“Technologists have the responsibility to make education accessible to all” And if you don't have a smartphone handy, just click on the picture... Mar Pérez Sanagustín, along with Alejandro Martínez and Carlos Delgado Kloos, recently won the prize for the best demo at the European ... Read More October 30, 2013 News
Global learning, local colour Ardrishaig – not a pâtisserie in sight My father remembers exactly the point when his language education failed. He went to school in Ardrishaig, a windy, rainy fishing village on the west coast of Scotland... Read More October 28, 2013 News
Can you hear me now? Telemedicine and the future of care for the deaf Nicky Newnham, born profoundly deaf, was given hearing aids when she was a year old and they worked – for a time. But in her mid-twenties, Newman’s hearing started to decline further, and she began to struggle ... Read More October 28, 2013 News
E-Learning in a cold climate, and other stories cyber-security in 1943 Around the World considers no destination too remote for education and online learning. Nevertheless, even we are surprised this week at news that the high-speed cables may soon even ... Read More October 24, 2013 News
Can virtual reality keep us safe during disasters? The United Nations recently commemorated the International Day for Disaster Reduction, an annual effort to raise the profile of disaster preparedness. This year, the day’s focus was on society’s most vulnerable... Read More October 23, 2013 News
India’s financial five-year-olds, and other stories Last week, Around the World promised you the very last article you'd ever have to read on MOOCs. Well... we lied – see below for the whole story, along with e-health news from West Africa, e-government developm... Read More October 18, 2013 News
Educating Rigveda (and other stories) Kenya and Nigeria are two of the crucibles of Africa’s tech revolution: yet the news from each of them this week presents a stark contrast. As do the findings of the OECD Survey of Adult Skills – good news for ... Read More October 9, 2013 News
Censorious sensibilities – and other stories Turkey’s deep internal divisions revealed themselves again this week, this time in educational institutions. Meanwhile in neighbouring Syria, teachers and pupils struggle on in the face of a conflict that shows... Read More October 4, 2013 News
Into the wide blue Curaçao… and other stories There’s been some sky-high thinking in the Caribbean this week – in stark contrast to what’s happening in decidedly more down-to-earth Detroit. Meanwhile, more exciting initiatives came to the fore in Malaysia ... Read More September 26, 2013 News
What’s so big about big data? Big data has become the hot topic of the moment. The BBC and the Guardian have published whole series of articles and programmes about how it is changing lives, cityscapes, mapping and even art. It is reportedl... Read More September 25, 2013 News
