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UOC Is Offering Ten Grants for the Doctoral School
Barcelona (E), February 2015 - The Open University of Catalonia (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC) is offering ten grants for the 2015-2016 academic year to study in three of the Doctoral School's programmes: the Information and Knowledge Society Programme; the Education and ICT (eLearning) Programme, and the Network and Information Technologies Programme. To be eligible for the UOC Doctoral Grants Programme, students must be full time and physically present on the University's premises. The deadline for applications for the Doctoral Programmes is 28 February 2015. » MORE
IMC Shows How Engaging Scientific Research Can Be
Saarbrücken (GER), January 2015 - What will our environment be like in fifty years' time, and how does our behaviour influence our climate as well as our everyday lives? The priority for researchers at the Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and their cooperation partners, for example DHI-WASY GmbH, in carrying out this project was to inform citizens about the consequences of the use of landscapes and agricultural land. » MORE
Enhancing Student Engagement with Interactive Videos
New York, NY (USA), December 2014 - Wilmington University is the third-fastest-growing university in the United States. How are they doing it? First of all, the university offers a third of its courses online. Another major factor is the university-wide deployment of Kaltura's Building Block for Blackboard. This helps Wilmington keep courses engaging, personal and collaborative.
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Atlas Teams Up with RGU to Develop Course Content
Aberdeen (UK), December 2014 - Atlas, an international learning-technology and skills provider for the oil and gas industry, has joined forces with Robert Gordon University to develop content for one of their cutting-edge IT courses. Atlas has set the design brief for a key module, Multimedia Component Design, in the BSC Multimedia Development Course. » MORE
Saffron Interactive to Create Experiential eLearning Platform
London (UK), November 2014 - Saffron Interactive, recently named on Training Industry's Top 20 Learning Portals Watch List, has been selected by Denmark's International Business College (IBC) to realise its vision for a learning-experience network. The Open IBC project will use open-source technology and the Tin-Can API to act as a force multiplier for IBC's digital presence for a new generation of students. » MORE
Student Clubs Flourish in this Cyber School
Midland, PA (USA), November 2014 - Student clubs in an online school? How does that work? Clubs in a cyber school work better in some ways than in brick-and-mortar schools, said Jane Camp. As supervisor of student events, she oversees thirteen high school clubs and two middle school clubs for students in the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. » MORE
Four Years of Dutch Experience with MOOCs
Heerlen (NL), November 2014 - Learner participation in Massive Open Online Courses is a subject of research in many universities worldwide. What type of motivation results in continued participation? What are the most popular learning activities and most important pedagogical elements? Wilfred Rubens works as a project leader and eLearning consultant at the Welten Institute of the Open University in the Netherlands. He will present his MOOC case study at ONLINE EDUCA Berlin on 04 December 2014 in the session "MOOCs: The Ultimate Starter's Guide" from 14:30 to 16:00. » MORE
To Bridge the Gap between Learning and Examination
Abyhoj (DK), November 2014 - Steffen Skovfoged is co-founder and director of UNIwise and the cloud-based digital exam platform WISEflow. The platform was developed in cooperation with some of the leading Scandinavian universities, and in less than two years, it has acquired more than 125,000 users. It is now being used in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland, and acceptance is extending in both Europe and Asia. Steffen Skovfoged will present his work at ONLINE EDUCA on 05 December 2014 from 12:00 to 13:30 in session SOL45, entitled "The Future of Online Assessments". » MORE
How Long Will MOOCs Remain Free for the General Public?
Graz (A), November 2014 - Michael Kopp is head of the Academy of New Media and Knowledge Transfer at the University of Graz. His main tasks are the development of didactic methods, strategies, and solutions related to instructional design and to the production of audiovisual eLearning material and the transfer of his knowledge in these fields to the lecturers at his university. Michael is also engaged in several international cooperative eLearning efforts and has over ten years of experience in managing eLearning projects. At OEB, his session is "The Elements of Magical MOOC Making" on 05 December 2014 from 14:30 to 16:00. » MORE
Students Are Encouraged to Use Their Mobile Devices
Paris (F), November 2014 - Thierry Koscielniak is Executive Director of the eLearning & Academic Support Office (ICT for Education) at the Paris Descartes University in Paris, France. As a member of the IT Strategic Steering Board of his university, he plays a role in strategic planning and policy development for information system, infrastructure, and programs. At ONLINE EDUCA, he will present "Interactive Lectures with Moodle and Students' Devices: BYOD at Paris Descartes University" in the session MDI09 on 04 December 2014 from 12:00 to 13:30. » MORE
