Tagged: E-learning
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Government prepares to launch IT in schools plan News
23.03.2004 Education Minister Noel Dempsey TD is understood to be finalising details of a four-year strategy for the integration of ICT into the country’s 4,100 primary and secondary schools.Categories: R&D -
ECDL a money-spinner for Ireland News
23.03.2004 Since its launch in 1997 the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) has generated cumulative benefits to the Irish economy of €362m and continues to generate direct and...Categories: -
Ahern calls for more EU broadband penetration News
26.02.2004 Europe should be aiming for 10pc broadband penetration in the near future, Communications Minister Dermot Ahern TD said at a European Ministerial Conference on the Information...Categories: Comms -
Irish schools in massive IT makeover News
26.02.2004 The use of technology in schools is now a priority for the Department of Education. A national schools network for content delivery, a revamped curriculum with embedded...Categories: R&D -
IBM brings ancient Egypt to life using state of the art tech News
25.02.2004 IBM and the Egyptian government have together unveiled what is being hailed as one of the most impressive applications of technology to historical study.Categories: R&D -
DCU gets closer to virtual classroom News
25.02.2004 Although the teaching revolution the internet was supposed to bring about has still to happen, there are clear indications that third-level colleges are integrating technology...Categories: R&D -
E-learning company begins Asia-Pacific ICDL push News
23.02.2004 E-learning firm Cornerstone Knowledge International, which recently signed two deals to bring the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) to China, says it plans to use...Categories: -
Primary schools lined up for more ICT News
18.02.2004 An imminent report from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment will offer the most forward thinking framework yet on how to integrate information and communications...Categories: R&D -
Tánaiste calls for new science drive in Europe News
17.02.2004 A new initiative to support basic scientific research should be developed within the European Union without delay, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Mary Harney TD, has...Categories: Government, R&D -
Virtual business school makes real success story News
17.02.2004 A virtual business school operating out of Kiltimagh, Co Mayo, is making great waves in the e-learning world and has signed up international trade development training deals... -
ThirdForce acquires digital TV production company News
16.02.2004 Fast growth e-learning company ThirdForce has acquired a Dublin-based digital television production company for €500,000.Categories: BusinessTags: Acquisitions, E-learning -
Schools expected to link to third level network News
16.02.2004 Selected primary and secondary schools have been connected to Ireland’s higher education network, HEAnet, in trials for a national schools network that’s integral to the...Categories: R&DTags: Broadband, E-learning -
Primary pupils to be taught net awareness News
06.02.2004 The National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) has unveiled a new primary school awareness programme to coincide with today’s ‘European Safer Internet Day’.Categories: Government, R&DTags: E-learning, E-government -
OECD slams poor use of ICT in Irish schools News
03.02.2004 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has expressed disappointment at the poor use of ICT in Irish secondary schools, with only one computer per 13...Categories: R&D -
School site scores with secondary students News
29.01.2004 For the past two years, Ireland’s post-primary students have had access to a unique resource: a website with the slightly illiterate web address of www.skoool.ie . It offers a...Categories: Government, R&D -
Irish e-learning group in secret acquisition talks News
20.01.2004 Irish e-learning group ThirdForce, which was formed last year when Rapid Technology acquired Electric Paper, is reported to be in talks to acquire another unidentified... -
173 e-learning jobs lost as NETg closes in Limerick News
19.11.2003 More than 173 people are to lose their jobs with the closure of the Thomson NETg e-learning company in Plassey Technology Park in Limerick.Categories: R&DTags: E-learning -
Intuition’s acquisitions form basis of new division News
07.11.2003 Intuition, the e-learning provider in which financier Dermot Desmond has an 85pc stake, is to launch a new computer literacy division following its acquisition of the assets of... -
Hibernia College defends online teacher training News
03.11.2003 A Dublin college has defended itself from attacks from traditionalists in the teacher training sector who have questioned the eligibility of such a course being delivered over...Tags: E-learning, Education -
Riverdeep signs contract with US telecoms giant News
23.10.2003 Irish e-learning company Riverdeep has signed a contract for an undisclosed sum with US telecoms giant Sprint to provide elementary, middle and high school students across...