ICT

EDGE 2010 Conference – E-Learning: The Horizon and Beyond

June 18, 2010
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EDGE 2010 Conference E-Learning: The Horizon and Beyond. The EDGE 2010 conference will bring together researchers, university and college educators, cooperating teachers and teacher mentors, school district and ministry of education professionals, teacher association leaders, and graduate students to share research and innovative practices in the field of new and emerging technologies in education. The [...]

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DEOL 2009: The 2009 International Conference on Distance Education and Open Learning

April 4, 2009

DEOL 2009. ‘The 2009 International Conference on Distance Education and Open Learning (DEOL 2009) will be held in Singapore during October 9-11, 2009. The aim objective of DEOL 2009 is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development [...]

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How to Keep Students Motivated and Attentive

February 15, 2008

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 [...]

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Top-Ten Technology-Related Teaching and Learning Issues According to EDUCAUSE

August 7, 2007

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 [...]

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Braided Learning

June 25, 2007

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: [...]

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EQ: Are You Ready for Mobile Learning?

May 15, 2007

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 [...]

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E-Learning in Qatar: ictQATAR and IAD launch e-Learning Portal

May 8, 2007

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, [...]

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Design for Learning Programme

May 4, 2007

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 [...]

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