Mobile voice search is making it easier to get information from the Web by cellphone. Google, Yahoo, ChaCha and Vingo get put to the test. USA Today, 12 February 2009
Archive for February, 2009
Access to Open Educational Resources – A UNESCO OER Community Discussion
The discussion will run until 27 February 2009. It will be facilitated by Bjoern Hassler of Cambridge University’s Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies. UNESCO, February 2009
Digital preservation internship – The British Library
The British Library is offering its first internship in the area of Digital Preservation. The internship will take place for four months between March and June 2009. Funding for the internship is provided by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Closing date for applications is Wednesday 25 February 2009 and interviews will be held the week commencing Monday 2 March 2009. For further information contact Laura Jiggins +44 20 7412 7048, laura.jiggins@bl.uk.
Enrolments on the rise to buck the trend
Australia’s $13 billion export education industry has defied predictions of a sharp slump in demand to register a 10-15 per cent spike in applications this year. Some universities are even predicting a boom year ahead as the world slips further into recession. The latest 2009 enrolment figures, compiled by a group of university directors of international education and obtained by the HES, suggest that the global economic crisis will trigger a flight to higher education. The Australian, 4 February 2009