US Futurist says E-Books Will Replace University Textbooks Within Three Years ©Wikipedia Electronic books are expected to replace traditional textbooks in universities in two to three years' time, according to the New Media Consortium's authoritative Horizon Report, a comprehensive a... Read More October 6, 2010 News
IN PROFILE: UN GAID Chairman Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Talal Abu-Ghazaleh is an extraordinary man, who has built a career as one of the Arab World’s most successful entrepreneurs in the face of adversity and despite overwhelming odds. Since 2... Read More October 6, 2010 News
Compelling Evidence for Business Change – A Study into the Impact of Learning Technologies Laura Overton Skills are moving up the business agenda - business leaders across Europe flag that building skills and retaining knowledge is a critical component to business success over the next 10 years. ... Read More October 6, 2010 News
No Future? The English Language Teaching Coursebook in the Digital Age © asiln@fotolia.com The market for English Language Teaching aids is huge and growing rapidly. There are around one billion learners and eleven million teachers of English today. However, with the... Read More October 6, 2010 News
“Augmented Reality Will Change All of Us” – Antwerp Institute Trials “AR” in Tropical Medicine AR layer of Institute of Tropical Medicine Back in 1992 the Boeing scientists Tom Caudell and David Mizell coined the phrase Augmented Reality to describe how aircraft assemblers in Seattle were given head-... Read More October 6, 2010 News
Hands-off – Hands-on: Sugata Mitra and Russel Stannard to Attend OEB SCHOOL FORUM One of the most charismatic research scientists of our time will be the inspiration at this year’s SCHOOL FORUM. For the first time, Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology and ins... Read More September 15, 2010 News
“I’m Just Not a Bookworm” – Exploring Literary History in ‘Second Life “Learning must have personal meaning and it should be fun”, says Esko Lius, project coordinator of “New Ways of Experiential Learning in Virtual Learning Environments" at the Sotunki Distance Learning Centre in... Read More August 26, 2010 News
New Assessment Methods for New Ways of Learning – OEB Session on Innovative EU Projects With the advent of Web 2.0 technologies, such as user-created content or social networks, approaches to learning have changed radically – but methods of assessment have not. Today’s learners pick up informa... Read More August 25, 2010 News
Break a Leg! How iPods Help Healthcare Students to Get Perfect X-Ray Images In health care, adequate training of professional staff can literally be a matter of life and death. Students in this sector not only have to absorb extensive amounts of knowledge but they also need to be a... Read More August 24, 2010 News
How to Make Change Happen – Challenges in Implementing E-Learning in Organisations “Most organisations don’t understand the magnitude of change that e-learning is,” says Lance Dublin, the renowned US management consultant who draws on 30 years of experience in adult education, training and ch... Read More August 23, 2010 News