"MAKING LECTURES MORE MEANINGFUL: INTEGRATING ACTIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES"
Published 24.08.09STARLINK has instigated a new delivery method for its professional development seminars.
eLearning Africa 2008 - Call for Papers
Published 13.08.09The 3rd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training will take place from May 28 to 30, 2008 in Accra, Ghana under the Patronage of the Ghanaian Minister for Education Science and Sports, the Hon. Prof. Dominic K. Fobih.
MacArthur and HASTAC Announce $2 Million Digital Media and Learning Competition
Published 13.08.09HASTAC and the MacArthur Foundation announced in mid-August a public competition that will award $2 million in funding to emerging leaders, communicators, and innovators shaping the field of digital media and learning. The competition is part of MacArthur's $50 million Digital Media and Learning initiative that aims to help determine how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life.
Information Literacy
Published 13.08.09International Literacy Day is celebrated around the world on 8 September. Information Literacy is an important element of UNESCO's strategy to promote equitable access to information and knowledge.
Open Education Search: initiative supported by UNESCO
Published 13.08.09The Hewlett Foundation, ccLearn (Creative Commons' educational division) and Google are working together to build an open education web-scale search, part of a larger effort to offer web users simple, overarching mechanisms for discovering open educational resources (OERs).
NACOL Releases National Standards of Quality for Online Courses
Published 13.08.09WASHINGTON - September 13, the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) released a new publication, National Standards of Quality for Online Courses.
UNESCO boosts university radio in Nigeria
Published 13.08.09UNESCO granted to the University of Lagos (UNILAG) equipment worth over US$9,000 for its Mass Communication Radio station. According to the Director of UNESCO's Office in Abuja, Abhimanyu Singh, who presented the equipment to the university management, this gesture was in line with the Organization's efforts to support independent and pluralistic media in the country.
Digital learning resources as systemic innovation
Published 13.08.09The OECD has recently launched a new project that focuses on digital learning resources, by which is understood all kinds of digital resources used for learning in schools, including learning content, software tools to produce, use and distribute content, and implementation resources such as copyright licenses.