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

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

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

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

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

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