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
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
“We have a great responsibility to educate this generation to use technology for the greater good” March 16, 2017 News Together with cognitive-psychology professor Harold Bekkering from the Radboud University in the Netherlands, Rector Muhammed Şahin from the MEF University is scheduled to speak at the OEB MidSummit in a session entitled “Revealing the Magic behind the Method”... Read More
This House believes 21st-century skills aren’t being taught – and they should be This year’s OEB debate will tackle one of the biggest issues plaguing decision-makers, educational institutions, businesses, and learners themselves: the universal rise in youth unemployment, accompanied by the... Read More November 26, 2015 News
Data against drop-outs: Using big data to manage student attrition Dr Ellen Wagner, Chief Research and Strategy Officer for the Predictive Analytics Reporting (PAR) Framework Most experts agree that recent shifts in educational technology are driving change in teacher-pupi... Read More September 11, 2015 News
E-Learning Tool of the Month: Lessons in social media August 27, 2014 News Image: Social Media for Education Platform Social media can provide powerful opportunities to connect with and engage students, but making the most of the right platforms, appropriate for your style of teaching, takes a lot of planning and structure. &n... Read More
Microlearning: hungry for knowledge nuggets Photo: Michigan Engineering The overall concept of microlearning isn’t a new thing; that is, the principle of learning in small and repetitive steps has long been applied to areas such as language learning ... Read More August 15, 2014 News
France Université Numérique, national leadership for digital education Geneviève Fioraso, French Minister of Higher Education and Research The digital revolution is under way. The third revolution after the invention of writing and the invention of the printing press,... Read More November 21, 2013 News
