - is a competitive differentiator for applicants, according to new paper from The Parthenon Group's Education Practice. » MORE
The iPad Fosters Interaction and Creativity
Barcelona (E), October 2012 - Two studies by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) show that use of the iPad takes it way beyond being a latest-generation technological tool. Among the uses of the Apple tablet, this research shows that it can help the elderly interact and foster their own creativity. It also provides support to police investigations. » MORE
Business School Opens Ultramodern Campus in Dubai
Dubai (AE), October 2012 - In 2008, Hult International Business School became the first US academic institution to be licensed in the U.A.E. Now, Hult has taken the lead again by opening a state-of-the-art campus in the largest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) business park in the MENA region. » MORE
