The future of digital learning in the age of AI Admitting it might be a bit uncomfortable, but many decisions in digital learning content are still based on theory and intuition. Whilst theory is valuable, some of it remains unproven. Intuition, on the ... Read More October 30, 2024 Community Resources, News
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 October 30, 2024 Community Resources, News 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 people and old friends. Testing hypotheses, exchangi... Read More
AI in L&D: The Immaturity Model 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 effici... Read More October 30, 2024 Community Resources, News
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 October 16, 2024 Community Resources, News “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 Telephony, Training Manager, and Corporate Learning ... Read More
Learning Analytics and AI: Questions of Ethics and Trust 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... Read More October 16, 2024 Community Resources, News
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 October 15, 2024 Community Resources, News 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 leverage moments of calm — no matter how brief — to ref... Read More
The Courage to Consider the Role of Student Data in Education 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... Read More October 15, 2024 Community Resources, News