Making the Most of Joining OEB as a First Timer (and my reasons to return) Three years ago my colleagues asked me whether I would like to attend the OEB conference. I agreed, not knowing what I would be throwing myself into. Little did I know that this year I would be attending the co... Read More August 23, 2018 News
Learning Styles: Time to Explode the Myth For years educational publishers, edTech, assessment companies and many educators have relied on the concept of learning styles, focussing on learners' individual learning style. Textbooks, teaching resources, ... Read More July 4, 2018 News
The Wave of the Future: Transforming New & Legacy Learning Materials with Learning Objects Before today’s era of explosive technological advancement, textbook learning was the best option. It was portable, easily accessible, and could pack loads of information into a relatively small package. Back th... Read More July 4, 2018 Industry Insights, News
Towards a Vision for Promoting Online Training for SMEs For most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) active in high-tech domains, it is highly difficult to find, attract and retain highly skilled individuals. In addition, SMEs typically cannot afford significa... Read More July 4, 2018 News
Making Learning Evaluation work: Two New Innovations Worth Your Time Learning evaluation is one of the most critical competencies in the workplace learning field. If done well, it enables us to monitor our success, and maximize the benefits of learning. Sadly, too often we do le... Read More July 4, 2018 News
Meet the OEB2018 Speakers: Esther Wojcicki Get to know our high-profile Speakers more closely in our new feature „Meet the OEB2018 Speakers“. We will present one of our Speakers through a questionnaire in each edition of our newsletters running up to th... Read More July 4, 2018 Meet the OEB Speakers, News
The rise of Learning Engineering It has been 50 years since Nobel laureate Herb Simon, a Carnegie Mellon University professor and expert in artificial intelligence, called for a new field of technical competence in the learning domain that he ... Read More June 14, 2018 News
Dealing with data controversies raised by digital education The possibilities of using data to inform educational policy and practice have generated enormous enthusiasm in recent years. Behind the hype, however, data use in education is already raising significant conce... Read More June 14, 2018 News
The impact of innovative learning spaces The educational sector worldwide, including higher education and K-12, faces tremendous challenges because of the changes caused by globalization and demographics as well as the increasing use of technology and... Read More June 14, 2018 News
Is higher education a waste of money? Can learning technology help? Photo: James Connolly / PicSell8 Bryan Caplan in his new book, “The Case Against Education”, has suggested that education, and more specifically higher education, is largely a waste of money. He presents st... Read More June 13, 2018 News