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Virtual College Release a Podcast Exploring Digital Training
Ilkley (SCT), March 2023 - How do you roll out digital training during a turbulent landscape? Organisations are facing a difficult period where budgets are being cut and are experiencing challenges to retain their staff. Understaffed departments mean training is required to upskill employees and encourage career development. So how do you do this?
Successfully Launched eLearning Course on Mould and Records
Hildesheim (GER), March 2023 - The eLearning course "Mould and Records", developed by Friederike Johanna Nithack in collaboration with Hannah Emmerich of the Hornemann Institute at the HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen in Hildesheim, was met with great interest: A total of 38 colleagues from archives, libraries, and independent conservators booked it the first time around in October 2022. They unanimously evaluated it positively, which is why Hannah Emmerich is currently translating the German course into English without any content changes.
Concept for Interactive Learning Platform "3Rs Info Hub PRO"
Berlin (GER), March 2023 - Dr. Vivian Kral and Dr. Christian Zoschke from Freie Universität Berlin have received the International Award for Humane Education for proof-of-concept course on brain organoids.
» MORECollaborative Learning Strategies with Moodle Workplace
West Perth (AU), March 2023 - In this article, Moodle participants look closer into the topic of learning and discuss how it's within Moodle Workplace.
» MOREThe Game Agency Wins Gold on Best Learning Game Award
East Utah, UT (USA), February 2023 - The Game Agency, a division of ELB Learning, won a Gold Learning Technologies Award for Best Learning Game. The game-based course, sponsored by the NHL, taps into students' interests, specifically video games and sports, in order to teach STEM skills.
» MORE106 Institutions to Deliver Soft Skills Training in VR
London (UK), February 2023 - Bodyswaps, together with Meta Immersive Learning, has announced the final list of higher and further education institutions to participate in their Immersive Learning Pilot Programme.
» MOREFree Knowledge for Surgeons Worldwide
Zurich (CH), December 2022 - Videos used to train local surgeons at the University Hospital Zurich have been viewed on YouTube by over 600,000 people. This huge success has now led to the establishment of the Global School of Surgery online platform, which will offer an international audience free access to the surgical curriculum from 2023. The aim is to improve the education and training of young surgeons, especially in structurally weak countries.
» MOREBroadcasting Tech Trends and the Power of Teachers
Among our anticipated assembly of keynotes this year is David Mattin, Founder of New World Same Humans, a newsletter on trends, technology and society with 22,000 weekly subscribers. David is an experienced broadcaster and speaker, writing and presenting documentaries for BBC Radio 4, as well as a distinguished journalist featured in The Times, The Guardian, and more. At OEB David will be speaking at the opening plenary on Thursday November 24, discussing with fellow keynotes what we can do with the technologically-upgraded flexibility we have discovered following the pandemic.
Meet the OEB22 Speakers: Keynote Rikke Toft Nørgård
Aarhus (DK), November 2022 - Rikke is an Associate Professor at Aarhus University’s School of Education and coordinator for the MA in ICT-based educational design in Denmark. She is involved with countless pedagogical and humanitarian projects, is an active member of multiple higher education societies and is a board member of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society. Rikke has an impressive background in both EdTech and the humanities, and we are delighted about her involvement in the OEB Conference in November. Meet the person behind the speaker with this exclusive interview with Rikke.
Robots, Linguistics, and the Future of EdTech
Hannover (GER), November 2022 - On November 23rd-25th this year, the OEB Conference welcomes a wide range of speakers to its leading educational showcase. Among these speakers is Jürgen Handke, a German professor of English linguistics and a pioneer of robotic teaching assistants in the world of EdTech. Jürgen will be hosting a workshop at the OEB Conference.
