project teaching
RSS project teachingExeter Uni gives £5.5m network upgrade the green light
News The University of Exeter has finished the test-stage of a £5.5m network upgrade project slated for implementation this December. The university's St Luke's campus will be upgraded by December and a wireless network and IP phones will be used to... [17 Jul 2008]
UDLA - Universidad de las Americas, Puebla: A Model for Future Education
White Paper The main goals of this implementation project are reducing maintenance and administration costs, while offering the academic community the most advanced technology tools. UDLA - Universidad de las Americas, Puebla - a private university dedicated... [03 Jul 2008]
Sao Paulo State Secretary of Education Taps Lotus LearningSpace for a Visionary e-Learning Network
White Paper To manage the project they implemented sophisticated project management methods by PMI (Project Management Institute), supported by IBM Lotus collaboration technology: IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager (Domino.Doc), IBM Lotus Instant Messaging... [03 Jul 2008]
The CIO's route to the top
Comment Ailsa Beaton - director of information management at the Metropolitan Police Service where she manages the force's IT strategy and £300m tech budget - actually studied chemistry, then opted for a career in accountancy before being lured into the... [11 Jun 2008]
Lesley Hume
CIO Profile Hume moved to the UK from Zimbabwe in 1991 and joined engineering and construction company Brown & Root in various IT project management roles before working for parent company Halliburton. Hume has a private pilot's licence and enjoys Royal... [11 Jun 2008]
Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent
News Richard Holway, of Farnham Consulting, warned the lack of people to fill entry-level jobs in technology threatens employers' ability to train up the next generation of project managers on the job in the UK. [14 May 2008]
Create and Save Test Templates
White Paper Does one find themselves developing new tests at the end of each unit or project? One can design tests and other assessments tools by using templates that one creates to match the teaching style. Or trying to find a copy of the old test so that one... [13 May 2008]
How to Choose a Mobile Platform: Six Mobile Development Technologies Compared
White Paper When it comes to choosing the target platform and technology for the mobile project the possibilities are numerous. This month's column lends a helping hand by teaching one to ask all the right questions before one gets started. [09 May 2008]
Teaching and Learning Parallel Processing Through Performance Analysis Using Prober
White Paper This tool is a functional and performance analyzer of parallel programs that the paper proposed and developed during an undergraduate research project. This paper analyzes the teaching and learning of parallel processing through performance... [22 Mar 2008]
Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall
News Heathrow to invest in more iris scanning machines as it rolls out its Project Iris trusted-traveller pilot project to speed passengers' journeys through immigration control. A £10m boost to the science and innovation teaching budget over the next... [12 Mar 2008]
Welsh University Improves Document Control and Collaboration With New Technologies
White Paper As part of a long-term project to integrate the university's information systems and create a Managed Learning Environment, UWIC implemented Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Content Management Server 2002. [28 Feb 2008]
Universita La Sapienza's Wi-Art Project Uses RFID Technology to Personalize the Museum Experience
White Paper The university enabled the creation of Wi-Art - a project in Universita La Sapienza's RFID Lab in partnership with the Centre for Applications of Television and Remote Teaching Technologies (CATTID), Intel, and Oracle. [08 Feb 2008]
Grad IT training masterfully fast tracked
News Karen Price, CEO of e-skills UK, said IT roles are becoming increasingly focused on "highly skilled, customer-focused areas such as project management, business analysis and solutions design" - which means IT workers must progress rapidly in order... [24 Jan 2008]
An Integrated Multimedia System for Web-Based University Education
White Paper This paper presents a pilot educational project aimed to develop an integrated system to allow the teaching community to experiment and evaluate the benefits of multimedia lessons. The key issues of the project are the development of a structured... [08 Jan 2008]
NHS completes Pacs digital x-ray project
News The NHS has completed a project to rollout digital x-ray and scanning technology to health trusts across England as part of the £12.4bn national NHS IT programme. Although the Pacs project has been completed more fundamental elements of the... [27 Dec 2007]
