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Italian Open University Creates Global Knowledge Community in Just Two Weeks

Overview Italy's first open university wanted to improve student services and support similar institutions worldwide. It improved its existing learning portal to create a global, distance-education community in just two weeks. Its students now have improved e-mail and can access learning materials from mobile devices and television, and open universities worldwide can share technical, pedagogical, and research know-how.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	August 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Portals, Online - Distance Education, Collaboration Tools

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