Philippine school retails e-learning

CAL Philippines, an IT school, is offering its online courses via a prepaid, retail scheme, reports ZDNet Asia.

The Philippine school now offers prepaid cards that correspond to a specific number of days students can access the course of their choice. Students can immediately enrol after purchasing prepaid cards starting from $6.40 (R61.70) to $53 (R511), to access the courses online.

"Industry analysts estimate that Web-based training is the fastest growing segment within the US training industry, displacing other traditional training methods such as instructor-led and text-based learning," says CAL marketing and PR officer Grisel Garcia.

Australian schools have taken to a new form of virtual desktops allowing multiple students to work off a single computer without the limitations and server software associated with traditional thin clients, says Techworld.

Several schools across the country have deployed NComputing's desktop sharing product, including Wodonga South Primary School in Victoria, Plenty Valley Montessori School in Victoria, Brighton Public School in South Australia, and MacGregor State High School in Queensland.

“The solution offers a middle ground between a desktop and thin client,” said NComputing country manager John Robinson. “People typically utilise only 5% to 10% of a PC's capacity so NComputing is about sharing the functionality of a single resource.”

Hamdan bin Mohammed e-University has joined the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), states Zawya.

ELIG is an open industry group that seeks to promote innovation in learning, knowledge creation and dissemination. The group provides its members the opportunity to attend forums and events to get in contact with the latest trends in the learning industry around the world.

"Our membership of ELIG is a gold medal of honour. It emphasises the widespread credibility Hamdan bin Mohammed e-University enjoys in the area of total quality management, and is proof of the experience we have in e-learning," says Dr Mansoor Al Awar, vice-chancellor of Hamdan bin Mohammed e-University.