From telelearning, to analytics, social and wearables: 20 years of tech trends The once-familiar sound of a chirruping dial-up connection is now a distant memory for most, or totally unknown to those who have grown up in the years since broadband became the norm (in the UK, broadband subs... Read More October 30, 2014 News
Are we all ‘natural born cyborgs’? Singularity, a term described by the famous author, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil as "a future period during which the pace of technological change will be so rapid, its impact so deep, that human life wil... Read More October 29, 2014 News
In the future culture still eats strategy for breakfast Mark Stevenson, ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN keynote speaker According to experts, the digital revolution was just the trailer; the big changes are still to come and they are coming quickly. We may be getting a hold... Read More October 29, 2014 News
Experts unite to create connected learning network Helen Keegan What happens when a group of “leaders in open education” (including the likes of Howard Rheingold, Helen Keegan, Michael Wesch and Mimi Ito) get together to share best practices and thrash out... Read More October 7, 2014 News
Learning to love the camera At ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN in 2011, renowned e-learning expert Jay Cross declared that “video is the new language of learning”. Video has since become one of the most ubiquitous and effective online learning tools.... Read More October 6, 2014 News
The robo-readers are coming Image: Quinn Dombrowski They cannot ‘know’ students, think outside the box or reward creativity or innovation. Their feedback is pragmatic, standardised and – some would say – soulless. Despite... Read More October 6, 2014 News
3D printing: re-shaping the future of STEM education Aortic valves, fighter jets, coral reefs... pizza? Just four of the headline-grabbing products dished out by 3D printers over the last two years. Alongside this dramatic experimentation with a not-so-very-new t... Read More October 2, 2014 News
Data security: who’s accessing your intellectual property? When it comes to data storage in e-learning, leaked quiz scores are not the issue. Have you ever stopped to think about where your intellectual property is being stored and who may have access to your research ... Read More October 2, 2014 News
Stephen Downes: ‘This is the next era of learning’ Image: Stephen Downes, courtesy of Stephen's web In this guest post, Stephen Downes, Senior Researcher for the National Research Council of Canada and pioneer of major e-learning developments – such as MOOC... Read More September 24, 2014 News
Transforming training in a large organisation With over 55,000 employees and 5.4 billion pieces of mail delivered each year, Correos is the largest postal service in Spain. Like many in the global postal sector, the company has undergone massive changes in... Read More September 9, 2014 News
