Themen

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

Conference Report

Kineo Explains How Clients Gain from Rapid eLearning

Brighton (UK), August 2007 - Rapid eLearning is well established as a powerful means of achieving learning and business goals. It's clearly different from -˜traditional eLearning'. Kineo, the rapid eLearning solutions provider, explained how clients can benefit from this difference at a recent conference in London organized by eLearning Age. » MORE

SumTotal Users

TotalConnection 2007 to Be Held in Dallas

Mountain View, CA (USA) - August 2007 - On September 19, 2007, SumTotal® Systems, Inc. welcomes industry luminary and recently retired Wal-Mart USA Vice President of Talent Planning and Development John DiBenedetto as its keynote speaker for TotalConnection 2007. The event is SumTotal's global user conference and runs from September 18 to 20 in Dallas, Texas, at the Hilton Anatole. » MORE

Call for Participation

Sloan-Consortium Conference on Online Learning

Orlando, FL (USA), August 2007 - The international conference of Sloan-C, a consortium of institutions and organizations committed to quality online education, focuses on the theme of "The Power of Online Learning: Making a Difference". The event will take place from 7-9 November 2007 at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida (USA). » MORE

IADIS

Elearning in Portuguese

Lisbon (P)/Tübingen (GER), August 2007 - This year's edition of the international conference on eLearning organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) as part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS) took place in Lisbon in July. » MORE

Fifth World Congress

Educators Care about Quality and Social Justice

Berlin (GER), August 2007 - Educators from around the world came together in Berlin to intensify their efforts to meet the needs of every child and to uphold children's fundamental rights to a quality education in a more just world. About 1,700 teachers and education workers attended the fifth World Congress of Education International (EI). EI's President Thulas Nxesi of South Africa opened the conference, summing up the conference theme "Educators Joining Together for Quality Education and Social Justice." » MORE

Web 2.0 and Education

Seminar of the UOC UNESCO Chair in eLearning

Barcelona (ES), August 2007 - From 17 to 19 October 2007, the fourth International Seminar of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) UNESCO Chair in eLearning will take place in Barcelona, Spain. The workshop will focus on the impact that the birth, development, and use of web 2.0 tools have upon educational paradigms. New models of internet presence and content publishing will also be covered. » MORE

Call for Papers

Forum on eLearning for Defence and Security

Berlin (GER), August 2007 - The third international Forum on eLearning for Defence and Security, organised by the New Security Foundation, will take place on Wednesday, November 28. The session will be a vigorous prelude to this year's Online Educa Berlin. The Call for Papers is now open and continues until September 20. » MORE

Second Life

The slconference 2007 Is Cancelled

Berlin (GER), August 2007 - Cocoate, the organisers of the first slconference have decided to cancel the event. The European conference was scheduled to take place form 16 - 18 September 2007 in Berlin. » MORE

Speech

Towards Next-Generation Media for the Digital Age?

Lisbon (PT), August 2007 - Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media, delivered an address at the Conference on the Future of the Media, Lisbon on 17 July. The event was organised by the IMPRESA Group and Radio Renascenca. Viviane Reding talked about media and the European policies that support their future in the digital age. » MORE