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
Languages & Business Forum: in conversation with Ian McMaster and Timothy Phillips The Languages & Business Forum promises to be one of the most original events taking place in connection with ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2013. Its facilitators, Tim Phillips and Ian McMaster, have thrown ordinary ... Read More September 24, 2013 News
Malta’s wiki projects falter: and other stories Around the World is your first port of call for international e-learning news. With a mix of stories from across the globe, we aim to reflect the diversity and ingenuity of online education. This week, universi... Read More September 19, 2013 News
India’s menstrual mythbusters, and other stories Here at Around the World, we often find that the most unusual and interesting innovations are not to be found in the obvious places. That's just one of the reasons we are always on the lookout for interesting s... Read More September 12, 2013 News
Other people’s apples are no longer forbidden fruit – and other stories Around the World returns with a selection of five top education stories from the last week – and one more frivolous offering. Whether in e-learning, e-health, e-government or e-anything else, new initiatives ar... Read More September 5, 2013 News
