education & ICT

31.03.2006 Effat College ended a two-day symposium yesterday on the subject of utilizing information and communication technologies in a teaching environment.

30.03.2006 African Education Ministers have pledged their support for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), formally launched, at the on-going Biennial meeting of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) in Libreville, Gabon.

28.03.2006 The E-Learn 2006 is holding a world conference on e-learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education from October 13-17, 2006 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

27.03.2006 Information and communication technologies (ICT) have effectively revolutionized our society. In last two decades, technology has dramatically penetrated into every area of society and, every aspect of social and cultural lives. But, teaching, and the world of education more generally have not taken the advantage of these changes especially the south asia region.

21.03.2006 A recent conference focused on how to ensure all schools, libraries and local governments from around the world could access information technologies within the next decade.

16.03.2006 CePIT-Centar za proucavanje informacionih tehnologija Beogradske otvorene škole - BOŠ raspisuje konkurs za pohađanje regionalnog onlajn programa "Informaciono društvo".

09.03.2006 The Kashmir Education Foundation (KEF), a non-government organisation, has launched a Rs 30 million project for rural children offering them advanced coaching facilities.

08.03.2006 Leading technology entrepreneur Javad Hasan has called for a technology strategy to take the benefits of technology to Kerala's villages.Mr. Hasan said presenting his views on `IT's role in Kerala's development' at a development seminar organised by the Congress party as part of its ongoing State conference. Merely producing `computer coolies' would not add to the wellbeing of the people, he said.

08.03.2006 Becta is pleased to announce that the ICT Excellence awards are now open for entries.

05.03.2006 ICT enabled distance education is poised to rule the world. This would not only strengthen the elementary education needs of the country but would also increase the dependence of education on ICT. Technological development always warrants transition to newer technologies by jeopardizing the cost effectiveness of the distance education programme.

03.03.2006

03.03.2006 IN A move that promises to revolutionise the way undergraduate courses are taught at Delhi University, a committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor is to implement an e-learning pilot project which will enable almost 2,50,000 private and regular students to make up for the ‘‘lack’’ of teachers.

03.03.2006 Up-to-date advice for all colleges and universities in the UK about open source software is now available.

03.03.2006 Teaching strategies for the students of today should be a combination of several methods and techniques in a holistic way, Gajendra Verma, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, said.

02.03.2006 Delhi government schools in India are preparing to welcome multimedia screens. CAL (computer-aided learning), Delhi government education department's ambitious project gives every lesson in NCERT textbooks for class VI to X in multimedia.

01.03.2006 Arul Mozhi, D. Deepa and K. Maunika are first generation learners from hamlets with about 1,000 families in interior Tamil Nadu but they are among the thousands of primary and elementary school children who use computers as a learning tool.