Education
Mission school St Mary’s KL to be EduNation pilot
St Mary's KL, a government-aided mission school founded in Kuala Lumpur in 1912, is set to be a pilot school for the EduNation programme, a social media platform dedicated to education, thanks to the sponsorship of 46 tablets by Ninetology Marketing Sdn Bhd.
Red Hat completes 1BestariNet cloud platform 6mths ahead of schedule
Red Hat Inc has announced the completion of its collaboration with telecommunication service provider YTL Communications to deliver what it described as a scalable, cost-effective cloud platform for e-learning in schools.
Case study: Education institutions and the cloud
Two education institutions in Malaysia have adopted cloud computing, allowing students and teachers to collaborate and communicate from anywhere, at any time, with Microsoft Office 365.
Taylor’s RM100mil investment to remain relevant
Taylor’s University Deputy Vice Chancellor Pradeep Nair talks about the efforts the university is taking in ‘Blended Learning’ to ensure it remains relevant as an education institution in the future.
10x for education in the developing world
One of the ‘Fathers of the Internet, Google chief Internet evangelist Vint Cerf, discusses how bring the Web into the classroom promises to transform education.
Intel backs movie on girls’ education, to work on policy issues
A media screening of Girl Rising was held in conjunction with the global Women Deliver 2013 conference that was held earlier this week in Kuala Lumpur, hosting a total of 4,000 participants from 150 countries who discussed the health and well-being of girls and women. The movie came out of a partnership between Intel and 10x10.
Two Malaysians bag three awards at Intel ISEF
Malaysian students bagged three awards at this year’s Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), a programme of the Society for Science & the Public, which took place in Phoenix, Arizona from May 12 to 17.
Microsoft, MoE and MDeC in ‘pop-up’ classroom project
Microsoft has launched what it called the first-ever ‘Pop-up Classroom’ project, in partnership with Malaysia’s Ministry of Education and the Multimedia Development Corporation.
1BestariNet becomes political hot-button issue
1BestariNet, one of Malaysia’s most ambitious technology-in-education projects, has been dogged by controversy and has become a political hot-button issue as the country heads to the polls on May 5.
Week in Review: Are our public schools failing?
Many students from national schools lack the proper foundation and right attitude to succeed, and government intervention that costs many millions ends up being unappreciated and wasted, writes Karamjit Singh.
