Themen

DisCo 2013

New Technologies and Media Literacy Education

Prague (CZ), March 2013 - The eighth edition of the DisCo international conference will address the topic of new technologies and media literacy education. The 2013 gathering is being organised by the Centre for Higher Education Studies and New Media Studies at the Department of Information Science and Librarianship at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. It will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, 24 - 25 June 2013. » MORE

Learning Emerges

EDEN 2013 Keynote Sugata Mitra Wins TED Prize 2013

Budapest (HU), March 2013 - Prof Sugata Mitra, education scientist and keynote speaker of the 2013 Annual Conference, has been awarded the TED Prize for his answer on the future of learning. Mitra's $1 million seed money is helping to fund the School in the Cloud in India this very year. This school will serve as both an education and research center to further explore approaches to self-directed learning. It will be managed by cloud technology, but with an adult supervisor always on hand. The plans for the school will be open source. » MORE

Arab Education

ICT, Learning, Infrastructure, Procurement, & Investment

Amman (JO), March 2013 - The Arab Education Summit from 06 - 08 May 2013 in Amman, Jordan, is a landmark event bringing together captains of industry and government leaders to ensure the world-class delivery of education, science, and technology across the Middle East and North Africa. » MORE

Series of Events

Epic Announces "LearningNow"

London (UK), March 2013 - Epic and Towards Maturity have teamed up to host the first in a series of three "LearningNow" events. Each free session will invite attendees to explore and tackle key L&D issues of the day during an interactive and practical workshop. These events offer participants the opportunity to connect, contribute, and learn by aligning benchmark findings, workplace processes, and best practice. The first of the three, "Why won't they comply?", takes place 01 May in London. » MORE

Masterclass

Tom Kuhlmann: eLearning Design Made Simple

London (UK), March 2013 - "eLearning design doesn't have to be complicated," says Tom Kuhlmann, one of the world's leading instructional designers. He'll be inspiring delegates at an annual Masterclass in London in May with practical ideas to create great resources. » MORE

Call for Papers

Personal Learning Environments: Learning and Diversity

Berlin (GER) / Melbourne (AU), March 2013 - Due to numerous requests, the deadline for abstract submission to the PLE Conference 2013, which will be held in Berlin, Germany together with a parallel event in Melbourne, Australia, 10 - 12 July has been extended. Abstracts can be submitted now until 25 March. » MORE

Columbia University Event

International Conference on eLearning in the Workplace

New York, NY (US), March 2013 - ICELW 2013, the sixth annual International Conference on eLearning in the Workplace, will be held from 12-14 June 2013 at Columbia University in New York. Social-learning expert Jane Hart has confirmed as opening keynote speaker. ICELW 2013 will also feature eLearning success stories, demonstrations of the latest in eLearning, panel discussions, and more. » MORE

Management Education

EFMD Special Workshop with Henry Mintzberg

Brussels (BE), March 2013 - On 16 May, EFMD will organise a one-day seminar on the theme "Developing Practicing Managers and their Organisations". The even will be led by Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies, McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, CA together with his two colleagues, Dr. Leslie K. Breiter, Cycle Director, IMHL and IMPM Programs, McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, CA; and Dora Koop, Director, McGill University Executive Institute, CA. » MORE

Learning Behaviour

MEDEAnet Webinar on the Use of Videos for Teaching

Brussels (BE), March 2013 - The fifth MEDEAnet webinar on the use of videos for teaching takes place on 21 March 2013. This one-hour webinar will provide you with an overview on how you can best integrate video in your course settings and the effect it can have on learning behaviour. » MORE