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Education Provider Boosts Learning Opportunities With Unified Communications
White Papers The largest provider of tertiary education in the Northland of New Zealand, NorthTec occupies 10 widely dispersed campuses and about 40 community teaching spots, and it serves more than 15,000 students and 480 staff.
[December 19, 2007, 0:01]
An Analysis of Online Education and Learning Management Systems in the Nordic Countries
White Papers This paper presents the results from an analysis of online education and Learning Management Systems (LMS) in the five Nordic countries. The analysis comprises a broad range of institutions from primary education, secondary education, higher...
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Case Study
White Papers This study involved an investigation of the practice of online teaching and learning in the Faculty of Education at the University of Southern Queensland. It examined this context at a particular point in USQ's history, namely at a stage where it...
[April 21, 2005, 0:00]
University Launches Online Courses, Measures Learning Outcomes With Education Portal
White Papers North Carolina's Queens University of Charlotte wanted to better support its community's need for online education. Queens deployed Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, the Microsoft Learning Gateway portal, and the Microsoft SharePoint...
[October 11, 2008, 1:01]
Six Factors to Consider When Planning Online Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education
White Papers The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) have made the process of obtaining an education without regard to time or location easier for the student. At the same time, they have provided more challenges for the colleges providing this education.
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
The University of South Australia Makes Education More Accessible Through Online Learning
White Papers With up to 15 per cent of its students studying via distance education, the University of South Australia wanted to improve learning opportunities and extend its competitive advantage in the Asia-Pacific's lucrative tertiary education market.
[July 7, 2006, 0:00]
WA Department of Education and Training Rolls Out Statewide Digital Learning to 800 Schools
White Papers WA DET turned to an online teaching and learning model supported by Oracle collaboration and portal technologies to bring K12 education into the 21st century. The Western Australian Department of Education and Training (WA DET) delivers education...
[May 21, 2008, 1:01]
Education Solution Provider Empowers Learning With Social Networking Web Site
White Papers Through schoolnet.com, SchoolNet is enhancing its reputation as a trusted resource for professional educators - and contributing to better learning outcomes. SchoolNet provides Web-based solutions that help improve school performance and increase...
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
Government launches e-learning taskforce
News The initiative will extend the government's e-learning strategy beyond the compulsory stage of education. Launching the taskforce, the education and skills secretary Estelle Morris said, "the potential for e-learning is enormous, and we are already...
[February 1, 2002, 13:08]
Creating an Online Helpdesk: Supporting Teaching and Learning
White Papers As online education is growing into mainstream in higher education, one of the challenges is how to enhance students' online learning experience. Both current research and theories such as the theory of transactional distance, seven principles for...
[February 10, 2009, 0:20]
ShareKnowledge Gives Instructors a Complete Solution for Rich Online Learning Portals
White Papers Competentum, a Russia-based conglomerate, provides e-learning solutions for online education and training. Competentum provides turnkey technology solutions for online education and training. In 2007, the company developed ShareKnowledge, based on...
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
MP launches further-education tech forum
News The Technology Exemplar Network programme, jointly led by the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) and the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), was launched on Thursday by education minister Bill Rammell.
[October 15, 2007, 15:20]
Literature Review - Faculty Participation in Online Distance Education: Barriers and Motivators
White Papers Distance education is a medium of teaching and learning that has grown significantly in the past 10 years as indicated by the number of higher education institutions that offer courses and/or full degree programs via distance learning.
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
Oracle Case Study: Institute of Technical Education (ITE)
White Papers With its emphasis on life-long learning and a vision to deliver a high quality technical education, Institute of Technical Education (ITE) wanted to align its systems and processes with international standards of efficiency.
[May 30, 2007, 1:00]
E-Learning centres planned for nurses
News The three universities were selected on the strength of strong e-learning structures already in place, as well as proven track records in nurse education and research. The Royal College of Nursing initiative will link the University of Ulster with...
[April 25, 2001, 7:08]
Services Provider Helps Speed Deployment of Rich Learning Portals by 80 Percent
White Papers ITWorx, headquartered in Egypt, is a global software services provider that specializes in education portals based on the Microsoft Learning Gateway framework. By using the ITWorx Education Catalyst Provisioning suite, districts, schools, and...
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
Dell Servers and Storage Help Liberty University Deliver Education With a Higher Purpose
White Papers The university required to construct a highly available, high-performance server and storage architecture to support in-classroom learning and distance education services. Founded in 1971 as a Christian academic community in the tradition of...
[July 7, 2006, 0:00]
Lecturers give full marks to e-learning
News The survey of 150 lecturers from higher education institutions across Britain found that 85 percent of them believe e-learning is improving access to education, and 94 percent think that a mix of online and classroom-based teaching is more...
[January 6, 2004, 16:25]
Internet makes children lazy, says academic
News The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has set the National Grid for learning baseline, which requires one computer for every 11 students in primary schools, and one for every seven secondary school students by the end of next year.
[October 12, 2001, 14:15]
Educational Authorities Find Scalable, Flexible E-Learning Solution With EduWave Live
White Papers Few e-learning solutions are designed for nationwide K-12 deployment in countries with a central educational authority such as a Ministry of Education. Educational authorities can use EduWave Live to improve education through scalable, centralized...
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
