Edvisor, an online management system for education agencies, has been named the best technology startup in British Columbia for 2015, winning CAN$100,000. The annual prize is awarded by venture capital firm New Ventures BC, supported by the BC Innovation Council, to “the idea most likely to be commercially viable with the greatest value”. “The sole reason we exist as a …

ICEF and Australia’s PIER, two companies which collaborate on the delivery of ICEF’s various agent training courses, have announced a new app which allows users to find any qualified education counsellor based on a GPS location tool. The Qualified Education Agent (QEA) app is aimed at sales and marketing professionals in the industry who will be able to use the app …

The Open University has announced it will invest £13m in MOOC providerFutureLearn over the next three years in order to develop the platform further and enhance its position globally Natalie is a journalism graduate from City University London, who spent part of her degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studying mass communication. In her spare time, …

Innovation in digital education was celebrated this week at the second annual Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education awards, presented this week at a gala dinner held in downtown Philadelphia. Osmosis won the overall award at Reimagine Education. Photo: The PIE News Natalie is a journalism graduate from City University London, who spent part of her degree at the University of North …

In order to reduce skills gaps in countries around the world, education technology needs to be integrated into classroom learning, experts said at the 21st OEB conference in Berlin last week. Jo Swinson speaks at the OEB plenary debate. Photo: The PIE News Natalie is a journalism graduate from City University London, who spent part of her degree at the …

Online learning can be a powerful asset not only to universities’ individual funding and internationalisation strategies, but also countries’ soft power and the reputation of their higher education sector as a whole. K. Holly Shiflett of Wiley Education Services and Rajay Naik of Keypath Education speak at the OBHE conference in London. Photo: The PIE News. Beckie graduated from the University …

In order to reflect the globally connected economy, educators need to develop innovative approaches to learning, Jaime Casap, chief education evangelist at Google, has said. Photo: The PIE News Natalie is a journalism graduate from City University London, who spent part of her degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studying mass communication. In her spare time, …

Six universities around the world are developing a MOOC credit transfer system that would enable students to gain credit towards their degrees from online courses at other institutions. Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands is spearheading the MOOC credit transfer initiative. Photo: Flickr/IMBiblio. Beckie graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Japanese, during which she lived in …

University admissions representatives are more influential in some South American countries, such as Ecuador and Venezuela, while in southeast Asian countries, the opinion of an “unbiased” education agent representing multiple institutions are preferred, a new study by Intead, and FPP EDU Media, has found. Survey results also show admissions representatives tend to have more influence in Central and South America, according to the …

Students are generally passive when talking about the law, but Ellie, a sophomore at CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, leapt into the discussion of the constitutionality of capital punishment in my death-­penalty course. When she eviscerated the Supreme Court ruling upholding Texas’ death penalty law, I knew I had met a special student. On the midterm, she earned …