The world in Berlin Around the World has been travelling the globe in search of e-learning stories for several months now. This week it's a bit different: the world has come to us! More than 90 different countries are represented ... Read More December 6, 2013 News
“Universities are like supertankers – they’re very difficult to turn around” These are the words of Gilly Salmon of Swinburne University, Australia. She is one of the proponents of public-private partnerships in education - which have helped her institution with the setting up of Swinbu... Read More December 6, 2013 News
Flipping the classroom in Abu Dhabi YouTube uploaders - who have an average age of 24 - have increased their activity by 200% in the last year. Anjli Narwani of the Masdar Institute, UAE, sought to benefit from this rapid growth among a young pop... Read More December 6, 2013 News
Innovative ideas in the corporate sector Christian Kuhna is currently involved in bringing the MOOC model of online learning into Adidas' corporate training. "We want to integrate the great stuff on the internet into our learning offerings", he said. ... Read More December 6, 2013 News
Opening up education Education in Europe is being hit by a storm amid increased demand for higher education despite costs constraints, skills mismatches and knowledge gaps. Twenty ministers from as many states aim to open up their ... Read More December 6, 2013 News
The falling cost of fibre-optic cables in Uganda Ten years ago, Uganda was coughing up 4,000 US dollars per megabyte of fibre-optic cables. In 2013, the country is paying just one-tenth of that figure. However, at 400 dollars per megabyte, fibre optic cables ... Read More December 6, 2013 News
Nelson Mandela, 1918 – 2013 Nelson Mandela for decades served as the inspirational leader of worldwide opposition to one of the most roundly vilified systems of political racism the world has seen. His lifelong struggle against aparth... Read More December 6, 2013 News
OEB reviews: Thursday Opening Plenary Uniting experts from very different fields, with moderation from Beate Wedekind and a welcome message from José Manuel Barroso, the Opening Plenary addressed three vital trends in modern e-lear... Read More December 6, 2013 News
OEB reviews: Wednesday Wednesday has seen ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN getting into its stride, with the opening of the Exhibition and a whole variety of pre-Conference events. The press team has been exploring every corner of the InterConti,... Read More December 4, 2013 News
ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2013 begins! ONLINE EDUCA has opened its doors in the Hotel InterContinental, Berlin! Already, hundreds of participants have flocked to the Hotel, to take part on workshops, Forums and wander through the exhibition area – a... Read More December 4, 2013 News
