An exciting new consortium has just been kicked off to serve a Higher Education IT community that wants to use Microsoft's SharePoint 2007 technologies to build out functionality which will support greater collaboration in the classroom, and have a positive impact on Teaching and Learning.  The Consortium are looking for members to ...

I frequently think about virtual learning environments, what they are, why they matter, what impact they may have on teaching, learning... and the administration of schools and universities.  There's a great deal of debate about their (as if there's a category of product called ''VLE'' to which we can all agree) utility given the effort and ...

I frequently think about virtual learning environments, what they are, why they matter, what impact they may have on teaching, learning... and the administration of schools and universities.  There's a great deal of debate about their (as if there's a category of product called ''VLE'' to which we can all agree) utility given the effort and ...

Partners in Learning (or PiL for short) is a program through which we engage with our education customers through the highest levels of government in countries, and Kristen Weatherby is the person leading the charge on this at a corporate level. [VIDEO] The complete set of offerings through this program is wide-ranging and contains everything ...

Aidan McCarthy is our Worldwide Industry Manager for Schools, and in this interview he outlines some of the work we are doing to drive innovative solutions and program offerings into the sector. [VIDEO]  Topics he covers at a high-level include:Learning GatewayPartners in LearningSchool of the Future...and more.I have also lined up a ...

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In the Philippines, mobile devices and text messaging are enabling groups of activists, some thousands strong, to bring their message into the public's view with much less effort and much more precision than ever.  Using the devices to organize and orchestrate their demonstrations, they are able to outwit oppressive forces and broadcast their ...

In the Philippines, mobile devices and text messaging are enabling groups of activists, some thousands strong, to bring their message into the public's view with much less effort and much more precision than ever.  Using the devices to organize and orchestrate their demonstrations, they are able to outwit oppressive forces and broadcast their ...

In the Philippines, mobile devices and text messaging are enabling groups of activists, some thousands strong, to bring their message into the public's view with much less effort and much more precision than ever.  Using the devices to organize and orchestrate their demonstrations, they are able to outwit oppressive forces and broadcast their ...

Maybe nothing. Egypt is certainly undertaking a massive scale effort to equip teachers with necessary, potentially transformational, ICT skills. From the article, ''One shortcoming the EEI aims to overcome is the lack of communication among students, teachers, administrators, district managers and parents. Another is developing interactive ...