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Themen

Draft Bill

Spanish Bloggers Fear Being Censored

Madrid (Spain), February 2007 - The Spanish Internet community is enflamed by a draft bill: Ley de Impulso de la Sociedad de la Información (the Law of "Impulse of the Information Society") proposes to allow the regional governments to close websites viewed as objectionable without a court order. » MORE

Competition

Wikipedia's Rival Citizendium: a Start with Obstacles

Columbus, Ohio (USA), February 2007 - Larry Sanger, one of the co-founders of Wikipedia, who left the project in 2002, announced his counter-project Citizendium at the Wizard of OS 4 conference in September last year in Berlin, and the new platform recently opened its doors. But it was a start with obstacles. » MORE

Scott McNealy's Idea

Curruki: the Wikipedia of Curricula

Washington D.C. (USA), February 2007 - In recent years, the World Wide Web has been transformed by collaborative tools that help many people create and develop resources online. These implements are known collectively as 'wikis', and they represent the leading edge of what many Web experts and analysts call 'Web 2.0.' The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia, the collaboratively authored encyclopedia. Now there's a new wiki dedicated entirely to teaching resources and curriculum development. It's called Curriki. » MORE

Change of Leadership

Kaleidoscope Announces New Scientific Manager

Grenoble (F)/ Oslo (NO), January 2007 - Prof. Sten Ludvigsen has been elected the new scientific manager of Kaleidoscope, the European Network of Excellence for research in technology-enhanced learning. He replaces Dr. Nicolas Balacheff from CNRS, France, who has guided Kaleidoscope through the last three years. Professor Ludvigsen is Director of InterMedia, an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Oslo, Norway. » MORE

eRussia

Quality Initiative at Russian Universities

Berlin (GER), December 2006 - At ONLINE EDUCA 2006, the session on "eLearning in Russia" presented visitors with an overview of the various efforts the country is undertaking to upscale its education system. The Russian government is currently investing in an overall eInitiative named "eRussia" (Electronic Russia for 2002-2010) that includes "eEducation", a program to develop ICT infrastructure in the education sector. » MORE

Door Opener

Open University Launches OpenLearn

Milton Keynes (UK), November 2006 - The British Open University (OU) has stepped up its commitment to broadening access to education by launching "OpenLearn" , a new open-content website. » MORE

Getting Serious

Trade Body for Serious Games Launched

Worthing (UK), November 2006 - The Alliance for New Generation Interactive Leisure and Simulations - ANGILS - has officially launched, with a line-up of support from leading experts and commissioners of serious games. It is the first trade body representing the business of serious games. » MORE

eLearning in South Africa

Digital Immigrants & Digital Natives

Bloemfontein (South Africa), November 2006 - (by Dr. Herbert Thomas) In South Africa, large numbers of faculty members at higher education institutions are 'digital immigrants', and yet we presume to create learning environments for 'digital natives', who differ radically from us in their understanding of technology. This already complex situation, is further exacerbated in South Africa, where we have eleven official languages and as many different cultural groupings. » MORE

In the Proximal Zone

Simulation of Crisis as a Learning Context

Hedmark (Norway), November 2006 - As the student-assessment component of the Hedmark University College's seminar-based course "Crisis Management, Communication and Collaboration", a one-week simulation is conducted at the Norwegian Army Command and Staff Trainer. Students from call-out services such as fire, police, and ambulance departments, as well as army staff and security employees from large private corporations or governmental organizations get prepared for action. » MORE

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