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    • The future of learning: Accelerating the shift to modernity

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin |

      OEB 2015, Europe’s leading conference on digital education, will discuss the potential for a new age of global learning and creativity in which “everything is possible.” Rebecca Stromeyer, Chief Executive of conference organisers ICWE GmbH, has confirmed that the focus of this year’s conference, which will be held in Berlin on 2-4 December, will be on modernity and how people, organisations and societies can use technology-assisted education to secure the rewards of “a new era of fundamental change.”

    • Big Data Knows Why You’re Failing Biology

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin |

      Taking their cues from sites like Amazon and Google, universities are now utilising big data to provide students with recommended courses and majors. But after recent revelations involving government snooping, how can we trust educational institutions and service providers to use large amounts of data ethically?

    • Modernising Workplace Learning at Business EDUCA 2011

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin, Germany |

      Berlin. In spite of the increasing availability of innovative digital learning tools, many companies are still stuck in their ways when it comes to workplace learning. According to Martin Moehrle, learning consultant and former Chief Learning Officer at Deutsche Bank AG, 'In many of today's workplaces, the culture of learning is still a child of the 20th Century: having evolved in an industrialised context, it is not designed for the knowledge-based context into which we are transitioning.'

    • The Future of Workplace Learning

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin, Germany |

      'Learning technology adoption in European businesses 2011', the Europe-wide study carried out by Towards Maturity in partnership with ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, has found that a growing number of organisations are turning to new learning technologies to help them increase their business agility.

    • School Forum 2011: Learning supported by digital resources

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin, Germany |

      'Learning cultures and media skills' is the theme of the 3rd School Forum taking place on November 30, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The use of innovative technology for teaching is nowadays just as varied as the range of digital media: videos, podcasts, blogs, wikis and serious games open up just as many new kinds of teaching as the use of smartboards or school partnerships in virtual classrooms. School Forum is part of ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, the largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors, at the InterContinental Hotel, Berlin.

    • ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2011 to unleash new cultures of learning

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin, Germany |

      ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2011 will explore radically innovative approaches to learning in the digital age. The world's largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors will be presenting the latest examples of best practice in ICT-enhanced learning from November 30th to December 2nd in Berlin.

    • Online Educa Berlin Explores the Training Markets

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin, Germany |

      Keynote speakers for 2010 include Josh Bersin, President and CEO of Bersin & Associates, Laurence F. Johnson, CEO of the New Media Consortium and publisher of Horizon Report, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chair of the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technology and Development (GAID).

    • OEB 2010: Call for Papers Open Now!

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin, Germany |

      Online Educa Berlin, the largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors, has opened its Call for Papers. Deadline for receipt of all proposals is May 14th, 2010. The 16th edition of Online Educa Berlin will take place from December 1st – 3rd, 2010 at the Hotel InterContinental Berlin.

    • European Learning Industry Group establishes new Advisory Board

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe |

      A high calibre group of thought leaders and experts has been brought together by Europe's top learning advocacy group to further enhance its mission to promote innovation in learning, knowledge creation and dissemination.

    • ELIG and MENON strengthen collaboration to better support learning innovation in Europe

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe |

      The European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), and the MENON Network (MENON) announced that, following a number of joint actions run in the past years, they signed a Document of Understanding with the objective of working closely together to foster innovation of European Education and Training (E&T). Both ELIG and MENON are active in enhancing innovation processes in European E&T and in promoting a meaningful use of ICT for learning in Europe, through research and support activities to all relevant stakeholders.

    • Online Educa Berlin: Facebook, Wikis, MySpace - Learning opportunity or danger?

      OEB Learning Technologies Europe | Berlin, Germany |

      Is the social web the learning tool of the future? Or does using Facebook and other social networking tools just harm us in the long run? This question will be discussed at Online Educa Berlin 2009 by psychologist Dr Aric Sigman together with leading e-learning experts. With his critical views of new media, the social media opponent is causing an international sensation. 'The debate promises to be one of the highlights of Online Educa Berlin', says project manager Astrid Jaeger.

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