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CoSN Joins Three Other Leading Education Organizations to Host First-Ever International Symposium on Innovation in Education
Consortium for School Networking — Tuesday, June 09, 2009
The event was organized by European Schoolnet (EUN) in partnership with CoSN, education.au (the Australian national agency for ICT in education) and ANSAS (the Italian agency for innovation in education). The goal of the symposium is to build a vision for a common future for education and develop an agenda for future cooperation. Read More »
Turnitin Debuts New Spanish Language Services
iParadigms LLC — Saturday, June 06, 2009
Turnitin announced availability of its award-winning Turnitin Originality Checking and GradeMark services in Spanish. To date, the company has working relationships with Spanish-language institutions in most Latin American countries and Spain. Worldwide, Turnitin and GradeMark are used in over 108 countries. Read More »
SunGard Higher Education Supports Initiative for Teachers’ Education in the UAE
SunGard Higher Education — Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Emirates College of Advanced Education (ECAE) is collaborating with SunGard Higher Education in an initiative to connect teachers, faculty and staff and make the institution a center of excellence in teacher education. Read More »
Fast Forword Software Agreement Established in British Columbia
Scientific Learning Corp. — Saturday, May 30, 2009
Scientific Learning Corp. has announced an agreement with Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium (ERAC) to provide the British Columbia consortium’s members with access to discounts for the Fast ForWord® family of products. Read More »
Carnegie Learning, Inc. Forges Partnership to Improve Math Instruction in Latin America
Carnegie Learning, Inc. — Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Carnegie Learning, Inc. announced a three-year partnership with Carnegie Mellon University and universities in Mexico, Central America, and South America to develop Cognitive Tutor® math software for secondary school students that is adapted to the regional contexts and languages of their countries. Read More »
Critical Links Launches the edgeBOX Education Alliance™ for Schools 2.0
Critical Links — Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Critical Links announced today that it has formed the edgeBOX education alliance, a strategic partnership ecosystem that offers products and services to complement its edgeBOX education portfolio and deliver a comprehensive, best-of-breed solution. Read More »
Sharp Drop In Aid To Basic Education Jeopardizes School Chances for Millions
UNESCO — Thursday, April 23, 2009
Sharp declines in aid to basic education to developing countries threaten to reverse progress towards the international goal of universal primary schooling. This is the stark conclusion drawn by UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report Team. Read More »
Sun Challenges China's Top Students To Go Virtual
Sun Microsystems, Inc. — Thursday, April 23, 2009
At its annual China Education & Research Conference, Sun Microsystems, Inc., along with the Ministry of Education of China, today announced the China Innovation Program for Students (CHIPS), a student development program providing mentoring and training of the world's leading open source technologies. Read More »
New South Wales Department of Education and Training Selects Adobe for Digital Education Revolution Initiative
Adobe Systems Incorporated — Monday, April 20, 2009
the New South Wales Department of Education and Training will provide Adobe® design, development, photo-editing, video and collaboration software to students and faculty in its kindergarten through 12th grade schools and TAFE vocational education and training institutes Read More »
JISC Collections Selects ebrary to Provide e-books to All FE Colleges in the United Kingdom
ebrary — Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Under the terms of the contract, JISC will fund a collection of over 3,000 multidisciplinary e-books from ebrary and use ebrary’s technology to deliver the content to over 440 Further Education colleges in the United Kingdom. Read More »
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