Education, Learning & Training stories - Page 54

The board of the country's national educational research organisation has appointed Graeme Cosslett to the role of director and chief executive.

Educators need to evaluate how they're using technology, and look at whether their choices are accelerating learning, or making a student passive.

Microsoft explores whether technology is hinder or help education at event in Auckland. New research suggests it can do both.

Michelle Dickinson, also known as NanoGirl, has been named as a Bright Sparks ambassador, and is encouraging girls to get involved in technology.

Touch, gesture and away-from-the-screen features are the future of digital technologies, says Professor Mark Apperley.

The five key issues education decision makers must consider as technology places increasingly heavy demands on network infrastructure.

Scholastic Corporation has sold its Educational Technology and Services (EdTech) business to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company for $575 million.

EdTech for Export is hosting an eT4e conference this June in Wellington, with the aim of encouraging industry collaboration and networking.

Core Education is hosting an event this June for educators who are focused on how to create a learning experience that suits the modern world.

The Ministry of Education has released the last of a series of videos containing guidance for deaf youth and others involved in their education.

Core Education has identified ten key digital technology trends, within key areas of change, that are impacting all aspects of education in NZ.

HP has partnered with Rural Women New Zealand to officially launch its second annual Rural Schools Competition for small Kiwi schools.

High-tech exporter Cubic Defence NZ is setting its sights on selling military training systems to corporate customers.

Of businesses using the internet, just under one-quarter used a fibre-optic connection for ultra-fast broadband in 2014.

These school holidays a free web coding workshop will take place at Upper Hutt Central Library for students 14 to 18 years old.

​A new advisory service that's aimed at helping schools understand the digital learning opportunities available has launched in New Zealand.

A new digital teaching system is being rolled out across the Far North of New Zealand by a group of principals and educators.

Violin Memory has 'started again' in New Zealand, with promises that this time, the flash storage provider plans to 'take it all the way'.

The New Zealand Financial Markets Authority has hired 170 staff and plans to invest in technology to fulfill its regulatory role.

GFI Software has set its focus on key verticals – and key partners – across Australia as the software company seeks to ramp up its profile locally.