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 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 perfe... Read More April 26, 2017 News
University in transition March 16, 2017 News 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 – are having to keep up with the sometimes bewild... Read More
New ideas driving the global edtech boom By the OEB News Team Innovative start-ups, technological advancements and the demand for additional skills continue to fuel the growth of the global edtech industry. According to a whitepaper by Am... Read More July 21, 2016 News
Independent market news and analysis By Bob Little With the online learning technologies developing faster than ever before and being influenced by technologies that are newcomers to the sector, it’s no wonder that those in this secto... Read More July 21, 2016 News
How technology can actually change education July 21, 2016 News By Roger Schank You can’t read something about education these days without reading about how technology will change everything. Sorry to be a downer, but technology will change nothing if what is meant by technology is that we have n... Read More
The OEB 2015 Debate: “the forgotten basics” Under the chairmanship of Dr Harold Elletson, the motion posed in this year’s plenary debate was 'This House believes 21st Century skills aren’t being taught - and they should be’. The future of education and t... Read More December 16, 2015 News
David Price Twitter chat highlights OEB 2015 keynote speaker David Price, a learning futurist and best-selling author, hosted a Twitter chat around the theme: How will we work, live and learn in the future? Co-founder of the culture ... Read More December 10, 2015 News
Edtech tool of the month: SmileUrbo November 26, 2015 News SmileUrbo is an award-winning, interactive role-playing game with a difference. Imagine this scenario in your town: unemployment is rising, young people are leaving, and infant mortality is increasing. The situation is critical, and then an investor from a... Read More
Revolutionary times: In with the new school It was 1981 and I was 11 years old. I convinced my parents to buy me my first computer: a Commodore VIC 20. It cost $300 and I paid for half of it with my paper route earnings. It was a computer built into a k... Read More October 27, 2015 News
