{"id":2295,"date":"2012-08-24T13:43:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T11:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oeb.global\/OEB_Newsportal\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2016-11-22T11:24:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T09:24:56","slug":"tweets-of-the-week-monday-august-20th-friday-august-24th-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/tweets-of-the-week-monday-august-20th-friday-august-24th-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweets of the week Monday, August 20th – Friday, August 24th, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Teaching hospitals unable to secure real patients have more options these days.\u00a0 Virtual patients, as we heard from OEB11 speaker Martin Riemer, are just one way to solve the problem http:\/\/bit.ly\/rOcTXG<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 The simulator route is also gaining ground.\u00a0 At London\u2019s St Thomas\u2019 Hospital, students have recourse to \u2018Desperate Debra\u2019 a life-like simulator mimicking a woman in need of a late-stage emergency caesarean.\u00a0 Watch this Reuters report here: http:\/\/reut.rs\/Nff9V6<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Across the pond, The<\/em> Kansas City Star<\/em> reported on a study that revealed that \u201cParents see benefits to kids in social media\u201d http:\/\/bit.ly\/TRWeVj<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Apparently, almost three quarters of parents said that \u201csocial media prepare children for success in a digital society and encourage curiosity and collaboration.\u201d\u00a0 What do you think?\u00a0 It\u2019s a subject that’s bound to come up during the discussions at OEB12, seeing as one of the themes is \u201cWhich Environment, What Media?\u201d With a little over three months to go until the world\u2019s top e-learning professionals gather at the Hotel InterContinental in Berlin, we thought to whet your e-learning appetite with these morsels:<\/p>\n

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There\u2019ll be an exclusive screening of the film Connected \u2013 an autoblogography about love, death & technology<\/em>, to which all registered participants are invited.\u00a0 Directed by the Tribeca Award-winning Tiffany Shlain, it\u2019s a movie that has set tech enthusiasts\u2019 tongues wagging, so here is one discussion you don\u2019t want to miss http:\/\/bit.ly\/Nk1Rqo<\/strong><\/a>!\u00a0 We also tweeted about our casting call for prospective chairpersons. Do you have what it takes to chair a session? <\/strong>Read more here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/OZG0ui<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Do also look at the selection of pre-conference workshops.\u00a0 From game-based learning to mobile learning, open education, workplace learning and much else in between, the workshops cover many practical issues on harnessing ICTs for education and training.\u00a0 Sign up to secure your seat: If you snooze, you will most definitely lose http:\/\/bit.ly\/5RbJh8<\/a><\/strong>!\u00a0 <\/strong>A new format on the OEB block is entitled Video: The New Language of Learning.<\/em> Participants get to learn about unlocking the power of video as a tool for learning.\u00a0 Read more here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/NkXcuq<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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What were your top tweets this week? Where is e-learning headed as we reach beyond tomorrow?\u00a0 Have you come across any remarkable or tweetable news about the state of ICT-enhanced education in your country or elsewhere? Share your thoughts with the OEB community on any or all of the following platforms:<\/p>\n

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