Archive for the ‘International Developments’ Category

Ukraine Gets Regions First State-of-the-art Knowledge-Sharing Facility

With the support of the World Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency, Ukraine took a step forward to bridge the digital divide by opening a Development Learning Center at the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration in Kyiv.

According to a United Nations study, only one in five school-age children worldwide has access to any kind of computer-assisted technology.

A network helps Latin American teachers use technology to enhance learning.

Cuba Not So Libre With the Net

Internet and e-mail access in Cuba is as jealously guarded as Fidel Castro’s chokehold on power. But that hasn’t stopped enterprising Cubans from finding ways to flout government restrictions.

First Russian MBA Students Graduate In Moscow

Studying for an MBA takes dedication and determination. To achieve an MBA by distance learning often involves balancing studies with full time work and family responsibilities. So to complete an MBA while studying in a second language, when your country is undergoing dramatic political and economic change, and the cost of your degree quintuples because […]

Labor to create 100,000-place online university

A Labor government would establish an online university with 100,000 places, Opposition Leader Kim Beazley said today.

Intelsat, Verestar Team Up To Provide Satellite-based Internet Service To China

Intelsat and Verestar Inc. (formerly ATC Teleports), a provider of satellite and fiber access and related services, said they have implemented the first satellite-based, 155 megabit per second, duplex service between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.

Need software in, say, Icelandic? Call the Irish.

As multinational companies extend their reach across the globe, does their quest for a single market make cookie-cutter consumers of us all?

Click2learn Japan Launches e-Learning Network

New company poised to take the lead in growing Japanese e-Learning market

Top Universities in Europe Create Collaborative eLearning Network

Docent Inc. (NASDAQ: DCNT) has announced that EuroPACE, a network of top European universities, has selected Docent(TM) Enterprise to power its Internet-based eLearning and knowledge exchange service. The new eLearning service, called EPYC, is now available to students across Europe, offering courses in subjects stretching across the sciences, arts and humanities. The agreement between EuroPACE […]

Finnish Researchers Join with International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) and UC Berkeley to Study Technology and the Information Society

Berkeley – Researchers from one of the world’s most technologically-advanced countries, Finland, and researchers at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) and the University of California, Berkeley, will launch a collaboration to spark new discoveries in computer science, e-commerce, intellectual property rights and the sociology of the information society. The research agreement, to be announced […]