News
Across the divide: Collaborating through a Sabbatical visit from the University of Manitoba, Canada
07/04/2010
King's College London has welcomed the sabbatical visit of Prof Dieter Schönwetter, Director, Educational Resources, Faculty Development, and Dental Computing Services, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba. More >
Destination UDENTE: Seminar given in Hong Kong
06/04/2010
Following a keynote at SEAADE (South East Asian Association of Dental Education) Prof Patricia Reynolds was invited by the new President of SEAADE, Professor Keung Leung and the Director of the Prince Philip Dental Hospital, Hong Kong, Professor Lakshman Samaranayake, to give a seminar discussing the collaborative opportunites for dental education in SE Asia and worldwide through UDENTE. More >
Professor Frank Rennie, University of Highlands and Islands advises UDENTE
25/02/2010
Professor Frank Rennie, Professor of Sustainable Rural Development at the University of Highlands and Islands, and an e-learning expert, has been awarded a visiting professorship by King’s College London and will advise UDENTE More >
University Health Networks join with UDENTE
25/02/2010
UDENTE is working with the University Health Networks to create a global research project that provides a common flexible and configurable infrastructure of data repositories for international research. More >
Arrival of UDENTE announced to the Council of Deans following the all-Russia Scientific Summit 8-11 February
25/02/2010
Using videoconferencing, a keynote lecture with immediate translation into Russian was given to the assembly of 100 Russian Deans on 12 February by Professor Patricia Reynolds thus linking King’s College London with Moscow State University. More >
Success of first Dental Nurse online induction course using IVIDENT
25/02/2010
The first Dental Nurse induction course run through IVIDENT’s Moodle VLE was successfully completed by participants working in Army bases in Germany, (100% pass rate) and at the AIMST University in Malaysia (92.3% pass rate) in January 2010. More >
Commonwealth Fellowship from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka comes to fruition
25/02/2010
Dr Chantha Jayawardena, Senior Lecturer, Dept of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya won a Fellowship to join the Centre of Flexible Learning at King’s College London Dental Institute for 6 months from October 2009 More >
Trade Mission to SE Asia
25/02/2010
As a result of the Medical Futures award 2008, IVIDENT was invited to present the future prospects for higher education as part of the British Trade Mission to SE Asia. Speaking at the British High Commission in Singapore on 10 September 2009 More >
Facing the future collaboratively
UDENTE is an innovative solution for the 21st Century. It will create a collaborative flexible learning environment that will enable faculty to adapt, communicate and embrace the opportunities that the digital era provides. In facing such a future together, local and global outcomes can be measured and shared for the benefit of dental healthcare worldwide.
Professor Johann de Vries
School of Dentistry Faculty of Health Sciences,University of Adelaide, Australia
