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Sydney school marries Moodle with Live@edu

Sydney grammar school Redlands has opted for the Cloud-based Live@edu e-mail system over an on-premise system and integrated the open source Moodle learning management system with it in the process.

By Rodney Gedda | 20 April, 2011 12:08

Tags: cloud computing, education, E-learning, live@edu, Microsoft, Microsoft Live@edu, Moodle, open source, schools

Open Universities pushes distance education to IT majors

Online education provider Open Universities Australia is in talks to initiate corporate partnerships with the likes of IBM, HP and other major IT companies in a bid to combat the declining number of qualified IT personnel in the Australian market.

By James Hutchinson | 17 February, 2011 16:48

Tags: careers, it skills, Michelle Beveridge, Open Universities Australia, peoplebank

Kindle 2 starts shipping a day early

Amazon.com on Monday began shipping its Kindle 2 e-book reader a day earlier than originally planned.

By Elizabeth Montalbano | 24 February, 2009 09:52

Tags: amazon, kindle

Microsoft, Cisco and Intel fund learning-assessment project

Microsoft has teamed up with Cisco and Intel to create a project aimed at improving how students learn.

By Elizabeth Montalbano | 14 January, 2009 07:07

Tags: cyberlearning

How IT pros can prosper despite economic woes

As the country collectively holds its breath to see if efforts to shore up the faltering economy succeed, IT professionals should be updating skills, taking on new responsibilities and working to become indispensable to their employers, experts say.

By Denise Dubie | 13 October, 2008 08:04

Tags: wall street

New Business Objects user group forming

The Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) is forming a new global community for customers of Business Objects, the business intelligence vendor that SAP bought earlier this year, the organization announced this week.

By Chris Kanaracus | 05 September, 2008 08:21

Tags: business objects, sap

10 open source e-learning projects to watch

As corporate and government organizations embrace the Web for delivering more education and training programs, a wealth of free and open source e-learning applications will help lower the barrier to entry. TechWorld looks at the options.

Repetitive strain injury costing businesses millions

Work-related RSI cases are at an all-time high and the cost to businesses is spiralling, new Microsoft research reveals.

Sydney school tames twofold IT shop

Many enterprises have heterogeneous IT systems but at the Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School (SCEGGS) in Darlinghurst, there is a distinct split between open source and commercial software.

LAMS rollout across entire NT school system

The Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) today began the rollout of Macquarie University's open-source Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) software to all NT public schools.

FileMaker 9 opens up to enterprise data

FileMaker has released version 9 of its namesake database software, FileMaker Pro, with new integration features that will simplify access to SQL data sources and Web publishing with PHP.

Good Guys aim to be teacher's pet in e-learning project

The Good Guys retail chain is using e-learning to deliver education and training in loss prevention to its retail staff in over 70 stores nationwide.

Sydney school teaches with Linux monopoly

Linux may be struggling to gain a foothold in the primary and secondary education market but one Sydney school is setting itself higher grades - all without Microsoft.