Archive for the ‘International Developments’ Category

Afghanistan: UNESCO seeks $27 million to rebuild country’s education system

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said the effort would focus on rehabilitating Kabul University, training education professionals, and developing non-formal and distance learning programmes to tackle the country’s illiteracy rates, which are among the highest in the world.Read The Full Article

A hopeful way out of poverty

In the era of the information revolution, there is lots of liberté, some fraternité and no égalité. Access to information is increasingly vital for development and prosperity. Yet the new divide in the world is not just between high-tech countries and low-tech countries; there are also no-tech countries, and their prospects are grim.Read The Full […]

Click2learn Expands Global Reach As Founding Member Of Scottish E-Learning Alliance

BELLEVUE, Wash.–June 21, 2002– Alliance of 50 learning organizations joins to develop e-learning opportunities in Scotland Following recognition by Scotland’s Minister for Enterprise that work-based training is key to a competitive business advantage, Click2learn today (Nasdaq:CKLS) announced that it has become one of the founding members of the newly launched Scottish e-Learning Alliance. The Alliance, […]

Malaysia to host global partnership

Permanent Representative to the United Nations Tan Sri Hasmy Agam said that through the partnership, Malaysia hoped to enhance South-South co-operation as well as North-South co-operation in bridging the global digital divide and nurturing the global information society. Read the Full Article

Patrick Brazier: British Council to Extend Mutually Beneficial Dialogue with Syria

…the new Syria “virtual university” to help establish links with Britain Read the Full Article

UN: Two more organizations recommended for Consultative Status by NGO Committee

Pending further clarifications, the applications of the Non-Aligned Students and Youth Organization and the International Commission on Distance Education were deferred.

Question Mark Opens Australian Office

STAMFORD, CT and LONDON, ENGLAND — May 8, 2001 — Question Mark, the leading provider of testing and assessment software, announces the opening of a new office in Melbourne, Australia. The company, which also has offices in London, England, and Stamford, Connecticut, has been marketing its products in Australia for 10 years through independent distributors. […]

ITU’s Global Telecommunication University establishes first inter -regional node to promote on-line distance learning

The International Telecommunication Union announced today that the Global Telecommunication University, ITUs non-profit distance-learning project, had established its first inter-regional node on the island of Malta following the signing of a partnership agreement between ITU Secretary-General, Yoshio Utsumi, and Maurice Zarb Adami, Chairman of the Maltacom Group and of Maltacom College International Ltd. According to […]

Panel on “Higher education in Africa in the information age”

The theme for this year’s ECOSOC High-Level Segment dialogue is “The Role of the United Nations System in Supporting the Efforts of African Countries to Achieve Sustainable Development”. In preparation for this event, to be held in Geneva, from 16 to 18 July 2001, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs plans to organize […]

VCampus and UOL Inc., SA, Begin Rollout of Latin America’s Widest Reaching E-Learning Solution with the Launch of UOL-Argentina’s Distance Learning Portal

VCampus(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:VCMP), the leading provider of end-to-end e-learning solutions, today announced the launch of UOL-Argentina’s e-learning campus to the country’s 1 million UOL users. The launch marks the first stage in VCampus’ rollout to UOL’s 17 million Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users throughout Latin America and the world through a three-year agreement in which VCampus […]