Interactive video tracks 100 years of innovation Which decades throughout history have been the most innovative? In 1903 the Wright brothers showed us it was possible to ‘fly’; meanwhile, in the 1960s it was jet packs and a moon landing. Dan Mills, He... Read More November 10, 2014 News
Bridging new divides: 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall Berlin 1989. Photo: Raphaël Thiémard “Things would have been very different if it weren’t for that very messy human mistake.” Between 1988 and 1992, Michael Meyer was Newsweek's bureau chief fo... Read More November 9, 2014 News
Wearables part 2: transforming workplace learning Image: Future Workplace When we think of wearables in the workplace, we think Google Glass, FitBit and smartwatches, but the parameters of this technology are going to expand well beyond what we can imagine... Read More November 5, 2014 News
Learning the language of video Adam filming for the BBC in Southern Iraq From Hollywood to YouTube, watching movies will make your learning videos more engaging and effective. That’s the message Adam Salkeld, filmmaker and media executiv... Read More November 5, 2014 News
It’s time to re-humanise e-learning What motivates engagement with the digital information environment? This is a question the Head of Technology Enhanced Learning at the University of the Arts London David White has been finding answers to using... Read More November 3, 2014 News
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