NEWS
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New education website Bloust goes into the classroom
A Florida-based mother of three has launched an education-based internet business that enables teachers to create free personalized websites. BLOUST.COM, brainchild of Debbie Popkin, is a social network developed to bridge the gap between home and school by allowing teachers, students and parents to share information and create an interactive environment to promote student success.
New open school for tribals near Bangalore
Encouraged by the success of running a tribal school in Bhubaneswar, the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) is planning on a similar school near Bangalore. The proposed school complex would provide education and necessary infrastructure facilities, including accommodation to the tribal children.
ICRI adopts 'Blackboard' virtual learning environmentTechnology and Internet is increasingly playing a bigger role in education in India. Institute of Clinical Research India has adopted new teaching methodology - 'Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment'. The programme provides its students access to library resources, journals, study materials, papers and updates from ICRI's partner university Cranfield University, UK
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FEATURE
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Education For All: Will we make it?
Have national governments followed up on their commitment to the EFA goals? Has the international community provided adequate support to national governments? Is the world, as a result, progressing towards EFA by 2015 and, if not, which are the goals that have been neglected and the countries or regions in greatest difficulty?
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INTERVIEW
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Collaborative policy development suits India
Terry Culver,
Executive Director, Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI), has over ten years experience in partnership, community development, education, and communications. Recently, he was in India to take part in the ongoing consultations in forming a 'National Policy on ICTs in School Education'.
In an interview with Digital Learning, he talks about GeSCI's journey, policy matters and his experiences as a facilitator of ICT policy.
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Higher Education: Spaces and Places for Learning, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer
May 21-23, 2008
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May 23-25, 2008
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Aveiro, Portugal
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Call for papers for the Digital Learning Track in the eINDIA2008 conference
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 Power Point
Overview of E-Learning Practices in Singapore
The power point on 'Overview of E-Learning Practices in Singapore' by Lim Kin Chew traces the growth of e-learning in singapore and its use in schools, colleges, institutions of higher learning. It also dwells on the future of e-learning in the country.
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 Tools from Technology
Notecentric
Notecentric is a social classnote sharing website, which keeps your notes organised and readily available online. Moreover, you do not have to worry about synchronising them as they are always in one place.
Notecentric was created by Hung Truong, while pursuing Computer Science at the University of New Mexico. The idea for this technology was borne off necessity. Hung found that it was really hard to synchronize his notes from his laptop to his desktop computer and also share them with his classmates without resorting to email.
Once notes are entered in this application, users have access to them wherever there is connectivity. In addition, classmates who have Notecentric accounts automatically have access to those notes (unless the notes are tagged as "private").
Notecentric has now become a Facebook Application. All you need is a free Facebook account to use it.
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