Themen
Events
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
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
European Conference of Distance Teaching Universities
Heerlen (NL)/Lisbon (P), July 2007 - "Virtual Erasmus and a new generation of Open Educational Resources for a European and global outreach" is the theme under which the twentieth Anniversary Conference of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) is organized. Hosted by the Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal, and organised under the Portuguese EU Presidency 2007, the event takes place from 8-9 November 2007. » MORE
Second Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning
Crete (GR), July 2007 - From 17 - 20 September 2007, the EC-TEL 2007 - Second European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning takes place on Crete, Greece. The conference theme is "Creating new learning experiences on a global scale". Keynote speakers are Bruce Sterling, professor at the European Graduate School and "visionary in residence" at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and Hermann Maurer, professor of computer science at the Technical University Graz, Austria. » MORE
Aviva Hosts City Launch of Global Diversity Toolkit
London (UK), July 2007 - Aviva plc, the international savings, investments, and insurance group, has launched its global diversity learning resource, the "Respect Diversity Toolkit", at an event attended by HR professionals from FTSE 100 employers including Barclays, Goldman Sachs, UBS, BT, HSBC, and Shell. The launch, which took place at Aviva's London headquarters, was held in association with Diverse Culture and NB Global Diversity Practice, who worked with Aviva to produce the toolkit. » MORE
Prestigious Competition for the Pre-university Education
Bucharest (RO), July 2007 - (by Elena Lita) Bucharest recently hosted the fifth edition of the national SIVECO Cup contest organized by SIVECO Romania in partnership with the Romanian Ministry of Education, Research and Youth and with PC Magazine Romania. The SIVECO Cup is a prestigious competition for the pre-university education, awarding excellence in developing educational software. » MORE
Sustainable Water Management in Europe
Essen (GER)/ Vilnius (LT), July 2007 - KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE is a European Leonardo da Vinci Project for innovative online vocational training solutions to support the implementation of sustainable water management and the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). As part of the project, European water managers and online training experts are invited to take part in a European Conference for Sustainable Water Management being held in to Vilnius, Lithuania, September 4-5, 2007. » MORE
Access to Education for Unprivileged Children
Berlin (GER), July 2007 - A keynote speech by Professor Sugata Mitra will be among the highlights at Online Educa 2007, the world's largest international conference on technology-supported learning and training, taking place from November, 28 to 30 in Berlin's Hotel InterContinental. Professor Mitra, an internationally renowned software specialist and visionary, will present some if his latest findings concerning self-organizing learning systems in primary education. » MORE
Diana Laurillard Opens Campus Innovation Conference
Hamburg (GER)/London (UK), July 2007 - (by Claudia Musekamp) Professor Diana Laurillard, Director of eLearning in the British government's Department for Education and Skills, will open the Campus Innovation Conference, 12-14 September 2007 at the Hamburg University. In an interview with the conference organizers, she spoke about the British Education System, the net-generation, new teaching methods, and the university as a learning organisation. » MORE
ILIAS Conference Shows Ways to Successful eLearning
Cologna (GER)/ Bolzano (I), July 2007 - An attractive mixture of current trends like Web 2.0 and topics such as quality assurance and eLearning strategies characterize the programme of this year's ILIAS conference, which will be held on October 4th and 5th in Bolzano. Interested parties and users of the open source learning management system are meeting in Italy for the first time in Italy to exchange their experiences. » MORE
