Themen

Redesign

D2L Enhances Brightspace Community Platform

Toronto (CA), June 2023 - D2L, a global learning technology company, has announced a redesign of its Brightspace Community platform. The Brightspace Community site is the primary destination for D2L's community of clients, partners, users, developers, and D2L staff to find and share product and industry resources and connect with others through membership and discussion forums.

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International Community

The Learning Ideas Conference 2023

New York, NY (USA), April 2023 - The Learning Ideas Conference brings together researchers and practitioners from around the world to discuss, innovate, and create. It's the place where the international community gathers to find new paths, solutions, and innovations in learning and technology for the workplace and higher education. The sixteenth annual event will take place both online and in-person in New York, 14-16 June 2023.

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Higher Education

Meet the OEB22 Speakers: Keynote Rikke Toft Nørgård

Rikke Toft NørgårdAarhus (DK), November 2022 - Rikke is an Associate Professor at Aarhus University’s School of Education and coordinator for the MA in ICT-based educational design in Denmark. She is involved with countless pedagogical and humanitarian projects, is an active member of multiple higher education societies and is a board member of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society. Rikke has an impressive background in both EdTech and the humanities, and we are delighted about her involvement in the OEB Conference in November. Meet the person behind the speaker with this exclusive interview with Rikke.

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Save the date!

eLearning Africa 2023 in Dakar

Dakar (SEN), August 2022 - The sixteenth edition of eLearning Africa will be held 24-26 May 2023 under the patronage of H.E. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal. The event will take place in Dakar, the country’s booming capital, at the Abdou Diouf International Conference Centre - CICAD. Four government Ministries will support the conference: Basic Education, Higher Education, Further Education and Training, and Digital Economy.

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Learner Lifecycle

Anthology Analyzes 2021 Higher Education Online Giving Trends

Boca Raton, FL (USA), March 2022 - Following another unprecedented year in the higher education ecosystem, Anthology, a leading provider of education solutions that support the entire learner lifecycle, has announced the results of its annual online giving analysis and strategic considerations report. 

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OEBcast

Digital Transformation in Education

Berlin (GER), February 2022 - How are universities managing the next phase of higher education's digital transformation? On 24 February at 13:00 CET, you are invited  to join senior leaders from higher education and industry to discuss best practices for adopting new technologies to improve learning outcomes, forming better engagement with both staff and students, and the data and processes that are needed to deliver this.

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Digital Transformation

EAN University Inaugurates Advanced XR Lab

Bogota (COL), November 2021 - EAN University inaugurated its new XR Lab, powering its infrastructure with the Extended Reality (XR) platform VIROO®. The first of its kind in Colombia, this laboratory is part of EAN's mission and initiatives to expand its positive social and economic impact by fostering excellence and innovation in higher education and sustainable entrepreneurship development.

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A New Combination

Anthology Completes Merger with Blackboard

Boca Raton, FLA (USA) / Reston, VA (USA), November 2021 - Anthology, a leading provider of higher education software solutions that support the entire learner lifecycle, and Blackboard Inc., a leading global edtech software and solutions company, have completed their previously announced merger.

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Cost of Higher Education

"The goal is to increase graduates and socioeconomic mobility"

Ryan CraigLos Angeles, CA (USA), November 2021 - Ryan Craig is the author of "College Disrupted" (2015) and "A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College" (2018). He is a Managing Director at Achieve Partners, which is reimagining the future of higher education and creating new pathways from education to employment. At OEB Global, his presentation is entitled "Identifying and Addressing the Barriers to Reducing the Cost of Higher Education".

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EdTech

Anthology and Blackboard to Merge

Boca Raton, FLA (USA) / Reston, VA (USA), September 2021 - Anthology, a leading provider of proven higher education solutions that support the entire learner lifecycle, and Blackboard, a leading global edtech software and solutions company, have announced a definitive agreement to combine the two companies. The combination will create the most comprehensive and modern edtech ecosystem available on a global scale. The merger is designed to accelerate transformation at education institutions to enhance the learner experience and drive student and institution success.

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