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ICT Results: Attention please! Next-generation e-learning is here. ‘Take an e-learning platform, mix in a large dose of social networking, sprinkle liberally with intelligent software agents to stimulate users and, according to a team of European researchers, you have a recipe to keep students’ attention even during the most testing training courses.
Recent trials of two [...]
Top-Ten Teaching and Learning Issues, 2007 by John P. Campbell, Diana G. Oblinger and Colleagues, Educause Quarterly, vol. 30 (3), 2007. ‘Creating a culture of evidence tops the list of important issues as the academic technology profession moves to an “Instruction 2.0″ world.
The EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee for Teaching and Learning (ACTL) has identified the key [...]
Education without complication. ‘Most teachers are familiar with the concept of social networking sites, but what can online networks offer professional development?
A paper from the MirandaNet Fellowship, a diverse body of education, government and industry figures, uses the fellowship’s own e-community to examine what online learning looks like in a professional organisation.
Braided Learning: an Emerging [...]
Are You Ready for Mobile Learning? by Joseph Rene Corbeil and Maria Elena Valdes-Corbeil, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Vol. 30, 2007. ‘Frequent use of mobile devices does not mean that students or instructors are ready for mobile learning and teaching. From the Conclusions: ‘Are distance-education students and faculty ready to make the jump from e-learning to mobile [...]
ictQATAR and IAD launch e-Learning Portal. ‘The Supreme Council for Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) and the Institute of Administration Development (IAD) launched the e-Learning Portal, a new online educational tool, at the Four Seasons Hotel Doha.
The e-Learning Portal will give Government employees, university students and the wider adult community access to 4000, cost-free, courses [...]
Design for Learning Programme. ‘The Design for Learning Programme aims to further develop the community’s understanding of the principles that inform the design of effective learning activities which involve the use of technology. This Programme builds on activities funded under the e-Learning and Pedagogy strand and the Technical Framework and Tools strand of the JISC [...]
CAMEL (Collaborative Approaches to the Management of e-Learning). ‘HEFCE provided Leadership, Governance and Management Programme (LGM) funding to support a project aiming to identify and promote good practice in the management of ICT to support lifelong learning. The CAMEL project was a pilot to explore the development of a Community of Practice amongst e-learning, systems, [...]
Insight - Observatory for New Technologies and Education. ‘Insight is a service focusing on e-learning in schools in Europe. It is provided by European Schoolnet (EUN) in collaboration with its consortium members. We publish news and analysis on e-learning policies, school innovation and information communication technology (ICT) in education.
Insight is for national, regional and local [...]
PLT 2007: 1st International Workshop on Pen-Based Learning Technologies, Catania, Italy, 24 and 25 May, 2007. ‘Handheld technology and pen-based input devices (e.g.,Tablet PC, PDA, Origami-UMPC, digital pen and paper, graphic tablets, pen-mouse) provide novel opportunities to develop: a) More natural interaction and collaboration; b) Multimodal, multi-party feedback and communication and c) Mobile learning.
This [...]
Open Technology: Discover the promise. ‘Open technologies present a wealth of opportunities for educators. By supplying software and hardware that is interoperable and available with few or no licensing restrictions, open technology can enable development of collaborative learning environments within schools and higher education institutions around the world. IBM is committed to supporting open technologies [...]
Becta ICT Excellence Awards 2006. ‘The ICT Excellence Awards is an award scheme for schools, which aims to identify and reward whole school excellence in ICT. The ICT Excellence Awards were launched to reward schools across the UK approaching ICT in outstanding or innovative ways, benefiting their whole community, inside and outside the school building. [...]
Ferl.’Launched in 1998, Ferl was originally an acronym for “Further Education Resources for Learningâ€, but in meeting the needs of our audience we expanded our scope to include management, technology and teaching approaches as well as the use of online resources.
Ferl is a web-based information service managed by Becta. We aim to support individuals and [...]
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