IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Speaking to James Saaka, the Executive Director, NITA-U, the new Computer laboratory will enable students benefit from E-learning services installed by NITA Uganda in partnership with UNICEF. Among the services installed include Kolibri, an educational software that provides world class content for students, plus examination simulators for a smooth learning curve of all students at Ongongoja Secondary School. Other than providing cheap and affordable internet to all government institutions, the National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) has embarked on extending E-learning services especially to rural schools to foster academic excellence.

When Uganda announced a partial lockdown and the closing of schools and learning institutions due to COVID-19, avid promoters of information and communications technology (ICT), virtual and online-based learning saw it as a golden opportunity that would change the practice of online learning in higher education.

The concept of online or blended learning has been on the higher education agenda for close to two decades. There have been varying interventions from a range of sources: bilateral and multilateral agencies and US foundations.

The council installed e2train's Kallidus Learning Management System and Authoring Tool after e2train had translated the e-Government content into SCORM compliant packages.

To get usership the new web pages will need strong promotion - something the HSE has been pro-active in doing for previous new web initiatives. HSE is one of the best pro-active government organisations to effectively use web advertising campaigns to drive take-up of its web initiatives.

The training resource follows a three-part program covering infection guidelines and principles. It is for both clinical and non-clinical staff. Staff can register and visit topics such as hand hygiene, protection, environmental cleanliness and disposal of waste and sharps. With scenarios to run through and an ongoing individual record of how much you have learned, this is a vital tool to get everyone in the NHS focused on protecting both staff and patients from avoidable infection.

Health Minister Andy Kerr said the initiative, the first of its kind in the UK, would help in the fight against HAI by providing frontline NHS staff with knowledge on best practice for combating hospital infection.

The Scottish Executive has contracted an IT supplier to develop a national education intranet, it was announced on 21 September 2005.

Scheduled to go live in 2007, the network is expected to offer the 800,000 pupils and teachers a range of learning and teaching resources from their computers at school or at home.

Groups in 34 states received similar federal grants, which will help fund 100 distance learning and telemedicine projects across the country.

Virginia Manuel, USDA Rural Development state director, joined area educators and administrators at the Region II School of Applied Technology in Houlton to announce receipt of the grant in Maine. More than $1.5 million will be distributed in Aroostook County.

As under secretary for USDA Rural Development, it is rewarding to see the direct effect our funding has on communities both in Maine and throughout the country.

In the past three years, the department has implemented President Barack Obama’s vision for an American economy that is built to last: An economy built on American manufacturing, American energy and skills for American workers.

Through technology, such as Bluetooth-enabled stethoscopes, otoscopes and ophthalmoscopes, pediatrician Dr. Donna Wilson will see patients at the elementary school as part of a telehealth program. The telehealth program is a partnership between the Lafayette Parish School System and Lafayette General Health and its foundation.

"Just any health program that's e-learning, it's hard to imagine that can be done," Levesque said.

But the students Levesque got were from the college's eHealth occupational therapy assistant program, a "hybrid" program that features lectures and learning materials posted online paired with weekly face-to-face sessions for practical exercises. The program debuted in 2011, allowing the college to double its intake of OTA students from 20 to 40 by shifting students to the web and out of congested lab and classroom space.

The grant, part of the USDA’s rural development program, is intended to connect more rural hospitals to a regional hub such as Kalispell Regional. Kalispell is already connected to three rural locations (Libby, Ronan and Plains) and is seeking to connect to seven others over the next three years.

Funds can be used to buy equipment and provide technical assistance. To be eligible, applicants must serve a rural area, demonstrate economic need and provide at least 15 percent in matching funds. Higher amounts of matching funds and service to very rural areas increase the competitiveness. Information here will provide additional information on the program funding.

S-GI Teacher John Sopko hosts psychology A and B classes in S-GI’s district learning classroom, teaching students from Dunkirk and Panama high schools, as well as students from S-GI. Springville students can take accounting, Latin, two Holocaust classes and the history of rock ’n roll music by sharing with Falconer, Franklinville, Cheektowaga/Sloan and Dunkirk schools.

The USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program is providing the North Dakota Educational Technology Council with $392,277, which will be filtered into schools such as Hazen, New Salem, Steele-Dawson and Garrison. Most of the money will go toward newer televisions, microphones, cameras and replacing the transmission equipment.

Jasper Schneider, the USDA Rural Development state director, said higher quality equipment improves the connection between teachers and students and enhances their learning.

Campuses take personal interaction so seriously that they're willing to spend thousands of dollars on robots that give virtual students a "body" on campus.

In a time when more classes and interactions happen online, universities are trying to bring back the face-to-face connection that online students often miss.

The Department of Education announces the launch of the Educator License Information (ELI) application available at www.TN.gov. The ELI application allows educators to monitor all information related to their license, renew their license, add endorsements, and edit personal information through an easy to use online interface. ELI also provides the public the ability to search for educators by either name or teacher license number.

“We are very excited about this application, as it represents the first phase of what we hope will be a much more accessible, efficient way for educators to navigate the licensing process,” said Sara Heyburn, Interim Assistant Commissioner of Teachers and Leaders at the Department of Education.