Korea, Cost Rica partner for e-learning

South Korea signed a pact with Costa Rica to expand its e-learning cooperation, a deal that should permit local businesses to make inroads into the Latin American country, says Telecoms Korea.

The Ministry of Knowledge Economy calls for strengthened ties in the training of qualified personnel, coordination of development plans and incorporating e-learning programmes into government policies.

Costa Rica used South Korea as its model for an e-learning growth strategy and expressed interest in building up cooperative relations, as South Korea is one of the few countries in the world to have built up e-learning capabilities in a short period of time.

Wombat Security Technologies has joined Plateau's iContent to make its flagship anti-phishing training game available as e-learning content, reports DarkReading.

Titled Phil, iContent makes it available via a content-as-a-service solution so that organisations, specifically small and medium companies, don't have to deploy the educational game on company servers.

Phil is an interactive online game designed to teach users how to identify phishing URLs and avoid phishing scams that may compromise their computers, data and privacy.

Staff and students at Bounty Boulevard State School have embraced electronic learning and state-of-the-art teaching, even using Twitter to connect with the school community, according to Northern Times.

Education Minister Geoff Wilson officially opened the $19.4 million school last Thursday, saying: “A strong emphasis is placed on e-learning and communication technology is used to engage school community members in new, innovative ways.

“Through the Education Queensland Learning Place, students are able to collaborate with fellow students, complete their work and access digital resources to support their learning via the Internet anywhere, anytime.”