Online Proctoring: the New Normal? During the pandemic, the use of online proctoring skyrocketed with many educational institutions forced to switch to completely digital learning and teaching practices to maintain operations throughout loc... Read More March 21, 2022 Industry Insights, News
2022: the vital role Edtech will play in the higher education sector’s recovery Over time, institutions have gradually implemented Edtech solutions with the hope of improving students’ learning experience and alleviating lecturers’ workloads. Indeed, this movement was well underway b... Read More February 15, 2022 Industry Insights, News
The Metaverse in Education February 15, 2022 News When we talk about the Metaverse, images of VR headsets generating vibrant avatars often come to mind. It’s a world that uses augmented reality solutions and decentralised technology to drive connection and interaction for its users. The Metaverse incorpo... Read More
Back to our Future: Key Role of the ‘Online Human’ We’ve had the proverbial major ‘disruptor’ because of you-know-what. Now for rapid evolution to achieve the learning world’s new potentials. Here I explore a bit - looking back for looking forward! Thre... Read More February 15, 2022 Community Resources, News
Cultivating Learning Boldness The theme of OEB in 2021 was learning resilience. In the post pandemic world, we talked about it as the secret to overcoming the past and the key to the future. For me, resilience is essential for flexi... Read More February 15, 2022 Community Resources, News
New Dimensions in Learning: How Technology Changes Future Landscapes May 30, 2017 News Leading experts, thinkers, innovators and practitioners from North America and Europe will examine and discuss the future of learning at the upcoming OEB MidSummit, a new event that will take place for the first time in Reykjavik on the 8th and 9th o... Read More
Disinformation and Discernment – OEB to Tackle ‘Fake News’ These days, it seems as though ‘fake news’ is everywhere. It is nothing new, though. In fact, it has been with us for a very long time – at least since the invention of printing and probably for much longer. ... Read More May 10, 2017 News
Grilling the Experts – what two of edtech’s most controversial figures can expect in Iceland Two of the Edtech industry’s best known and most outspoken commentators face a grilling in Iceland in June. By Harold Elletson Roger Schank and Donald Clark will be interrogated by lea... Read More May 9, 2017 News
A MidSummit Night’s Dream April 26, 2017 News The mid-Atlantic venue of OEB MidSummit and the convergence of new eruptions in learning are perfectly captured in the unique Icelandic setting. Located midway between Europe and America, Reykjavik is the perfect meeting point for learning and technology profe... Read More
University in transition There is a sense of the university as an idyll: cut off from the world, unchanging. In today’s rapidly evolving world, though, nothing could be further from the truth. Universities – and the people who run them... Read More March 16, 2017 News
