Becoming a Digital Emanator OEB 2015 focuses on enabling change…‘the shift’. It’s a wonderful opportunity for you to consider driving your area of learning or teaching towards your vision. But, how do you shine a light and create a viable... Read More September 23, 2015 News
Tech scores with robots in Brazil This week in Around the World, it’s cheap chips for India’s mobile market as Mozilla prepare to launch a $25 smartphone. The tech game-changers hit Brazil, with drone spies and exoskeletons defending the World ... Read More June 20, 2014 News
Shark track to prevent attack, and other stories January 30, 2014 News The view of Senkaku/Daioyu from the Chinese side Around the World this week is more international than ever, with several stories dealing with cross-border initiatives and issues – including a video-sharing project helping “to tear down the wall of ignoran... Read More
The world in Berlin Around the World has been travelling the globe in search of e-learning stories for several months now. This week it's a bit different: the world has come to us! More than 90 different countries are represented ... Read More December 6, 2013 News
“Universities are like supertankers – they’re very difficult to turn around” These are the words of Gilly Salmon of Swinburne University, Australia. She is one of the proponents of public-private partnerships in education - which have helped her institution with the setting up of Swinbu... Read More December 6, 2013 News
Attack of the cyborg cockroaches, and other stories November 7, 2013 News While technology-supported learning is a worldwide movement, it takes on a dazzling variety of different forms everywhere it is practised, from the hi-tech parks of Singapore to the dank gap behind the fridge in an Australian home. Read on for stories about e-... Read More
E-Learning in a cold climate, and other stories cyber-security in 1943 Around the World considers no destination too remote for education and online learning. Nevertheless, even we are surprised this week at news that the high-speed cables may soon even ... Read More October 24, 2013 News
Censorious sensibilities – and other stories Turkey’s deep internal divisions revealed themselves again this week, this time in educational institutions. Meanwhile in neighbouring Syria, teachers and pupils struggle on in the face of a conflict that shows... Read More October 4, 2013 News
India’s menstrual mythbusters, and other stories September 12, 2013 News Here at Around the World, we often find that the most unusual and interesting innovations are not to be found in the obvious places. That's just one of the reasons we are always on the lookout for interesting stories from all over the planet. Alongside major p... Read More
Japan’s schools of fish, and other stories As the largest global conference on technology-assisted learning, ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN unites e-learning practitioners from around the world. In a new weekly feature celebrating these international credentials, ... Read More August 15, 2013 News