George Siemens: ‘Students need to take ownership of their learning’ George Siemens George Siemens is an internationally renowned and highly respected professor and researcher of technology, networks, analytics, and openness in education. Currently the Executive Director of ... Read More November 19, 2014 News
Back to the Future Children learn to use the telephone. Image: ITN Source archive footage If you have watched the OEB 2014 Trailer you may have been intrigued by some of the archive clips we used. We had a fascinating time lo... Read More November 17, 2014 News
The robo-readers are coming October 6, 2014 News Image: Quinn Dombrowski They cannot ‘know’ students, think outside the box or reward creativity or innovation. Their feedback is pragmatic, standardised and – some would say – soulless. Despite this, according to recent studies, students would... Read More
3D printing: re-shaping the future of STEM education Aortic valves, fighter jets, coral reefs... pizza? Just four of the headline-grabbing products dished out by 3D printers over the last two years. Alongside this dramatic experimentation with a not-so-very-new t... Read More October 2, 2014 News
Data security: who’s accessing your intellectual property? When it comes to data storage in e-learning, leaked quiz scores are not the issue. Have you ever stopped to think about where your intellectual property is being stored and who may have access to your research ... Read More October 2, 2014 News
Transforming training in a large organisation September 9, 2014 News With over 55,000 employees and 5.4 billion pieces of mail delivered each year, Correos is the largest postal service in Spain. Like many in the global postal sector, the company has undergone massive changes in recent years. New trends in e-commerce and changi... Read More
Learning to drive lifelong success McKinsey and Company’s Global Chief Learning Officer Dr Nick van Dam Organisations around the world are experiencing sweeping, rapid changes in what they do, how they do it and even why they do it. Masteri... Read More July 16, 2014 News
Think you know the e-learning tools of the trade? Are smartphones the future of e-learning? Do MOOCs live up their promise? Should teachers upload YouTube videos longer than six minutes? If you answered ‘no’ to all of these questions, perhaps you're already a... Read More July 14, 2014 News
What do we want? Web literacy, now! July 14, 2014 News Mozilla's Open Badges Is the web of the future a weird and wild place, chaotic and slightly frightening; or is it a happier place where strangers collaborate to teach and learn from one another? A bit of both, says the Mozilla Foundation’s Mark Surman, whe... Read More
What’s the media got to do with education? When I decided to register for the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2014, I did so with slight apprehension. The theme, “From Information to Participation: Challenges for the Media”, sounded interesting – espe... Read More July 7, 2014 News
