What Do Baby Boomers Need and Want? © OEB 2008 “The other 21st century learners” was an issue discussed in a session about Baby Boomers at OEB 2008 – it was considered a “natural” addition to the Generation Y focus of this year’s conferen... Read More December 15, 2008 News
All About Generation Y How should we deal with a new generation of learners who grew up with the Internet and who are currently entering our schools, universities and corporate learning centres? Who are they? What do they expect ... Read More December 15, 2008 News
Best Practice: Hands-on Legal Practice via E-Learning Blackboard reinforces its commitment to the professional education and institution sectors by bringing its professional education suite to ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN. On Thursday, December 4th, Blackboard will pre... Read More November 22, 2008 News
Learning Together: 10 Years of Best Practice at Fronter The New Millennials are entering universities and workplaces worldwide. While experts still debate the question whether generational differences exist, universities and corporate training departments have t... Read More November 21, 2008 News
Copyrights – Who Owns What on the Web? © mediarts.ch / Fotolia Digital web content presents big challenges for the legislative and licensing framework regarding copyright and other types of intellectual property rights (IPR). In the session ... Read More November 21, 2008 News
Promoting Cultural Dialogue with E-Learning A shared interest to acquaint people with cultural values and backgrounds as highly diverse as Hungary, Turkey and Japan is the motivating force that stands behind the e-learning project Learning Design of ... Read More November 19, 2008 News
Expert Session: Publishing Meets E-Learning Learning content is increasingly available on the Internet without any cost. The presence of open educational resources may help promote goals like lifelong learning and access for all, but at the same time... Read More November 14, 2008 News
Open Education Resources: Unstoppable or Unsustainable? After several years of experimenting with various types of Open Education Resources (OER), is there a formula for success towards making sure that an OER service has a sustainable future? This is a key qu... Read More November 6, 2008 News
Controversial: Why it is so Quiet in Many Content Repositories? © Dustin Lyson - Fotolia.com A content repository needs to integrate with users’ daily work. Immediate benefits must be obvious to trigger and further drive application and content sharing within the re... Read More November 4, 2008 News
Competing in a Global Economy Through Open Education On a global scale, the U.S., European Union, Japan, China and India will face critical shortfalls of 32 million technically specialised professionals. Throughout the world, the demand for educated professionals... Read More November 1, 2008 News