Sun Microsystems, Inc. has teamed up with SunGard Higher Education and Al Wasl to sponsor Education Libya 2007, that takes place from November 5-7 at the Tripoli International Fairground.
The merger will serve as an opportunity to demonstrate its solutions that assist in creating a Digital Campus environment in which people, processes and technology interact seamlessly to strengthen institutional performance. The goal of Education Libya 2007 is to aid in the building and development of the Higher Education and Training sector's infrastructure. Sun's goal is to help schools and educational institutions in Libya implement and benefit from a digital campus model, and to leverage an institutional IT environment with next-generation applications to lower costs and improve the learning environment for students. Sun Microsystems is a SunGard Higher Education Select Partner.
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group has partnered with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation under which Reliance Communication (Rcom) is to provide Internet connectivity, network and logistics to the OLPC’s India initiative.
So far, all three have launched their own initiatives to train teachers and students in information technology. While Infosys BPO has Project Genesis to train faculty, which in turn teaches students, Wipro recently launched a similar programme called Mission 10x.
Diamondville will assist a new segment of low-cost mobile PCs such as the XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC), the Eee PC by Asustek and the Classmate PCs developed by Intel. These notebooks are designed for children and for use in emerging economies where living conditions require long-lasting batteries and durable, dust-proof casings. Diamondville will be extremely low voltage laptop PCs that will cost between USD199 and USD250.
The delivery would be completed in two years by donating 1,125 desktop PCs and 195 notebook computers in 2007 and 1,680 PCs in 2008. A total of 150 mobile PCs are the Classmate model, designed to be rugged and durable and suitable for children’s day-to-day use. All devices come to students with licences for learning software suites, Microsoft XP and an office suite that allows teachers and students to get the most benefit from using computers as a learning tool. Intel has hired a third party to provide implementation and maintenance services for 60 schools for a year. Intel has already deployed 45 mobile computers in Satit Chula School as the first trial site for the project. The project is not only providing computers but also provides training for teachers to use computers and software as tools to improve learning methods.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United States Library of Congress have signed a pact paving the way for the creation of a World Digital Library which will digitise rare materials from libraries and other cultural institutions globally and make them available free on the Internet.
The 40-member delegation comprised teacher educators and academics was headed by Seddiq Weera, a senior policy advisor in Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education. The training programme applies a multi-method approach that includes lectures, group-discussion and group-work. District Institutes of Education and Training and schools in Delhi as well as two Regional Institutes of Education in Ajmer and Mysore would help them give experience at the field level.
India will have one million IPTV subscribers by 2011 but for it to succeed companies need to get their act together in the areas of access, content and technology. This was a point made at the IBE 2007 Conference in a session that examined IPTV’s growth prospects in India.
Extramarks.com, an online education site that offers after-school academic support to Indian students of classes VI to XII based on the NCERT syllabus, plans to raise USD5-million (around INR 20 crore) venture capital fund to launch its services in UK and US and introduce syllabus for higher education and curricula of state educational boards.
The website offers peer-to-peer advice on over 100,000 courses at 808 institutions in UK, US, Singapore and Australia. The company also plans to launch a similar site for domestic universities in India next year. UniGuru will feature written posts, video diaries and photographs from existing students about aspects of their lives and studies, including the quality of the course, advice on visas, the weather, city life, accommodation and the cost of living.
Fire Safety and Prevention is an e-Learning course created for Tooling University, Ohio, USA, by Upside Learning. The course has entered in the Electronic and Video Publications category under the Education and Training sub-category. The Apex Awards are presented annually to recognise excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence. Fire Safety and Prevention is a simulation-based e-Learning program targeted at students enrolled in online classes, with the aim of reinforcing their learning through engaging and interactive content.
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