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| Public Letter |
| Conference Scope of the EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2010 |
 Brussels (BE), July 2010 - Prof. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, Vice-President of EFQUEL and chair of the EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2010 program committee, is inviting interested practitioners, researchers and policy makers in Europe to take part in a special conference on opening education and quality. In his public invitation letter, he proposes an overall vision for quality education and ways to meet the EFQUEL objectives at the individual, organizational, and societal levels. [more...] |
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| EFQUEL Forum |
| Opening Education: Inclusive - Innovative - Excellent |
| Brussels (BE), July 2010 – The European Foundation for Quality in eLearning (EFQUEL) is holding its fourth Innovation Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, from 08-10 September. The venue, the Palace of the former Marquises of Pombal, in Oeiras, Lisbon, is surrounded by beautiful gardens. The event is being convened in collaboration with the Catholic University of Portugal and the Portuguese National Institute for Public Administration. [more...] |
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| Competition |
| Medea Awards Deadline Coming Up! |
| Roosbeek (BE), July 2010 - The closing date for the MEDEA awards is coming up soon, and all producers of media resources are invited to submit their entries by 31 July. Entry to the MEDEA Awards is free. This year there are two main MEDEA Awards: the MEDEA Overall Award and the European Collaboration Award. [more...] |
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| Next Generation |
| Baltic Young PhD Conference on Learning in Networks |
 Kaunas (LT), July 2010 - BaSoTI is a Baltic Summer School Series in Technical Computer Science. BaSoTI 2010 will be held in Kaunas, Lithuania from 13-28 August 2010 at the Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Informatics. [more...] |
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| AGBELEKAWE 2010 |
| Open Distance Learning in the Developing World |
| Ibadan (NG), July 2010 – The University of Ibadan is presenting an international conference on Open Distance Learning (AGBELEKAWE 2010) from 07-11 September 2010. There is an additional pre-conference workshop 05–07 September. [more...] |
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| Forum |
| From Innovation to Learning and Practice |
 Barcelona (ES), July 2010 – The fifth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Sustaining Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), takes place in Barcelona 28 September-01 October 2010. The Conference will explore how the synergy of multiple disciplines, including Computer Science, Education, Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Social Science, can provide new, more effective and especially more sustainable technology-enhanced solutions to learning problems. [more...] |
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| Knowledge Management |
| Call for Participation in I-KNOW 2010 |
| Graz (AT), July 2010 - I-KNOW '10, the tenth International Conference on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Technologies will take place 01-03 September 2010 in Graz, Austria. I-KNOW brings together international researchers (English-speaking scientific part) and practitioners (German-speaking industry part, Praxisforum) from the fields of knowledge management and knowledge technologies. [more...] |
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| Keynote |
| David Patterson Speaks at IADIS International |
 Sheffield (UK), July 2010 - David Patterson of Learning Light is a keynote speaker at the IADIS International 'Conference eLearning 2010' being held in Freiburg, Germany, 26-29 July. His talk is entitled "eLearning: Regeneration, Research, and Innovation". In his speech, Patterson will be detailing the "Story of Learning Light" - a company that focuses on promoting the use of eLearning and learning technologies. Launched in March 2006, Learning Light, based in Sheffield, is a centre of excellence in the use of eLearning and learning technologies in the workplace. [more...] |
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| Peter Drucker Society |
| Managing in the Next Society |
| Vienna (AT), July 2010 - The Austrian Peter Drucker Society holds its second global Peter Drucker Management Forum in Vienna from November 18th - 19th. World class speakers address a range of highly topical subjects at this year's congress.
Under the overall theme "Managing in the Next Society" the Forum will focus on the future challenges for Management and Society. [more...] |
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| Leadership |
| 2010 International Forum for Women in eLearning (IFWE) |
| Albuquerque, NM (USA), July 2010 – IFWE is the International Forum for Women in eLearning; it is organized by the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA). Recognizing the role of women leaders, USDLA will hold the fourth IFWE Conference from 01-03 December, 2010, in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Embassy Suites and Spa. [more...] |
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| NECE Conference |
| Chances for Cultural and Citizenship Education |
 Trieste (IT), July 2010 - This year's NECE (Networking European Citizenship Education) conference "Chances for Cultural and Citizenship Education in the Context of the Development of Cities and Urban Spaces" is being held on 29 September–01 October in Trieste, Italy. The focus is the dramatic changes in European cities in recent decades. [more...] |
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| British Council |
| World Education: The New Powerhouse |
| Hong Kong (HK), July 2010 - Education is under huge pressure from world governments to drive economic growth and play a key role in securing their global position. Hong Kong will host the next Going Global event from 10–12 March 2011, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. [more...] |
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| Opening Education |
| Join the EFQUEL Innovation Forum |
| Lisbon (PT), June 2010 – This year’s EFQUEL Innovation Forum, the fourth in the series of European gatherings, will take place in Lisbon in collaboration with the Catholic University of Portugal and the National Institute for Public Administration of Portugal. The dates are 08-10 September. [more...] |
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| Long-Term Planning |
| Rethinking Education in the Knowledge Society |
| Lugano/Ascona (CH), June 2010 - The New Media in Education Laboratory (NewMinE Lab) of the University of Lugano (USI) is organizing the international "red-conference – rethinking education in the knowledge society" in collaboration with the Ecole Politechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and the University of Sankt Gallen. It will take place at Centro Stefano Franscini, situated at Monte Veritŕ, from 07-10 March 2011. [more...] |
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| Networking |
| World of Learning in Birmingham |
| Birmingham (UK), June 2010 - Now in its eighteenth year, the World of Learning Conference & Exhibition invites learning and development professionals to the NEC in Birmingham on Tuesday and Wednesday, 28- 29 September 2010. [more...] |
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