Coding for kids, the key to success Slowly but surely, coding is coming to be recognized as an indispensable life skill; as crucial to a child's success as learning to read or write. Not only does it teach valuable problem-solving, c... Read More November 28, 2013 News
This house believes MOOCs are doomed This is the provocative motion of this year’s ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN debate. The event is a perennial favourite at the Conference; year after year, its mixture of incisive analysis, provocative statesmanship, audi... Read More November 28, 2013 News
The cutting-edge chopping-board, and other stories a steak dinner (medium rare) c.2095(the white stripe in the middle is Bearnaise sauce) ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN is less than a week away! And, as usual from Around the World, here are six items to whet your appe... Read More November 28, 2013 News
We change the way Europe learns N. Kroes, EC Vice-President and A. Vassiliou, EC Commissioner Education & Culture recently launched the initiative “Opening up Education” and expressed a wish “to open up European education and make every c... Read More November 25, 2013 News
Opening the archive – footage for learning Invitation to ITN Source Video EDUCA on Friday 6 December at 2:30pm ITN Source invites you to join us for an interactive session hosted by Dan Mills from ITN Source and Video EDUCA Curator Adam Sal... Read More November 25, 2013 News
The European Commission at OEB The European Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) are participating in OEB 2013 with multiple initiatives, presen... Read More November 22, 2013 News
5 tips to increase student engagement with video All faculty, whether they admit it or not, are faced with the challenge of keeping students locked into and focused on the lesson at hand. There’s nothing unique about this challenge – a study by Ralph Burns fo... Read More November 22, 2013 News
Wiki ‘Edit-a-Thon’ at Brown U. Will Add Entries for Women in Science (repost) When she was growing up, Maia Weinstock’s role model was the astronaut Sally Ride. But she really didn’t have any other female role models in science. Ms. Weinstock, a news director at an education... Read More November 21, 2013 News
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
