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Powerful Mobile Devices Continue to Contribute to Education
London (UK), May 2010 - How can mobile phones add real value to students' learning experience? The varied components needed to ensure an appropriate educational design will be discussed at eLearning Africa 2010. Niall Winters from London Knowledge Lab will present a case study from Zanzibar: Veterinary Training with Mobile Phones. » MORE
Linking Mobile Learning to the Student-Centered Approach
Pretoria (ZA), May 2010 - Dr Mpine Makoe is Senior Lecturer in Open & Distance Learning at the University of South Africa (UNISA). At eLearning Africa 2010, she will deliver a talk entitled "Identifying Competencies Needed for Using Cell Phones for Facilitating Teaching and Learning in Distance Education". She has kindly shared her profound experience in an interview with CHECK.point eLearning. » MORE
A Tool to Facilitate the Management of Web Content
Kumasi (GH), May 2010 - At Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, three highly competent staff members have developed a new Open Source Content Management System called KAN. Robert Kabutey Okine, Francis Adu-Gyamfi, and John Serbe Marfo are responsible for this achievement and will demonstrate it at eLearning Africa. In the following interview, they have been kind enough to explain to CHECK.point eLearning what's new in KAN. » MORE
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences Chooses Fronter
Helsinki (FI), May 2010 - Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Diak) has chosen Fronter as its platform for learning and social networking. Diak emphasises a close relationship to practise and working life. It has four units and seven campuses located in different regions of Finland. » MORE
Popular Camtasia Screen Recording Software
Okemos, MI (USA), May 2010 - TechSmith Corp., a provider of screen capture and recording solutions, has announced the availability of Camtasia Studio 7 and Camtasia for Mac 1.1, giving users a complete, end-to-end solution for sharing knowledge online in multimedia formats to save on training, marketing, and sales efforts organization wide. » MORE
EDEN Seeks Gender Balance
Budapest (HU), May 2010 - EDEN - the European Distance and ELearning Network -puts emphasis on the balanced representation of genders among speakers, and is thus expressly extending an invitation this year to encourage women to take active part in the Conference, particularly by submitting proposals for presentations and events. Selection processes will attach special attention to equity in order to avoid gender bias among speakers. » MORE
UAE Develops eLearning Techniques for Gulf Region
Abu Dhabi (UAE), May 2010 - Experts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are discussing ways to develop eLearning techniques and communications technology in the entire Gulf region. The UAE's Advanced Network for Research and Education (ANKABUT - "Ankabut" is the Arabic word for "spider") encourages technology professionals to promote innovation and collaboration in the region through eLearning methods, and experts from IBM and Microsoft have been asked to provide insight from an industrial point of view. » MORE
New eLearning Programme at Queen's University
Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK), May 2010 - eLearning provider Aurion Learning has been commissioned to design and deliver the equality-and-diversity eLearning programme 'Diversity Now' for Queen's University staff. » MORE
The Impact of eLearning at Polish Academic Institutions
Warsaw (PL), April 2010 - ELearning has been successfully developing at Polish academic institutions for many years despite the lack off system solutions or legislative support. The Association of Academic eLearning in Poland offers their viewpoint on the current state of affairs. » MORE
Second Edition of "The SOA Source Book" Released
London (UK), April 2010 - The Open Group has announced the immediate availability of the second edition of its SOA Source Book, a practical guide that addresses how enterprise architects can use service-oriented architecture (SOA) to deliver unified business and IT architectures for their organisations. The new version includes projects completed in 2009 and updated material on practical implementations of SOA for enterprise architects. » MORE
