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
A learning tour of PISA – send us your thoughts! The triennial publication of the PISA test's findings is the collective-anxiety-inducing results day for OECD governments. One likes to think of presidents and education ministers trembling as nervously as scho... Read More December 3, 2013 News
Through a prism darkly 2013 will be remembered as the year when the world woke up to the dramatic changes occurring in the world of security in the internet age. The Snowden revelations have exposed the highest level of online espion... Read More November 28, 2013 News
OEB recommends: Berlin in six parts How many of us have visited a new city but end up only seeing the airport, hotel and conference venue? Well, the ONLINE EDUCA ... Read More November 28, 2013 News
Learning the language of film Back in the bad old days – by which I mean the 1990s – video education in the UK was a surreal experience. The learning programmes used in schools were re-runs of series from twenty years before, often lovi... Read More November 28, 2013 News
