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 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 an... Read More February 15, 2022 News
Interview with Nelly Ben Hayoun August 30, 2017 News Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun Speaking at NASA Ames research center This year's OEB is all about the skills people need to survive and prosper in a new age of uncertainty. Conference participants will be asked to consider how they can use uncertainty to bring about... Read More
Using data to promote student success Advertorial by OEB Silver Sponsor DXTERA INSTITUTESM The DXtera Institute is a non-profit organisation that uses student data to promote student success rates in colleges and universities. The ... Read More August 28, 2017 News
Uncertainty, Ethics and My Little Pony: How the Moral Tale is Changing and What it Means Could changes in the way we tell stories reflect wider changes in society? Dr Aleks Krotoski clearly thinks so. A keynote speaker at this year’s OEB Global, she will argue that the classic morality tale is chan... Read More June 28, 2017 News
Civilisation-Level Change in Education from “improving individuals” to “bettering their world” June 27, 2017 News by Marc Prensky Most people who attend conferences such as OEB already realise that the education we give our young people no longer prepares them adequately for our rapidly evolving future. Even in today’s exponentially changing environment, howe... Read More
Ethics in Artificial Intelligence: what the future holds – speaking to Inge de Waard Dr Inge de Waard works as a strategic instructional designer for InnoEnergy Europe and is an avid enthusiast for open science. Her focus and knowledge spans many areas in the digital learning sphere: from MOOCs... Read More May 11, 2017 News
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 December 10, 2015 News 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 change company We Do Things Differently, and Senio... Read More
The OEB Debate: ‘This house believes that data is corrupting education’ As big data dominated much of the discussion at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, anticipation was high for the light-hearted yet intellectually serious battle over the controversial motion: 'This house believes that data i... Read More December 10, 2014 News
