Wolters Kluwer Health launches Lippincott’s NCLEX-RN PassPoint, powered by PrepUTM - October 17, 2013
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health has introduced Lippincott's NCLEX-RN PassPoint, powered by PrepUTM. This adaptive learning and exam prep tool for nursing students simulates the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN®) with comprehensive, adaptive practice exams, and includes access to thousands… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education unveils first adaptive math placement platform - October 17, 2013
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has launched ALEKS Placement, Preparation and Learning, the first adaptive, open-response placement and remediation tool for higher education. ALEKS Placement, Preparation and Learning uses adaptive technology to quickly and accurately assess students' knowledge to place them in the college math… Read More
ACM joins call for ‘Hour Of Code’ to underscore critical role of computing in all careers - October 16, 2013
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has joined leaders of the computing community to invite schools, teachers, and parents to experience computer programming through the Code.org campaign known as Hour of Code. Scheduled to occur during Computer Science Education Week, December 9-15, this nationwide campaign hopes… Read More
Dr. Derek Lowe to keynote second annual SciBX Summit on Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development - October 16, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and BioCentury Publications, Inc. have announced that Dr. Derek Lowe will be the keynote speaker at the second annual SciBX Summit on Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development. The Summit will be held October 29-30 in Boston, Mass., at the… Read More
IEEE initiates new standards working groups - October 15, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced its new working groups will immediately kick off the development process to create standards for the EPEAT registry. In July, IEEE announced its plan to move the IEEE 1680 standards forward. Since then, working groups have been established for… Read More
Around 276,000 visitors attend Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 - October 14, 2013
The Frankfurt Book Fair closed on October 13 with around 7,300 exhibitors in total, from over 100 countries. Altogether 275,342 visitors attended the Fair (October 9 – 13), of which 142,921 were present during the trade visitors' days. Apart from the Brazilian authors calling for… Read More
