Archive for the ‘International Developments’ Category

African Sky Poised To Supply Proprietary E-Learning

With the implementation of the Company’s Distance Learning centres in South Africa, African Sky Communications Inc is pleased to announce that in addition to providing access to the information highway, it will also be providing web-based, multimedia rich education content to its Distance Learning Centres.

TV Stars Promote Skills ‘University’

Television stars have been enlisted to help promote an initiative designed to make learning more accessible to all. Presenters Anthea Turner and Andi Peters will be present at the national unveiling of Learndirect – part of the University for Industry (Ufi) – in east London on Wednesday.

The Virtual Professor

When technicians at the Sydney engineering consultancy Machine Monitors need to update their skills, they log on to the internet and take a course from the online education company e-cademy. This is one example of online education, but it is also an exception: many academics and educationists claim that online education is not being used […]

Government Admits Education Site ‘Unsuitable’

Site includes links to ‘unsuitable’ content, despite government approval

Online Education Clicks in India

Tired of being cooped up in classrooms? Switch over to anytime, anywhere learning through online education, fast emerging as a hot concept in a nation betting on knowledge industries to create skilled jobs.

IBM to Launch New Course

HYDERABAD: IBM Information Technology company of USA has identified Spry Resources as its partner for launching advance certificate in software engineering (ACSE) course in the city.

Educational Firms Form Global Link

McLean-based GlobalLearningSystems Inc. today will announce an alliance with 16 corporate training companies, based from Chile to China, that it hopes will give it a worldwide reach in offering Internet learning services to schools and corporations.

Prometric Forms Joint Venture With Recruit Group To Extend Reach Of Computer-Based Testing In Asia Market

Baltimore, Md. – October 2000 – Prometric, the technology-based testing division of Thomson Learning, announced today the formation of a joint venture with the Recruit Group, Japans leading employment information-based publisher. The new company, to be based in Tokyo, will be called R-Prometric. Prometric, building upon its existing operations in Japan, has formed the joint […]

Internet Entrepreneur Goes Live Online at the OU

Dr Murdoch set up an internet bookshop Bookpages in 1996, becoming a multi-millionaire when he sold it to Amazon.com two years later. He was made managing director of Amazon.co.uk, launched the UK website, and subsequently became Amazons vice president in Europe. Dr Murdoch left Amazon last year to co-found Episode-1 Partners, Britains largest dedicated internet […]

Japan Plans Internet, IT Training for Millions

With the aim of laying the foundation for a strong future knowledge-based economy, the Japanese government Thursday unveiled an economic stimulus package with a strong focus on information technology and the Internet.