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Events
Hangout Connects Global Learning Community
Plymouth (UK), August 2016 - A four-day online event on how to use learning technologies to innovate, integrate and inspire in the workplace brought together over 250 delegates and 25 learning experts. The Big Sponge Hangout, hosted by award-winning eLearning company Sponge UK, took place 18-21 July 2016.
MOOCs Are Dead! - Long Live MOOCs
Brussels (BE), August 2016 - "MOOCs Are Dead! – Long Live MOOCs" is the title of the presentation of Dr. Christian M. Stracke, researcher in open education and innovation at the Welten Institute of the Open University of the Netherlands, at the 2016 edition of the annual European Distance and eLearning Network (EDEN) conference. Stracke advocates a shift of focus when discussing MOOCs. He also stresses the importance of a common Quality Reference Framework (QRF) to guide the design and development of MOOCs as well as other open online courses.
» MOREeXact learning solutions Reveal New Content-Model Skins
Genoa (I), July 2016 - The global learning company eXact learning solutions has recently updated the "HM" content model associated with its learning-content-management system (LCMS). Now in its third version, the content model – known as "HM" – is intended to help users create engaging learning materials that are delivered online. The webinar is being held 27 July, 17.00 to 17.45 CET (16.00 – 16.45 BST, 11.00 – 11.45 EDT and 08.00 – 08.45 PDT).
OEB 2016: 11 Sponsors already Confirmed
Berlin (GER), July 2016 - Momentum behind OEB 2016 is surpassing all preceding years, with eleven leading sponsors already signed up and more than double the number of registered participants in comparison to last year at this time. OEB 2016 Sponsors are Oracle Academy, mediasite by sonicfoundry, Open Assessment Technologies, LPLUS GmbH, speexx, Presentations 2Go, CREATE.21st century, Cengage Learning, Amity Online, smartspokes, and WildFire. The diversity of the group, covering a wide range of specialties, serves as a perfect metaphor for the cross-sector focus of the conference itself.
Brexit Impact Tackled at Big Sponge Hangout
Plymouth (UK), July 2016 - An international panel of L&D experts will be considering how Brexit may affect the global industry as part of a new online learning technologies event. The discussion forms part of the opening session of The Big Sponge Hangout on 18-21 July 2016, hosted by Sponge UK.
» MORED-Transform: The First Leadership School
Barcelona (E), July 2016 - This first-of-its-kind event is aimed at heads and directors of European higher education institutions – presidents, rectors, vice presidents, deans of faculty and directors of units – who are interested in learning, sharing, and developing the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for correct decision making regarding the uses of digital technologies in eLearning, distance learning, MOOCs, and educational digital transformation in teaching and learning in the classroom and online. Digital libraries, digital natives, and academic resistance to ICT will be some of the main topics dealt with.
» MOREFor Higher Education Professionals
Liverpool (UK), July 2016 - From 13–16 September, Europe’s largest international higher education conference and exhibition will take place in Liverpool, UK. Organised by the European Association for International Education (EAIE), the event will gather more than 5,000 international higher education professionals from over ninety countries.
» MOREThe Millennial Challenge: Can We Make Them Stay?
Brighton (UK), July 2016 - On 14 July, LEO’s Kath Fleet (Learning Consultant) and Andy Costello (Solutions Director) will be hosting a webinar to explore a hot topic in L&D today: the Millennial challenge.
» MORECall for Papers for REV2017 Conference
New York, NY (USA), July 2016 - The REV is the annual conference of the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE) together with the Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC). REV 2017 is the fourteenth in a series of annual events concerning the area of online engineering, cyber-physical systems, and the internet of things, including remote engineering and virtual instrumentation.
15th European Conference on eLearning
Prague (CZ), July 2016 - The European Conference on eLearning was established fourteen years ago. It has been held in France, Portugal, England, The Netherlands, Greece, and Denmark to mention only a few of the countries who have hosted it. ECEL is generally attended by participants from more than forty countries and attracts an interesting combination of academic scholars, practitioners, and individuals who are engaged in various aspects of eLearning.
