Estonian Conference

ELearning is Here: Where are You?

Tallinn (EE), March 2008 - The Estonian eLearning Development Centre team invites you to attend its conference, which will take place 3 - 4 April, 2008 in the Estonian Information Technology College conference centre. The conference is sponsored by the European Social Funds. Part of the conference is the celebration of the fifth birthday of the Estonian eUniversity consortium.

The first day will close with an award ceremony for the best eCourses of the Estonian eUniversity.


The opening plenary will start the conference with the question "Where are we heading?" Responses will be offered by Lt. Gen. Johannes Kert of the Estonian Ministry of Defence, Jaan Kõrgesaar from the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research, and Marja Kylämä of Finland's Ministry of Education.


Further Conference sessions deal with the following issues:

  • Does eLearning = Leanring?
  • What is an eTextbook?
  • What is WebCT Vista?
  • How does language technology support eLearning?
  • What are activity patterns and affordances?
  • How to use video in the learning process?
  • How to use repositories in the learning process?
  • What are the starting points for creating a learning object?
  • eLearning - communication or shared solitude?
  • What is mLearning?
  • What were the best eCourses at the Estonian eUniversity in 2007?
  • How to test in eLearning?
  • What is a 1 click 2 eLearning?
  • How to make it interesting?

Simultaneous translation into English will be provided during the conference.