Explosion of Wireless Devices Strains Campus Networks (repost) A few weeks into the fall semester, Bruce Maas, chief information officer at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, received an e-mail from his chancellor: A junior living in campus housing was frustrated with... Read More November 21, 2013 News
Emotional Computers, and other stories Online Learning is by nature a global endeavour. This week’s reports in Around the World show many of e-learning’s international applications – to aid development, promote unity and co-operation, and expand wor... Read More November 21, 2013 News
France Université Numérique, national leadership for digital education Geneviève Fioraso, French Minister of Higher Education and Research The digital revolution is under way. The third revolution after the invention of writing and the invention of the printing press,... Read More November 21, 2013 News
Can everyday tasks ever be as satisfying as slaying a dragon in World of Warcraft? The answer is yes, according to those who believe in the potential of gamification. Taking its cues from the land of Angry Birds, gamification applies gaming principles to workplace scenarios in order to increa... Read More November 19, 2013 News
Predicting the 2020 workplace they might not be nuclear-powered, but they can clean elephants With the technological advances that are being made, the workplace – and workplace learning – are certainly going to be very different in the ... Read More November 18, 2013 News
Van Gogh as a source of inspiration The opening quick-fire ignite presentations at this year’s Business EDUCA will highlight how shifting work priorities reshape the delivery of learning in the workplace. A common thread running through the prese... Read More November 18, 2013 News
Redefining Learning: 4 Trends to watch in 2014 “Learning Moves” is the motto of this year’s ONLINE EDUCA, but where is learning going? What will learning look like in the future? And how will new technologies and forward-thinking approaches help us develop ... Read More November 18, 2013 News
E-Learning in pole position, and other stories From east to west and north to south, Around the World is dedicated to discovering news from across the seven continents. Yes, seven continents – for this week the largest global e-learning conference brings yo... Read More November 14, 2013 News
The ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN Trailer Take a sneak peek at some of the big themes of the conference: have a look at the ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN trailer, now live on our News Portal and website. Learning Moves is the theme of this year's ON... Read More November 8, 2013 News
Attack of the cyborg cockroaches, and other stories While technology-supported learning is a worldwide movement, it takes on a dazzling variety of different forms everywhere it is practised, from the hi-tech parks of Singapore to the dank gap behind the fridge i... Read More November 7, 2013 News
