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University Hull Launches Video in Education Survey
Hull (UK), November 2009 - Kevin Burden and his colleagues at the University of Hull have recently launched a survey about how educators (e.g. teachers, lecturers) select and use digital video clips in their teaching. The survey is part of a European project (EduTubePlus), which is currently designing a video-clips library for educators. » MORE
Learn.com Goes Etiquette with Protocol School
Sunrise, FL (USA), November 2009 - Learn.com, a provider of workforce development and productivity, has announced that The Protocol School of Washington has selected the company's Learning Management System to provide Electronic Etiquette, Networking, Business Attire and Body Language eClasses to the world. » MORE
Tagging to Increase Information Accessibility
Pori (FI), November 2009 - Harri Ketamo, PhD, is a Principal Lecturer at Satakunta University of Applied Sciences and Adjunct Professor at Tampere University of Technology. His research focuses on conceptual learning, complex adaptive systems, machine learning, user modeling, and game AIs. Currently, Harri is developing teachable agents that can be used to help people to deal with information overload. At ONLINE EDUCA, he will let the cat out of the bag as to how this is done. » MORE
Increasing Heterogeneity of Enrolments in Higher Education
Maastricht (NL), November 2009 - Dr. Bart Rienties is a researcher of the effective use of eLearning and project manager of several national and European eLearning innovation projects at Maastricht University. He leads a research and development team that has implemented and evaluated new tools which enhance learning in virtual groups. His topic at ONLINE EDUCA is "A Cross-Country Comparison of 120 Effective Online Courses: What Works?" » MORE
Crown Prince Addresses Leading Educators in Bahrain
Manama (BH), November 2009 - Education is the most important issue for the future of any country, His Highness Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince of Bahrain and Chairman of the Kingdom's Economic Development Board (EDB), told leading international education experts attending the inaugural Education Project in Bahrain. » MORE
Honorary Life Membership of ALT Awarded
Oxford (UK), October 2009 - Professor David Hawkridge of The Open University and University of Leicester has been awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) for his outstanding contributions to the field of learning technology. » MORE
Dutch Business School wins ISO Award for HE
Cape Town (ZA)/Rotterdam (NL), October 2009 - The Rotterdam School of Management of the Netherlands' renowned Erasmus University has been declared the winner of this year's ISO Award for Higher Education in Standardisation. The award was presented at the 32nd ISO General Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa. » MORE
University of Tartu Increases International Visibility
Tartu (EE), September 2009 - The University of Tartu (UT) is better accessible to English-speaking audiences since recently opening its official page in Facebook.com. In July, the University also set up its own Twitter news stream and released a new version of its English-language web. » MORE
Last Call for Entries - Medea Awards 09
Roosbeek (BE), September 2009 - Submissions to the MEDEA Awards 2009 are arriving daily and are well up on the numbers received for 2008. Furthermore, they include submissions from countries new to the competition like Latvia, Ukraine, and Israel. » MORE
South Africa's oldest University selects Kaplan
Cape Town (ZA), September 2009 - Kaplan IT Learning has announced that The University of Cape Town are using eLearning lessons created using STT Trainer to train staff on a multitude of systems. Originally introduced for a PeopleSoft system implementation three years ago, STT Trainer is now used for many systems and within many different departments. » MORE
