Navigating the Learning Technology Odyssey: The 2000s – Charting New Territories in Learning In 1999, Cisco's CEO, John Chambers, predicted that “education over the Internet is going to be so big, that it is going to make e mail look like a rounding error”. As we celebrated the millennium an... Read More October 30, 2024 Community Resources, News
Out of the box – revisiting the art of great conversation The Marlene Bar at the Hotel Intercontinental is the beating heart of learning for those attending OEB. It always has been for the past 30 years. It’s here that we engage freely with fresh thinking, new pe... Read More October 30, 2024 Community Resources, News
AI in L&D: The Immaturity Model October 30, 2024 Community Resources, News Adoption rates for AI in L&D are growing. But what does that mean? The adoption of AI for L&D takes many different forms. Our research shows that the greatest area of use is for the internal efficiencies of the L&D department. In our survey of... Read More
Striking the Right Balance: Big Data and Educational Data Mining under GDPR and the AI Act For over a decade in higher education, I’ve seen first-hand how digitalisation is transforming data governance. From digital assessments and automated grading to sophisticated plagiarism detection, the wor... Read More October 30, 2024 Community Resources, News
Education Unchained “Failure to unchain is an option!” Jef Staes This year, I will host a Spotlight Session titled Education Unchained at Online Educa Berlin. Drawing from my background as a Software Designer in Digital Te... Read More October 16, 2024 Community Resources, News
Learning Analytics and AI: Questions of Ethics and Trust October 16, 2024 Community Resources, News For most of my career with USA state government I was housed in, under, or adjacent to the Human Resources (HR) department. I found this to a bit of both blessing and curse. The curse: Much of my work had to do with creating training on dry-as-toast comp... Read More
Navigating the Learning Technology Odyssey: 30 Years of Adventure The Odyssey, written by Homer, primarily focuses on water journeys as Odysseus, the hero, tries to return home after the Trojan War involving exploration and survival, numerous challenges, mythical creatur... Read More October 15, 2024 Community Resources, News
OEB as a Moment of Calm: Eye of the Storm As educators, we often find ourselves amidst a whirlwind of change, where centuries of traditional learning intersect with emerging paradigms. To thrive in this “eye of the storm,” it is essential to lever... Read More October 15, 2024 Community Resources, News
The Courage to Consider the Role of Student Data in Education October 15, 2024 Community Resources, News As technology continuously reshapes how we learn, teach, and engage with ideas and information, we continue to confront challenging questions about the role of data in education. This year's OEB conference, "Brace for Transformation: The Courage to Redefi... Read More
Innovative Futures for Higher Education at OEB24 The world of higher education is at a crossroads. Technology is advancing rapidly, the population is changing, and we're facing global polycrises. As these forces transform the way we live, work and learn,... Read More September 20, 2024 Community Resources, News
