Themen

MEDEA Awards 2008

Encouraging the Use of Video and Sound

Roosbeek (BE), March 2008 - In recent years, remarkable interest has developed in the creation and use of digital video and audio throughout the European education sector. This has been boosted by the increasing impact of moving-image sites and applications across the internet and mobile devices. The MEDEA Awards were launched to encourage the use of digital moving images and sound in education. Registration for the competition is open until 30 September 2008. » MORE

Learning Trends

"Google has become the killer application for learning"

St. St. Gallen (CH), March 2008 - The Third International SCIL Congress, from 22 to 23 May 2008 in St. Gallen, Switzerland will focus on creating value through the right balance. It revolves around the central themes related to "the changing face of learning". One of the keynote speakers is Nick van Dam, Global Chief Learning Officer for Deloitte Touche in the Netherlands. Here, Nick explains his view on various approaches to the role of Learning and Talent Development. » MORE

Masterclasses

Trainer1 teams up at RBS Williams Formula 1

London (UK), March 2008 - The world-renowned instructional design (ID) specialist Neil Lasher - who is also the President of the ASTD Global Network UK and a committee member of the eLearning Network (eLN) - is running his international two-day Masterclass on a modern approach to ID again at the RBS Williams Formula 1 (F1) Conference Centre, in Grove, Oxfordshire. » MORE

Early Registration

New Conference on eLearning in the Workplace

New York (USA), March 2008 - ICELW is the first international conference focused specifically on eLearning in the workplace. It takes place on 12-13 June, 2008, at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York. With researchers and practitioners coming from around the globe - and from both university and business settings - the ICELW community works to improve online learning so that it makes a measurable difference in workplace performance and morale. » MORE

Estonian Conference

ELearning is Here: Where are You?

Tallinn (EE), March 2008 - The Estonian eLearning Development Centre team invites you to attend its conference, which will take place 3 - 4 April, 2008 in the Estonian Information Technology College conference centre. The conference is sponsored by the European Social Funds. Part of the conference is the celebration of the fifth birthday of the Estonian eUniversity consortium. » MORE

Call for Papers

Second European Conference on Games Based Learning

Barcelona (E), March 2008 - Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen of IT University in Copenhagen, Denmark, is the keynote speaker at the European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL 2008), which invites researchers, academics, and professionals from games and education to come together to listen, discuss, and present their research, points of view, and knowledge. This is the Conference's second edition, and it is being hosted by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona. Abstracts for papers need to be received by 27 March 2008. » MORE

New Features

Join the Questionmark Users Conference in Texas

San Antonio, TX (USA), March 2008 - From 13 - 16 April 2008, Questionmark Perception users will gather in San Antonio, Texas to learn the latest techniques, gain insights, and become familiar with best practices for developing and delivering surveys, quizzes, tests, and exams. The Conference will offer thought-provoking keynotes, the latest information on Perception, best practice sessions, product training sessions, and experts talking about assessment. » MORE

DIVERSE 2008

Convergence of Video and Online Technologies

Haarlem (NL), March 2008 - DIVERSE, Developing Innovative Visual Resources for Students Everywhere, is the leading conference regarding all aspects of video and videoconferencing in education, including the convergence of these technologies with online technologies. Other topics to be covered are the emergence of new possibilities such as presence production for learning, interactive television, virtual reality, computer games techniques, and handheld access to moving images. » MORE

Sixteen Themes

Building eLearning Capacities in Africa

Accra (GH)/Berlin (GER), March 2008 - eLearning Africa 2008, the third Pan-African Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, will take place from May 28 - 30, 2008 in Accra, Ghana. The conference and accompanying exhibition are under the patronage of the Ghanaian Minister for Education, Science and Sports, the Hon. Prof. Dominic K. Fobih. More than 380 proposals have been received in response to the call for proposals. » MORE

Call for Papers

Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning

Orlando, FL (USA), February 2008 - "The Power of Online Learning: Improving Learning in a Networked World" is the theme of the fourteenth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN). The conference takes place in Orlando, Florida from 5 to 7 November, 2008. The call for papers is now open and the conference committee strongly encourages the submission of proposals that reflect the implications for the field of specific eLearning experience and practices. » MORE