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Doctoral Programme in Education and ICT
Barcelona (E), January 2013 - The eLearn Center, a research centre created by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) that focuses on eLearning, has opened its admission process for 2014 for enrolment in its Doctoral Programme in Education and Information and Communication Technologies (eLearning). From 2009 to 2013, research projects are based on the Time Factor programme in order to contribute unpublished research to the scientific progress about this issue. » MORE
Course Automation at The University of Arts London
Lancaster (UK), January 2013 - The University of the Arts London, world renowned for art, design, fashion, communication, and performing arts, dramatically changed their course booking systems for short courses in 2009. Three years on, the benefits speak for themselves. » MORE
An Innovative Online English-language Teaching Service
New York, NY (US), December 2012 - Oxford University Press is extending its language-teaching solutions through a partnership with Eleutian Technology. Oxford University Press and Eleutian have announced the release of TeachCast™ with Oxford, a jointly developed, innovative online English-language teaching service that opens up the opportunity for students around the world to learn English. » MORE
British Council expands Microsoft partnership
London (UK), December 2012 - The British Council has signed two new agreements with Microsoft that aim to improve educational opportunities and digital access for millions of teachers and learners in developing economies around the world. » MORE
The Increasing Relevance of Learning Analytics
Washington D.C. (US), December 2012 - (by Prem Lata Gupta) Learning Analytics is a growing trend, particularly at American universities. This is supported by the results of the 2012 Educause study "Analytics in Higher Education." Jacqueline Bichsel, EDUCAUSE Senior Research Analyst and principal author of the report, explains that the advantages benefit the university and students alike. She also contends that Learning Analytics means a cultural change at the decision-making level, away from intuition-based approaches toward decisions based on data.
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UOC's Knowledge and Expertise Available for Everyone
Barcelona (E), December 2012 - The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has initiated the Open Apps project, a virtual repository of all the successful knowledge developed by the University during its nearly twenty years of expertise in distance higher education. Through its website, visitors can find more than twenty "open apps": innovative applications and pedagogical experiences that have been developed and tested within the UOC for providing solutions to pedagogical and management needs. » MORE
When the Ball Bearing on the Bucket-Wheel Excavator Needs to Be Changed
Magdeburg (GER), December 2012 - The use of virtual technologies provides a valuable complement to existing training programs. Training in technical processes can already be done interactively on virtual models in ways that make the functionality inside of machinery and equipment tangible. In LEARNTEC 2013's "Technology" section on 29 January at 3:45 pm, Dipl.-Ing. Tina Haase from the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF) in Magdeburg will explain what makes virtual learning environments so attractive. » MORE
New Dramaturgy for 3D Video Productions
Karlsruhe (GER), December 2012 - Two years ago, Prof. Ludger Pfanz founded the "Expanded Cinema 3Digital Laboratory", a research center for stereoscopic film and television content established in collaboration with the "3D Alliance Karlsruhe". Pfanz is a 3D thinker who - as a theater and literary critic as well as a director and author with competence in video, film, sound, 3D, multimedia, and stage studio - has thought intensively about all aspects of the topic and has developed a new script theory. » MORE
Learning Paradigms for the Elderly
Magdeburg, November 2012 - Prof. Dr. Emrah Düzel is Director of the Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND) at the Magdeburg University Hospital and head of the working group "Clinical Neurophysiology and Memory" at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London. His research focus is the improvement of memory functions that can be achieved through cognitive and physical training. » MORE
Finding the Balance between Virtual and Real Worlds
Mannheim (GER), December 2012 - "Digital Relevance: Why Learning on the Computer Has a Future ... and Critics Are Not Always Right," is the topic of the talk to be given at the LEARNTEC Congress by Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer, Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Mannheim. Professor Vorderer recently sparred verbally with the psychiatrist Manfred Spitzer in the German newspaper die ZEIT about the question "Does the computer make us stupid?". He supported the thesis that computers possess great potential for learning. » MORE
