Meet the OEB22 Speakers: Keynote Meredith Wellard Meredith is currently the Vice President Group Learning Talent and HR Platforms for Deutsche Post DHL. An established HR professional, she has a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development and Learning, ... Read More May 16, 2022 Meet the OEB Speakers, News
Digital literacy and lots of it – OEB interview with Howard Rheingold Howard Rheingold, the critic, educator and expert in "virtual communities" (a term he coined himself), wants to teach people how to be more mindful about how they spend their time online. ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN is... Read More May 22, 2014 News
What’s so big about big data? September 25, 2013 News Big data has become the hot topic of the moment. The BBC and the Guardian have published whole series of articles and programmes about how it is changing lives, cityscapes, mapping and even art. It is reportedly capable of anything, from improving Australia’s ... Read More
“We urgently need to safeguard free will in the age of big data” Dr Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is the Oxford Internet Institute’s Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation. The focus of his research is the role of information in a networked economy, and he has published ... Read More August 27, 2013 News
Communication, Collaboration and Interaction: an interview with Eilif Trondsen Eilif Trondsen is Research Director at Strategic Business Insights, formerly Stanford Research Institute. He describes himself as a “Scandihoovian” – originally from Norway, he went to California to visit Silic... Read More August 27, 2013 News
Online Courses and Student Engagement: an unhappy marriage? July 26, 2013 News Free large-scale access to educational resources and teaching, through MOOCs and other online courses, certainly has the potential to change education forever. By reaching out globally to all those for whom a traditional university education is not an opti... Read More
Gamification: just passing Go or already bankrupt? Gamification – broadly, the application of game mechanics outside of the gaming world – is becoming a powerful concept in education, fostering engagement, competitiveness and altruism in learners. Enhancing the... Read More July 26, 2013 News
The Workplace of the Future Jeanne Meister is leader of the 2020 Workplace Network and author of The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop and Keep Tomorrow’s Employees Today (Harper Collins), which won the 2011 Bellwe... Read More July 26, 2013 News
“Living, breathing” education: an interview with Craig Weiss July 25, 2013 News Craig Weiss is CEO of E-learning 24/7, a company offering analyst, advisory and consultant services for vendors and consumers in the industry. Recently ranked #4 in a list of the top movers and shakers in e-learning, and with 13 years’ experience in the busine... Read More
Going Global: an interview with Professor Mitchell Stevens Professor Mitchell Stevens is Associate Professor of Education at Stanford University. Recently confirmed as a keynote speaker for ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2013, he has written prize-winning studies on home educatio... Read More July 25, 2013 News
