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Ways Cell Phones Can Be Used to Enhance Learning
Guelph (CA), May 2009 - Currently, cell phones are being used to assist instructors and students in scheduling their tasks and appointments. Over the past few years, however, research efforts have been aimed at enabling students to access course material from their cell phones. Qusay Mahmoud from The Centre for Mobile Education and Research believes this is a very limited vision of mobile learning. At eLearning Africa 2009 he will discuss why. » MORE
Human Rights in Educational Frameworks
Sohag (EG), May 2009 - HDEA is a Human Development and Education Association in Upper Egypt. Its work is focused on developing the education frameworks in Upper Egypt and incorporating human rights in educational frameworks. Shaima Aly is the Gender and Education program manager in the Association and has been working with this NGO for more than nine years. She will present her activities at eLearning Africa 2009 in the section "ICTs - Widening the Gender Gap or Improving Chances for Women?". » MORE
How Students Develop Relationships Online
Lagos (NG), May 2009 - "Virtual Construction of Social Reality through the Internet and its Applications among Nigerian University Students" is the title of the contribution of Dr. Blessing Adeoye at eLearning Africa 2009 in Dakar. In advance of the event, he has been kind enough to provide CHECK.point eLearning with insight into the student situation in Nigeria and the results of his investigations. » MORE
Incorporating East African Cultural Markers
Nairobi (KN), May 2009 - Leonard M. Mengo lectures Software Engineering at JKUAT, the University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya. He is also undertaking PhD research at the School of Computing and Technology of the University of Sunderland (UK). His talk centers on multimedia learning materials that are especially designed to match the cultural preferences of the Kenyan target users. » MORE
Peter Scott: Opening New Channels for Learners
Vienna (AT), May 2009 - The Forum New Media Austria (fnm) will take place in Vienna on 30 June and 01 July 2009. As a preview, here are excerpts from the keynote by Peter Scott below (Knowledge Media Institute, Open University): "The online world for both learners and teachers is now a very rich and complex place. Some powerful learning resources are proprietary, whilst others are free and open. » MORE
Benchmarking eLearning Courses in Higher Education
Helsinki (FI), May 2009 - A benchmarking project from the University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki is looking for international partners. The objective of the 2009 project is to support teachers of Universities of Applied Sciences in the development of more authentic online teaching and learning and to consider elements of authentic learning from a multi-cultural perspective. » MORE
Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Publishing
London (UK), May 2009 - Internet research and training experts Econsultancy have announced the launch of their Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Publishing, a new specialist professional qualification that covers every aspect of digital publishing. » MORE
Higher Education Exploring ICT Use for Lifelong Learning
Brussels (BE), April 2009 - HEXTLEARN invites colleagues to network and collaborate. HEXTLEARN is an international community of Higher Education Institutions willing to share their experience related to using ICT! » MORE
Launch of Healthcare e-Academy Plugs Gap
Ilkley (UK), April 2009 - A new standalone eLearning organisation for the healthcare sector has been launched. The Healthcare e-Academy delivers clinical and non-clinical online training programmes, with strategic modules covering key topics such as data protection and information governance, infection prevention and control, blended or e-induction training, and statutory and mandatory training. » MORE
Craig Barrett of Intel Receives Honorary Ph.D. in Bucharest
Bucharest (RO), March 2009 - (by Elena Lita) Bucharest's University Politehnica (UPB), Romania's largest technical university, has awarded its highest honor to Intel Corporation chairman, Craig Barrett. The honorary Ph.D. was granted during a special ceremony held at the university to recognize Barrett's intellectual merits. The recipient made a speech on education to Romanian university students, telling them that education and technology are key to creating an innovation economy. » MORE
