education & ICT

26.11.2004 A survey of secondary schools in New Zealand has revealed that barrier to access to computers is still a major deterrent for ICT-based learning for students. Lack of confidence prevents the school teachers to use applications integrating ICTs into learning modules in those schools, shows the survey.

25.11.2004 TakingITGlobal and Project Harmony host an online forum to discuss the role of ICTs for providing better and affordable education on the lines of International Education Week. The online forum runs from 17 November to 10 December 2004.

25.11.2004 Indian state West Bengal has signed a pact with Microsoft to implement the Project Shiksha initiative, a programme to be rolled out in 10 states to make teachers IT literate. Microsoft is planning to train 12,000 teachers and one million students in the state over the next five years.

24.11.2004 Wipro and Intel have jointly launched the i-shiksha, a low-cost solution and technology to meet the needs of education segment in India.

22.11.2004 President of the Commonwealth of Learning Sir John Daniel in the Millennium Lecture at MSSRF in Chennai talks about the importance of ICTs in distance learning.

18.11.2004 The Namibian College of Open Learning, which is supported by Unesco, is aiming to integrate ICTs into the open learning system to extend the scope of education beyond the traditional classroom. The project seeks to test ICT-supported distance education before massive government investment at the national level.

18.11.2004 The Namibian College of Open Learning, which is supported by Unesco, aims to integrate ICTs into the open learning system to extend the scope of education beyond the traditional classroom. The project seeks to test ICT-supported distance education before massive government investment at the national level.

09.11.2004 United Kingdom has lessons to learn from Scotland where an online university has achieved a 75 per cent increase in enrolment in the last one year. Edinburgh's Interactive University has 75,000 students from more than 23 countries in contrast to UkeU, which folded up after big losses.

03.11.2004 A cheap and compact multimedia centre developed by an Indian scientist is changing how students learn in some Indian states. K-Yan, the device which costs just $3,000, can provide content in local languages and does not even need air-conditioning.