e-learning

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) recently deployed the latest visual collaboration technologies to connect 8 science and engineering universities across the country.

The old one-size-fits-all classroom paradigm of a teacher lecturing in a classroom cannot hope to compete with the way today’s digital natives learn on their own. Schools are racing to capture the interest and imagination of students by bringing innovations into the classroom and the curriculum.

The Indian government is encouraging e-learning as part of its plans to increase access to education. In the last few months, Indian education sector has attracted a lot of attention with plans of huge investments, changes in education structure, entry of private players making news and foreign universities expressing interest in entering the Indian market.

Erwin Huang, the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF) e-Learning Consortium councilor announced the formation of e-Learning Consortium.  The members include Francis Fong, President of HKITF; councilors of HKITF, Winnie Yeung, Irene Leung, Charles Mok and Alan Fung.

The Confucius Institute has successfully deployed F5 BIG-IP and ARX solutions to support its global content delivery network (CDN). The solution enables the institute to deliver online courses to over 40 million Chinese-language learners worldwide through a web portal.

New applications, a need to keep all elements of campus life connected, and a new mandate to connect all of its over 40 colleges across Malaysia, MARA decided to upgrade its network infrastructure. This is their story.

The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) has deployed the NetApp FAS3140 storage solution to support the rollout of its Centre for Innovation (CFI) initiative. The advanced unified storage system, combined with management software tools, provides a best-of-breed storage and virtualization platform that allows OUHK to implement new intelligent learning programs.