Themen

Four-week online course

Guralnick's Course "The Future of Online Learning"

Brussels (BE), September 2013 - Technology is changing rapidly, and the possible uses of technology for education, training, and to improve job performance are seemingly endless. But technology-based solutions are not always successful for one reason or another. As the world of online learning and performance changes, learner expectations change as well. » MORE

Geographically Diverse

Cultivating a Learning Organization

Atlanta, GA (USA), September 2013 - How do you cultivate a learning organization when your employees are geographically diverse? LAZ Parking has more than 6,500 employees in 240 cities across 22 states. Many of these employees are hourly workers, who don't have access to a computer on the job. Andi Campbell, LAZ's Director of Employee Learning and Development, wanted to find a way to connect them to information, best practices, and each other with the ultimate goal of driving engagement, reducing turnover, and cultivating talent. » MORE

Attendance Is Free

Virtual College to Host Lean Healthcare Sharing Forum

Ilkley (UK), September 2013 - The Lean Healthcare Sharing Forum will focus on the increasing demand for service improvement in healthcare settings and the delivery of quality and safety against a background of economic constraints. The forum is free to attend and takes place on 15 October at the Best Western Calcot Hotel in Reading. » MORE

Webinar

Tackling the Dysfunctionally Connected Workplace

London (UK), September 2013 - About 61% of working people own a smart phone. Technically, we are more able to connect than ever before, but according to research by The Ken Blanchard Companies, more than 80% of leaders don't listen and 82% never praise, redirect, or give appropriate feedback to their colleagues. Some 64% wish they could talk to their boss about problems with their colleagues, but only 8% actually do. The alarming truth is that our human connections in the workplace are alarmingly dysfunctional. » MORE

ELIG.org

Europe Missing the Boat Again?

Brussels (BE), September 2013 - ELIG, the European Learning Industry Group, will hold its Annual Meeting and Conference from 26-27 September 2013 in Stockholm. The keynote speech will be help by Xavier Prats Monné, Deputy Director-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission. » MORE

Enter now!

Closing Date for the MEDEA Awards Is 30 September

Brussels (BE), September 2013 - The final countdown has begun! With just four weeks left until the closing entry deadline, a call is going out to educational-media producers all over Europe to submit their entries to this year's MEDEA Awards. Entry to this competition is free, and professional and non-professional producers are invited to enter all types of innovative educational media to Europe's premier educational-media competition. » MORE

Scenarios for the Future

Leadership and Collaboration in Virtual Groups

Berlin (GER), September 2013 - The HTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences will host a conference on 02 October 2013. The event will convene experts to discuss and experience the most recent findings in digital work and online collaboration. » MORE

Empowering Excellence

TATA Interactive Learning Forum Arabia 2013

Mumbai (IN), September 2013 - Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a pioneer and global provider in learning solutions, is organizing the third edition of Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF), Arabia on 12 September 2013 at The Oberoi, Dubai. The eventful and invitation-only annual Tata Interactive Learning Forum 2013 in its tenth edition. The annual event organized by TIS is exclusively for SVPs, VPs, and Heads of HR and training functions, making it the most prestigious eLearning conference in the world. » MORE

Serious Play Awards

Corporate, Military, and Children's Educational Games

Los Angeles, CA (USA), September 2013 - The MIT Game Lab's Phantomation won Best of Show in the 2013 International Serious Play Awards competition. Seven other studios won gold medals. The awards, announced at the 2013 Serious Play Conference at DigiPen Institute of Technology, honor exceptional examples of corporate, military, children's education, and games for good. » MORE

New Media

eLearning4tourism workshop

Barcelona (E), September 2013 - On 03 October 2013, the third workshop for a special industrial sector will take place. The impact of digital technologies on the development and evolution of the tourism and hospitality industry has been widely acknowledged as one of the main transformations in the last decade. Nevertheless, there has been limited focus on the part of the academic community in studying and evaluating the role new media technologies play as educational tools in the tourism and hospitality field. » MORE