Archive for the ‘International Developments’ Category

Exploring The Potential Of Open Schooling

There are currently an estimated 100 million street children in the developing countries of the Commonwealth, living and working in the thoroughfares of major urban centres. Open schooling methods are now reaching some of these children.

Digital divisions split Britain

The digital divide appears to be alive and well in Britain, with a survey for the Department for Education revealing that higher earners use a wider range of technology more often than those on lower wages.

IBM urged to help set up virtual university

ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Prof Atta-ur-Rehman Tuesday asked IBM to join hands with the government in setting up of a virtual university for the spread of IT education in the country.

Creating IT opportunities for the have-nots

NEW YORK — While business and government leaders hunker down over global issues in the tiny resort village of Davos, Switzerland, this week, a group of United Nations delegates and IT industry officials gathered here to discuss possible approaches to leveraging IT to improve social and economic conditions in developing nations.

E-learning firms cram for European test

American e-learning companies may look across the Atlantic for a boost to their fledgling industry, but they face even more hurdles in Europe than they do on this side of the pond.

Electronic Applications to British Universities More Than Double

The number of students applying online to British universities more than doubled this year, according to the central clearinghouse that handles all university applications in Britain.

Internet Learning opens doors to cyber-school

Auckland firm Internet Learning has opened the doors to what it claims is New Zealand’s first NZQA-accredited business school located solely in cyberspace.

WBT Ranked Among the Fastest Growing Irish Technology Companies

Dublin, Ireland, January 25, 2001 – WBT, the leading provider of content management and delivery software, announced today that it has been ranked in the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Ireland program.

TV viewing down, Internet up: StatsCan

OTTAWA – Canadians turned away from television during 1999 while more people went to movies and surfed the Internet, according to Statistics Canada.

Labor to put university online

The Federal Opposition Leader, Mr Kim Beazley, has sought to establish his election credentials as a new-economy prime minister, on Wednesday announcing plans for an online university offering 100,000 cut-price student places.