Themen

eLearning Africa 2008

Call for Proposals Now Open

Berlin (GER)/Accra (Ghana), October 2007 - The 3rd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training will take place from May 28 to 30, 2008 in Accra, Ghana under the Patronage of the Ghanaian Minister for Education, Science and Sports, the Hon. Prof. Dominic K. Fobih. Suggestions for the programme can be submitted until 7 December 2007. » MORE

Technology Challenge

Accolade for Giunti Labs' "NovaRes-

New Orleans (USA)/ Sestri Levante (I), September 2007 - Giunti Labs was recently named the 'most innovative technology demonstrator' at the OpeniWorld (OiW) event in New Orleans, USA. The event, which was organised by the Open Knowledge Initiative, followed the annual MERLOT conference. According to Stephan Thieringer, Giunti Labs' COO for North America, "Giunti Labs' product NovaRes: the New Thing in Educational Resources Management attracted great interest from industry colleagues and from potential collaborators among the vendors at the event." » MORE

Canada

Mobile Learning and Technology Conference

Fredericton, NB (CAN), September 2007 - On October 2nd and 3rd, international speakers will be coming to Fredericton, New Brunswick to introduce mobile learning at a two-day workshop and technology summit event co-hosted by Red Hot Learning, LearnNB, and the eLearning Guild, the largest eLearning industry alliance in the world. » MORE

ePortfolio 2007

Conference Programme Now Online

Maastricht (NL), September 2007 - The programme of the ePortfolio conference and the first Human Capital and Social Innovation Technology Summit offers a lively mix of presentations, workshops, and open discussions devoted to specific aspects of ePortfolio implementation. Keynote speakers Rens de Groot from the CWI and Rene De Heij from Nedcar, the Netherlands, will share their experiences in using the ePortfolio for job-seeking and competence-management. » MORE

For Serious Players

New Conference on Virtual Worlds

London (UK), September 2007 - The Virtual Economic Forum, the independent think tank for virtual worlds business, is organizing the first European Virtual Worlds Forum. The conference is to take place in London, October 24th - 25th 2007, to provide a forum for business leaders to discuss and evaluate the different opportunities of virtual worlds and their impact on business, converging media and corporate collaboration, as well as brand marketing and consumer engagement. » MORE

Call for Papers

Economics of eLearning Conference

Paris (F), September 2007 - eLene-EE - European Collaboration for Improving the Management of Economics in eLearning is a project funded by the European Commission. The eLene consortium is organising a conference on the economics of eLearning from 12th to 14th December 2007 in Paris. Leading practitioners and researchers from Europe will present the results of studies and research on eLearning initiatives. » MORE

Registration Open

Programme Available for the Kaleidoscope Symposium

London (UK)/Berlin (GER), September 2007 - Europe's leading research network in the field of technology-enhanced learning will host the Kaleidoscope 2007 Symposium in Berlin on 26-27 November 2007. Registration is now open for non-Kaleidoscope members. » MORE

Technology Mediation

Online Conference on Narrative Learning Environments

Genoa (IT), September 2007 - In Narrative Learning Environments (NLEs), students engage in technology-mediated activities where stories and narrations play a central role to support learning. From 27 September until 2 October 2007, the first online working conference on NLE will take place. This event is organized by the NLE Special Interest Groups of the European network of excellence, Kaleidoscope. » MORE

Conference Opening

Contentious Debate over Web 2.0 Anticipated

Berlin (GER), September 2007 - Astrid Mendoza, Chief Executive of the Online Educa conference organizers, ICWE, has revealed that one of the internet's fiercest and most controversial critics, Andrew Keen, author of the best-seller "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture" will be the opening speaker at this year's event, taking place from 28-30 November 2007. Delegates at the event, a leading conference on technology-supported learning, have been told to prepare themselves for an ebullient exchange on Web 2.0 and its implications. » MORE

OpenLearn 2007

Competition to Reuse and Remix Study Materials

Milton Keynes (UK), September 2007 - The Open University is setting a challenge to educators worldwide to reuse and remix their study materials. The aim is to inspire creativity, collaboration, and cost reduction in course production, enabling wider access to education for all. Published under a Creative Commons license, all materials can be downloaded to be reused as they are in a different educational environment, or amended to create something new that can be shared with others. » MORE