Education

Educators pursue FutureGov Award

As entries for the FutureGov Awards flood in to meet the deadline for entries, which has been extended to Thursday 9th September, competition is heating up in a new category introduced this year: education. So far, entries from Malaysia, Australia, and Singapore, are in the running to impress the judges.

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Education network to connect NZ schools

More New Zealand schools will have the opportunity to participate ...

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E-learning campus connects students

Temasek Polytechnic (TP), iEcopolis and LG Electronics Singapore last week ...

10 August 2010 | News

Facial recognition in schools tackles truancy

Taiwan’s Chung Hua University has hatched a plan to introduce facial recognition technology to its roll call system in a bid to clamp down on truancy.

10 August 2010 | News

School ICT project on track

Despite a change in government following a general election in May, the Philippines’ iSchools Project is on course to computerise 1000 public schools across the archipelago. Project Manager Toni Torres said that while incoming regime would mean new priorities, she was confident the project would meet its target.

24 July 2010 | News

Better learning with web 2.0 and virtual worlds

In a visit to Ngee Ann Secondary School yesterday (22 July), FutureGov found students deeply engaged in learning. Students were strolling down corridors of 3D virtual art galleries or were chatting away with William Shakespeare. These were two of many other initiatives aimed at making the school a pace setter and leader for the innovative use of technology in teaching and learning.

20 July 2010 | News

The dangers of teaching in virtual worlds

Virtual worlds such as Second Life and Facebook are engaging and motivating students as never before. There are, however, risks beyond the teachers’ control that students could access undesirable content or interact with anonymous users.

19 July 2010 | News

Cloud helps universities cut costs by 74%

Queensland University of Technology in Australia leveraged cloud computing to provide enterprise software to more than 140 universities in Asia Pacific. Glenn Stewart, Professor of Information Systems revealed how the university dramatically reduced costs while it enjoyed greater assurance and scaleability.

13 July 2010 | Interview

What does a future school look like?

Hwa Chong Institute was the first independent school in Singapore selected by the Ministry of Education to be a Future School in 2008. Deputy Principal Chung Wen Chee revealed how the school translated its commitment to leverage educational technology into rewarding lessons in the classroom.

6 July 2010 | News

HK varsity builds collaborative environment

The digital and physical learning environment must respond to, and reflect, the increased need for collaboration among students and educators, Geoffrey Dengate, Director, Information Technology Services, The University of Hong Kong told FutureGov.

21 June 2010 | Feature

Learning beyond the classroom

The majority of learning takes place outside the classroom. How can educators take advantage of this reality through anywhere, anytime learning solutions, such as iPads, smart phones, eReaders and laptops? Kelly Ng investigates.

31 May 2010 | News

Public sector network management - improving?

Some good news and some bad news. Education and healthcare institutions in Asia are managing the lifecycle of their IT assets more efficiently, and are getting better at making their systems more secure. But configuration errors, such as faulty encryption settings or incompatible device drivers, are an area the public sector did not improve on over the past year, according to a survey by Datacraft.

17 May 2010 | News

Malaysian education group integrates student info system

With eleven campuses across Malaysia and Indonesia each running stand-alone student management systems, INTI Education Group (INTI) had difficulties maintaining an updated and accurate report on its students. According to Richard Pany, Group Chief Information Officer at INTI, there was a lot of manual processing of data and duplicated information and effort, resulting in inaccuracy of information.

12 May 2010 | News

Role of ICT in education debated at FutureCampus

Is technology driving teaching, or teaching driving technology? This question was at the centre of debate among Asia’s leading educators at the FutureCampus Forum in Singapore last week (Wednesday 12th May 2010).

30 April 2010 | Feature

Making Malaysia's Schools Smarter

Malaysia launched the national Smart School programme more than a decade ago. Has the initiative produced ‘smarter’ students? Kelly Ng speaks to the Ministry of Education and the Multimedia Development Corporation to reveal their progress in modernising Malaysia’s schools.

20 April 2010 | News

A statistician’s approach to data management

The Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University is studying the relationship between the well being of students and their academic performance at school. Tan Teck Kiang, Research Associate at the centre, revealed the challenges of making sense of large, complex data sets in an interview with FutureGov.

11 April 2010 | News

Singapore heritage game replaces fantasy with facts

Singapore’s National Heritage Board is launching an online game in the style of the multiplayer epic World of Warcraft to encourage learning in a context popular with young people. Replacing fantasy with facts, World of Temasek, which is set in 14th century Singapore, gets players hunting for ‘real’ historical artifacts that can be found in museums locally.

9 April 2010 | Spotlight

The 5Cs

A Fuji Xerox Vision for Education. Aware of the challenges the education industry faces, Fuji Xerox’s broad approach to helping education institutions achieve Lifelong Learning Beyond Classroom, is outlined by the 5Cs to allow teachers, IT and administrators to focus on their value added work.

6 April 2010 | News

New classroom learning technologies

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) believes in combining the best of traditional classroom and online learning. Steve Ryan, Director, Centre for Learning Technology, revealed two technologies – clickers and lecture capture – which have proved to enhance the learning experience.

30 March 2010 | News

Japanese teachers embrace collaborative learning

Integrating technology into the classroom requires pedagogical judgment. Teachers who are familiar with the curriculum and their students are in the best position to drive change. FutureGov spoke to three elementary school teachers in Japan who have leveraged IT in their own unique ways to help students learn better.

30 March 2010 | News

E-learning delivers results for Uni in HK

In recent years, there has been an upsurge in e-learning at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Speaking to FutureGov, Dr. Carmel McNaught, Director & Professor of Learning Enhancement, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research, whose Centre works closely with the IT Services Centre in e-learning development, discussed major e-learning initiatives and their impact.

19 March 2010 | News

MIT reveals leading edutech projects

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a dedicated team which drives the innovative use of technology in teaching and learning. Speaking exclusively to FutureGov, Vijay Kumar, who heads the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, revealed its key IT projects for 2010.

16 March 2010 | News

Australian Uni takes bold steps into cloud

Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia is deploying a private cloud which will be operational by mid this year. CIO Peter Nikoletatos told FutureGov of the challenges he faces and the rewards he expects from migrating into the cloud.

9 March 2010 | News

Singapore primary school skypes America

Students from Singapore and California overcame physical boundaries and engaged in real-time cultural exchange. Troy Tenhet and Rose Manuel, Directors of Global Learning Exchange programme told FutureGov how internet video calls closed the 14,000 kilometres gap.

9 March 2010 | News

Japanese uni embraces mobile learning

Mobile learning has gained popularity among Japanese students at the Keio University. Fumitoshi Kato, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, explained to FutureGov how social networking and new media tools have enhanced the learning experience.

17 February 2010 | Spotlight

Campus-wide internet connectivity

In issue 6.2 of FutureGov (April 2009, Future Campus pg 36-42) we discussed the rise of technology used in universities across Asia and the growth of wireless internet on campus was discussed. Here, we look at two examples of how Motorola has implemented wireless networks in universities in Asia to enable new approach to the existing pedagogy as well as to enrich and empower both the students and the faculty.

25 January 2010 | News

China’s largest wireless campus boosts productivity

Nanjing University of Posts and Communications has the largest and most resilient wireless coverage area of any higher education institution in China. FutureGov spoke to Dr Zong Ping, Director, Internet of Things and Senor Network College, to reveal why and how the network was implemented.

25 January 2010 | News

Asian schools automate attendance tracking

Gone are days when classes start with roll-calls. FutureGov reveals how schools in Hong Kong, Japan, India and Singapore have taken the load off teachers by deploying biometric or smart card technology to track students’ entering and leaving the campus.

20 January 2010 | News

Networking blog boosts learning in Malaysian uni

Today’s students are avid users of technology. How best can teachers interact with them? Dr Supli Effendi Rahim, Lecturer, University Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Malaysia told FutureGov how he successfully engaged students and sustained a learning community outside of the classroom using a networking blog platform.

5 January 2010 | News

How will ICT change the future of education?

Educators from Malaysia, Australia and India foresee a future in which digital books, hybrid mobile computers and touch-screen writing tablets will replace the text book, chalk and blackboard, according to a series of FutureGov interviews on how technology will change the future of education.

5 January 2010 | Feature

Schools: The Public sector’s green Champions

169 education executives participated in a FutureGov Research survey on the future trends transforming teaching and learning in June. The results, from 13 countries across Asia Pacific, will have put a smile on the faces of tree huggers.

5 January 2010 | News

How to make ICT-enabled education succeed

ICT lies at the heart of modernising Asia’s education systems. However, technology alone will not be enough to bridge the digital divide, says Anita Dighe, Director, Directorate of Distance Learning, India. She went on to stress areas which governments need to focus on in order to deliver positive outcomes.

29 December 2009 | News

HK PolyU enhances learning with Web 2.0 tools

Many educators today still see online learning as merely putting up content on the web for students to download, failing to take advantage of the potential of transforming teaching and learning. Professor Eric Tsui, Faculty of Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University told FutureGov how he leveraged web 2.0 tools to enhance the learning experience.

29 December 2009 | News

Queensland schools eye 30 per cent energy savings

Queensland’s Department of Education and Training aims to reduce the energy consumption of its state schools by 30 per cent by 2012. Cam Mackenzie, Principal Advisor for Environmental Sustainability, Queensland Department of Education and Training, told FutureGov how the department plans to achieve this and detailed the challenges it must overcome.

23 December 2009 | News

Why Singapore schools chose the public cloud

The head of Ministry of Education’s IT department has detailed reasons why the agency is forging ahead with plans to use Google Apps, in addition to a parallel move to standardise the Ministry’s operating environment, known as the ‘SOE (Schools)’ project. Speaking exclusively to FutureGov, Lim Teck Soon, IT Director of MOE, explained that …

10 December 2009 | News

British Library unveils futuristic storage facility

The £26m building will keep literary records in a safe, high-density environment with automated storing and retrieval by robots governed by algorithm

10 December 2009 | News

Mobile phones close literacy gap in Pakistan

A literacy programme delivered through the mobile phone to disadvantaged female learners in Punjab showed improved literacy skills.

17 November 2009 | News

Rising costs push standardisation in NZ schools

Increasing IT costs have become a huge driver for standardising the IT operating environment across schools in New Zealand, a survey last week has shown.

10 November 2009 | News

Thin client wins hearts of Asian educators

The education sector was a major contributor to the growth of the thin client market in Asia Pacific’s public sector, a recent report has shown.

2 November 2009 | News

Mobiles aid emergency comms in Philippine school

While the devastating Ketsana typhoon disrupted classes in the Philippines for three full weeks, the best device which helped teachers and students stay connected was the mobile phone.

26 October 2009 | News

E-learning tops discussion among education CIOs

Malaysia has ambitious plans to increase entry to higher education to 40 per cent by 2010, up from 30 per cent in 2005. With that in mind, the Malaysian government is working hard at improving the availability of online education, shared Dr Zubaidah Aman, Principal Assistant Director, Ministry of Higher Education at the FutureGov Summit in Bali.

5 October 2009 | News

Network to connect 4000 education institutes in Asia

A third generation information highway known as the Trans-Eurasia Information Network (TEIN3) has been launched to connect more than 4000 research and education organisations in Asia Pacific, enabling large volumes of data to be shared.

1 September 2009 | News

Teachers block the path to modernisation

India’s ambitious National Mission on Education through ICT may be undermined by teachers’ reluctance to use technology in the classroom.

25 August 2009 | News

HK PolyU puts library in Second Life

Students of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU) have been walking, flying and even teleporting from section to section within the new university library. The virtual library, built on the Second Life platform, is the first of its kind in Asia.

25 August 2009 | News

The great debate: is e-learning effective?

Is e-learning really effective or is it a buzzword that promises much but deliver less? Trying to learn a language online has been likened to learning how to swim without entering the water. But more learning is likely to be delivered electronically in the future. Two key factors are speed and scale, says Dr Tay Chor Ter, CEO of regional e-learning company Inchone.

12 August 2009 | News

Indian schools invest in ICT for disabled students

Secondary schools in India are to be granted more information and communications technology (ICT) to help teach disabled children. Screen readers and Braille printers are among the technologies to given to school around the country.

12 August 2009 | News

Thai schools make slow progress in IT

Educators in Thailand have reported sluggish progress in the use of technology in education due to the lack of government initiatives and support.

21 July 2009 | News

South Australia commissions student information system

The South Australian Government has signed a A$20.4 million (US$17 million) deal with SunGard Higher Education to build a new student information system for the state’s entire Technical and Further Education (TAFE) network.

21 July 2009 | News

India introduces register to protect overseas students

The Indian government is to put in place a mechanism for registering students going overseas to be educated as part of the ‘e-governance in emigration’ project implemented by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.

20 July 2009 | Spotlight

ST Electronics: why we lead in e-govt and e-learning

Partnering with Governments for Networked Nations ST Electronics is one of Singapore’s leading ICT (Information Communication Technology) companies and e-Government solutions provider – a reputation earned by developing and customising ICT, electronics and infrastructure systems for governments worldwide.

13 July 2009 | News

Schools in Brunei enter the cloud

Students and teachers in Brunei will be given cloud-based email accounts by the end of this month, opening up opportunities for collaborative learning in the future.

13 July 2009 | News

India announces budget for education IT

India will invest 9 billion Indian rupees (US$189 million) on education through information and communication technology (ICT) this fiscal year, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has announced.

30 June 2009 | News

Could the mobile phone replace the blackboard?

The mobile phone could replace the blackboard in classrooms across Asia Pacific before long, a report on digital trends in the region has predicted.

23 June 2009 | News

Compulsory ICT education for Punjabi students

The Indian state government of Punjab will make computer education a compulsory subject come this October with a view to make all 1.35 million students digitally literate by next year.

15 June 2009 | News

Tight govt IT budgets boost cloud appeal: Google

A senior Google executive has said that tight public sector information technology (IT) budgets are provoking interest in cloud computing, but adoption of the media giant’s services in Asia has so far been limited to the education sector.

9 June 2009 | News

Singapore college claims zero IT project failures

Singapore’s Republic Polytechnic (RP) estimates to have saved S$7 million (US$4.8 million) a year from productivity gains due to the smart use of technology. The polytechnic also claims to have a record of zero IT (information technology) project failures in the seven years the institute has been running.

8 June 2009 | News

World’s first tuition-free online university opens

The United Nations (UN) has launched the world’s first tuition-free, online university.

4 June 2009 | News

First dedicated digital library opens in Korea

The world’s first purposed-built digital library with the largest dedicated space for users to access online content opened this week.

2 June 2009 | News

Education: tech can deliver higher quality assessment

Singapore’s key education challenge is not to move away from the assessment system but to improve it – and technology can help. So says David Hogan, Dean of Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education (NIE).

2 June 2009 | News

Study: web-based learning vs face-to-face

A study of Malaysian tertiary students using web-based learning technologies showed only a slight improvement in performance over conventional face-to-face teaching methods.

29 May 2009 | Interview

Hong Kong primary school bolsters interactive learning

While successfully applying interactive tools in classrooms, Chong Wu Lam of Fanling Public School worries that over-reliance on ICT could hamper the effectiveness of learning.

26 May 2009 | News

Vietnam pushes IT training for teachers

Vietnam’s commercial capital Ho Chi Minh City hopes to speed up the modernisation of its schools by introducing vendor-supported IT training programmes for teachers.

18 May 2009 | News

Public sector to boost IT spend in the Philippines

The economic gloom in the Philippines is doing little to dampen the uptake of IT services thanks to a number of public sector initiatives, according to a report from research firm Ovum.

15 May 2009 | Spotlight

Bangkok University puts printing pains in the past

Bangkok University is to be found in the heart of Thailand’s capital. It was officially founded in 1962 and is the Kingdom’s oldest and largest private university. The main aim of the University is to help students reach their highest academic and practical potential. Bangkok University students are equipped with the vision, flexibility and adaptability to pursue their careers confidently in this competitive, fast changing world…

12 May 2009 | News

Malaysia: ICT education for a “creative society”

Malaysia Higher Education Ministry is studying how to develop a creative and innovative Malaysian society through human capital development.

11 May 2009 | Spotlight

Building a comprehensive e-learning solution to enhance the student experience

Are you equipped with the right tools to help your students succeed? Pearson eCollege shares insights on key challenges Asian universities’ CIOs are facing this year and how they can capitalise on technology to move ahead of their peers. Report: Kelly Ng

28 April 2009 | News

India and Africa’s satellite links set to expand

An ambitious project to link up African Union countries with Indian hospitals and universities via satellite will accelerate this year after a pilot project in Ethiopia proved successful.

21 April 2009 | News

YouTube's education portal well received in Hong Kong

YouTube’s launch of a global education portal has been greeted with enthusiasm by educators in Hong Kong, which now have access to videos of lectures, seminars and conferences from more than 100 schools – but so far only from English-speaking countries in the West.

9 April 2009 | News

Fiji: School exam system to go online

Republic of the Fiji Islands has announced that schools and students will soon have the opportunity to register for examinations and check results online, says the Ministry of Education.

1 April 2009 | News

Downturn drives popularity of e-books in Asia

The popularily of e-books is on the rise in Asia as the region’s schools and universities look to make cost-savings and save on storage space.

16 March 2009 | News

SWJU installs China's largest campus wireless network

China’s Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJU) is installing a wireless network to digitally connect the campus. The project is believed to the largest of its kind in the country.

12 March 2009 | Spotlight

Leading ICT, E-government and E-learning solutions

Partnering with Governments for Networked Nations. ST Electronics is Singapore’s largest ICT (Information Communication Technology) company and one of Asia’s leaders in e-Government solutions – a reputation earned by developing and customising ICT, electronics systems and infrastructure for governments around the world.

24 February 2009 | News

Recession drives Irish government services online

Ireland is looking to e-government to make savings as tough economic times bite, while education online can be up to 40 per cent cheaper than educating people in a classroom, according to an Irish online strategy company.

18 February 2009 | News

World’s largest virtualised desktop deployment in Brazil’s schools

Brazil is to install 356,800 virtualised desktops to schools in all of the country’s 5560 municipalities, allowing millions of schoolchildren to access information technology across the country.

10 February 2009 | News

Education moves online in India

Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource Development, has launched the country’s first e-education programme in Tirupati, the temple town of Andra Pradesh, India.

5 February 2009 | News

Australian govt funds 141,000 laptops for schools

The Federal Government in Australia has allocated a second round funding of US$91 million to enable almost 1400 schools nationwide to purchase computers for students.

27 January 2009 | News

Australian university increases performance and cost savings

CQUniversity, an Australian university with 10 campuses and more than 21,000 students and staff, has migrated its critical IT systems to Red Hat solutions and has since realised significant cost savings, increased performance, ease of management and reliable, ongoing support.

23 January 2009 | News

The Philippines and Korea exchange teaching expertise

Twenty-one teachers of information and communication technology in Manila are participating in a training seminar conducted by South Korean volunteers, in line with their government’s bilateral cooperation with the Philippines.

22 January 2009 | News

ICT links 18,000 Indian colleges

The central government in India has approved a new scheme to use IT in providing personalised and interactive knowledge modules to students.

13 January 2009 | News

OLPC cuts staff but promotes free laptops

The ambitious One Laptop Per Child programme has announced huge staff cutting measures. OLPC’s founder, Nicholas Negroponte, has called the process “streamlining” and “refocusing on our mission.”

12 January 2009 | News

The Philippines hands out cash for education

Esperanza I. Cabral, Social Welfare and Development Secretary, The Philippines, announced that more than 6500 families will have a brighter year this 2009 as they receive cash grants from the 4Ps project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

9 January 2009 | News

Pakistan province to spend US$624m on education

Lahore, the capital of Punjab province in Pakistan has termed the promotion of education as the topmost priority for the provincial government. Raja Riaz Ahmad Senior Minister has said that the government will introduce IT education to secondary and higher secondary schools.

1 January 2009 | News

Plans for e-university in India

The creation of an e-university in Karnataka will see lecture notes being emailed to students, an added convenience to both students and teachers, according to B L Sridhar, principal secretary, department of personnel and administrative reforms (e-governance).

30 December 2008 | Research

Technology for engaging England’s pupils

Commissioned by the UK government’s technology agency Becta, new research by Manchester Metropolitan University shows that online learning has been useful in engaging students who have become disaffected by education, and is helping to re-engage those who are not succeeding in school or are not learning by traditional teaching methods.

30 December 2008 | News

Indian university stresses role of video conferencing

Periyar Maniammai University in Tamil Nadu state of India plans to introduce courses in distant learning through video conferencing.

29 December 2008 | News

Ministerial panel to draft India schools’ ICT policy

Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has ordered the constitution of a new ministerial committee to draft the national policy for introduction of ICT in schools and directed that future policy formulation should not be outsourced’ to private parties.

29 December 2008 | News

Malaysia opens online varsity

The Asia e University, an international university based in Malaysia, accepted its first batch of students last month. Working entirely online, AeU was set up with the support of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue, a forum with 31 member countries, benefitting it with resources from all members through collaborations with institutes of higher learning and training centres.

19 December 2008 | Research

US youths pick up social and technical skills online

Results from an extensive US study by the Digital Youth Project on teens and their use of digital media show that America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online – often in ways adults do not understand or value.

18 December 2008 | News

UN launches e-learning initiative in over 160 countries

A new UN e-learning initiative will offer developing countries opportunities to draw upon a rich array of training and capacity-building resources.

11 December 2008 | News

Free laptops for New South Wales students

Starting 2009, every New South Wales public school student in years nine to 12 in Australia will receive a lightweight mini laptop, otherwise known as a netbook, after the state government recanted its opposition to the Commonwealth’s computers in school programmes.

5 December 2008 | News

ASEAN camp equips children with IT skills

The Asean Cyberkids Camp launched recently at the Sheraton Subang Hotel & Towers in Malaysia brought together 120 school children accompanied by their teachers from nine countries across the Asean region.

4 December 2008 | News

Indian school goes wireless

The students of Manipal University in India will be able to access the internet from the classroom to even the parking areas, having migrated to an all-wireless network infrastructure.

3 December 2008 | News

New tool for Thai model school

Wang Klaikangwon School is to benefit 77 rural schools in Thailand with the deployment of servers containing electronic Distance Learning Television

19 November 2008 | News

ICT for education in rural Malaysia

A school in a remote part of Sabah state boasts a wireless connection and computer-aided programmes for its students to keep pace with the rest of Malaysia.

19 November 2008 | News

Filipino govt backs high school internet plans

To enhance the IT skills of high school students, the Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus recently announced plans to sustain the internet connection previously provided under the Gearing up Internet Literacy and Access for Students programme.

17 November 2008 | Deals

Korea to improve technical education in Nepal

The government of the Republic of Korea will support to establish the Korea-Nepal Institute of Technology (KNIT) in Butwal through the Korea International Cooperation Agency.

17 November 2008 | News

Laos harness education to reduce poverty

Laos seeks to raise its world standing by embracing education programmes that reduce local poverty.

12 November 2008 | News

Korea helps Myanmar implement school project

The Korea International Cooperation Agency of South Korea will help Myanmar to implement a technical school project in the country’s Thagar area.

12 November 2008 | News

Pupils in Malaysian state to get laptops

Each of Terengganu’s 25,000 pupils will receive one laptop from the state government next year.

11 November 2008 | News

UNESCO helps Iraq launch educational TV channel

Iraqi children who are unable to attend classes due to security concerns will now be able to continue their studies through distance learning thanks to a new educational television channel launched by UNESCO and the education ministry in Iraq.

10 November 2008 | News

Low Cost Computers for Ugandan Schools

After two years of waiting, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions can now acquire low cost computers. The Uganda Ministry of Information and Communication Technology launched the Computers for Schools Uganda, a project aimed at bridging the digital-divide in the country.

7 November 2008 | News

Mobile education launched in India

In line with its “Education anywhere and anytime” vision, the Indira Gandhi National Open University will soon impart student courses on public health, art, music and various other subjects through mobile phones.

7 November 2008 | News

Dubai to assure quality in higher education

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority has set up a quality assurance board to review higher education in Dubai’s Free Zones. One aim of the Board, made up of quality assurance experts from around the world, will be to ensure that a degree earned from an international higher education establishment on a campus in Dubai is of the same value as that achieved in its country of origin.

31 October 2008 | Spotlight

Revolutionising the face of education

New technologies have dramatically transformed the way people teach and learn, with characteristic high-speed delivery, visually engaging and interactive content, and customised experiences.

29 October 2008 | News

Filipino education to get ICT boost

The Philippines Department of Education and the Oracle Education Foundation have agreed to roll out OEF’s ThinkQuest technology programme to 500 public elementary schools across the nation, reaching 50,000 students and teachers over the next two years.

22 October 2008 | News

Uganda's education needs internet subsidy

High internet connectivity costs remain a major handicap to the widespread integration of IT in teaching and research at Ugandan educational institutions.

22 October 2008 | News

Indian state gives all schools IT access

Andhra Pradesh, the largest and most populous state in South India, has become the first state to offer ICT education to all its 1.8 million school-going children, starting last Monday.

9 October 2008 | Feature

Future education in Singapore

With the advent of Singapore’s FutureSchools project—whereby the next generation of students will be equipped with ICT in every area of their studies—we interview a leading secondary school in the country to get an insight to these students’ lifestyles come the invasion of technology into classrooms.

8 October 2008 | News

Australian universities must upgrade network to keep up

Professor Larry Smarr, an internet expert in the US, has urged Australian universities to roll out new superhighways to ensure that scientists and innovators remain competitive in global research.

1 October 2008 | Interview

Green management makes sense for polytechnic

One of Singapore’s tertiary education institutes has a long-standing commitment to go green, shares Andre Ahchak, Deputy Director, Nanyang Polytechnic.

25 September 2008 | News

New Zealand varsity upgrades backbone

With 22,000 students and 2000 staff on four major sites, Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, needs top grade communications. Efficient access to knowledge resources, administrative systems and educational applications all depend on reliable, high speed data connections throughout the campus.

25 September 2008 | News

Dubai egov partners university

Dubai eGovernment has signed an agreement with Zayed University to collaborate in providing career development opportunities for university students in the field of information technology.

20 September 2008 | Feature

The Creative Classroom

Future schooling in Singapore—from educational computer games to virtual field trips.

16 September 2008 | News

Singapore teachers get web 2.0 resources

A new joint project between the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and the country’s Ministry of Education aims to provide teachers with all the information they need to leverage web 2.0 technologies for new approaches to learning.

10 September 2008 | News

Australian students reject paying for ‘virtual’ lectures

A student petition at the University of Western Sydney (UWS) in Australia is demanding cuts in fees to match cuts in face-to-face teaching time as the university extends the virtual classroom.

9 September 2008 | News

27 schools embrace e-learning in UAE

The e-learning project will revolutionise conventional teaching techniques in favour of equipping students, teachers and even parents, with smart IT tools.

5 September 2008 | News

Chinese university deploys campus-wide wireless LAN

Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications has deployed a campus-wide wireless LAN (WLAN) to its two campuses, becoming one of the few universities in China to provide complete wireless LAN coverage to every building in addition to the campus’ outdoor spaces.

5 September 2008 | Feature

Australian college invests in high performance network

Mercedes College deploys 10gb a second connectivity in new fibre network.

3 September 2008 | News

Hands-free access for disabled children at a UK college

National Star College is a registered charity and national independent specialist college that helps young disabled students to achieve their potential through innovative programmes of education and independence training.

28 August 2008 | Feature

Raising the standard for research and education networks

Dai Davies, General Manager at Europe’s advanced research network DANTE, talks about the challenges of meeting rising user demands and fending off cyber threats.

19 August 2008 | News

Vietnam plans schools IT push

Vietnam’s Ministry of Education has announced three major initiatives to boost the quality of school education in the country.

25 July 2008 | News

Singapore's polytechnic wins green recognition

The education sector in Singapore has been using technology for environmental purposes with Singapore Polytechnic (SP) clinching top honours at the Singapore Environmental and Social Reporting Awards organised by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

20 September 2007 | Deals

High-speed link to US schools

Indian and US universities to partner each other

3 September 2007 | Interview

How e-exams help provide speed and security

A school in one of India’s smallest states is pioneering the use of e-exams to help create a consistentcy, security and ease of use in its examinations system.

25 August 2007 | Feature

Campus networks in Asia

Students today learn in a connected, information-rich world that exists outside the campus and IT is upgrading to mee the new expectations.

20 August 2007 | News

New contact centre lab at Singapore’s technical education institute

Students from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) are set to hit the ground running as active contributors to the booming industries of hospitality and outsourcing, with newly-acquired practical skills in contact centre technology.

9 August 2007 | News

Brunei schools to go mobile

IT project embarked upon by the Ministry of Education will soon make students in Brunei schools connected.

9 August 2007 | News

Programme helps teachers make better use of ICT in learning

Twenty-eight teachers are expected to graduate from a post-graduate degree programme on integrating information and communications technology (ICT) in education this coming September.

20 December 2006 | Feature

Singapore school leverages ICT for global immersion

Technology is making the world a virtual classroom at Nanyang Girls High School.

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