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Initiative Sets up Network Access in Rural France
Pomeys (FR), May 2007 - One of the main obstacles to ICT deployment in European rural areas is the lack of cheap high-bandwidth Internet access when ADSL is not available. Alternative solutions exist, but they are expensive and reserved for professional uses (e.g. satellite access). Furthermore, the strategies for introducing ADSL in rural areas of the EU differ from country to country, and while some are already widely covered or plan to be, others will never implement ADSL everywhere because of specific geographical conditions. » MORE
Promoting the Use of Educational Technology
Heverlee (BE), May 2007 - The EU-funded Sputnic project intends to raise awareness of the beneficial impact of educational technologies that enhance international collaboration. Through the project website and various upcoming events, Sputnic spreads know-how from Minerva and other successful Socrates projects, providing a theoretical background as well as practical models and hands-on experience. » MORE
Partnership Opportunities between Europe and Africa
Dakar (SEN), May 2007 - START (also called the EuroAfrica-ICT initiative) is a project supported by the European Commission. It aims at connecting Sub-Saharan Africa and the European Union for ICT partnerships through the Framework Programme 7. Ken Lohento from the Panos Institute West Africa is Coordinator of the START initiative in West and Central Africa. He gives us an update on the situation. » MORE
Nelson Croom Develops Standards for EU Partners
London (UK), April 2007 - Nelson Croom has been working in partnership with the EU-funded Leonardo DaVinci programme on developing standards for Developing Administration and Customer Service Skills in Local Taxation (DACSSIL Tax). The DACSSIL Tax online learning programme enables local taxation administrators across Europe to set up and develop systems and processes that will improve their administration and customer services skills. » MORE
Survey on the State of eLearning in Europe
Brussels (BE), March 2007 - The Helios project is looking for participants for a free online survey. The specific subject of this survey is the relationship between eLearning and innovation of learning systems, with specific regards to formal education. Helios is a European-Commission-supported research project aiming at establishing a sustainable observation platform to monitor the progress of eLearning in Europe vis-Ã -vis policy objectives and to forecast future scenarios of eLearning evolution. » MORE
EFQUEL Announces eQuality Award Winners
Paris (FR), March 2007 - The European Foundation for Quality in eLearning (EFQUEL) has nominated two innovators to be honored with the first eQuality Awards, for using ICT to improve the quality and organisational relevance of learning. The prizewinners are the organisations that have demonstrated the highest quality of innovative use of learning technologies in support of learning and development. » MORE
Giunti Labs Provides Platform for ELU Initiative
Sestri Levante (IT), March 2007 - Giunti Labs, an eLearning and mobile learning content management solutions vendor has been selected as the overall Learning Content Management platform provider for the ELU (Enhanced Learning Unlimited) Initiative. ELU is a thirty-month European project whose target is to develop innovative TV learning solutions for an international consortium led by Ort France and including more than ten European universities and broadcasters. » MORE
Ten Years - European Telecoaching Institute
Freiburg (GER), February 2007 - The European Telecoaching Institute (ETI) celebrated the tenth anniversary of its foundation with a symposium. The term "telecoaching" was coined by ETI in 1996 to describe what was a completely new field of activity at the time: the remote professional design and support of learning processes using the Internet. » MORE
What If You Can't See the Computer Screen?
Hereford (UK)/ Dublin (IRL)/ Graz (AU)/ Hellrup (DK)/ Pavia (I)/ Bucharest (RO), February 2007 - There are some 450+ million people in the EU. Depending on the source, the number of people categorized as blind or visually impaired varies from around 1.5% to 4% of the population, depending on age, ethic grouping, etc. Taking a conservative 2% as a reasonable average, this means there are approximately nine million people who have some level of visual impairment. These individuals, of course, are entitled to equality of access to information, education, and training. » MORE
Executive summaries in Nineteen Languages
Brussels (BE), February 2007 - The European Commission's portal elearningeuropa.info has launched a new digital publication on eLearning entitled eLearning Papers. An executive summary of each article is available in nineteen languages. The full texts are available in their original languages in PDF format. » MORE
