Copyleaks and Macmillan Learning Join Forces
Stamford, CT (USA), December 2019 - Copyleaks, an artificial intelligence-based plagiarism detection software company, has announced a partnership with Macmillan Learning, an educational publishing and solutions company. The joint effort will offer plagiarism detection capabilities for students and instructors. Elements of Copyleaks’s software solution are being integrated into Achieve, Macmillan Learning’s new digital learning platform, to help students develop better academic research skills and cite correctly, and also to ensure the academic integrity of their work.
» MOREVirtual College Completes Successful L&D Campaign
Ilkley (UK), November 2019 - Over the last three months, Virtual College has been running a thought-leader campaign called "Shaping the Future of L&D". During this campaign, they partnered with fourteen learning and development experts to address the future of L&D and how it is changing in response to technological developments.
» MOREGerman Graduates Have the Second Highest Employment Rate
Brussels (BE), April 2019 - In the UK, recent graduates have an employment rate of 86.6%. In 2014, the EU average employment rate was 76.0%; in 2017, it rose to 80.2%. Greece currently has the lowest employment rate of recent graduates in Europe, at 52.0%; Malta currently has the highest, at 94.5%. Currently, the EU is working with Member States to make education a success for all young people.
» MORECursim Helps "Beyond the Pill" to Empower Students in California
Harpenden (UK), April 2019 - Cursim, Omniplex’s learning design and development division, has helped the organisation Beyond the Pill transform its face-to-face training into mobile learning to empower and engage its millennial target audience.
Digital Transformation in UK Higher Education
London (UK), July 2018 - The very nature of higher education is changing, with students and employers expecting institutions to provide an experience that equips students with the right skills to succeed in today's job market. IDC sees digital technologies as a catalyst for change in higher education, impacting all areas, from teaching through to the underlying business processes.
» MORETake the State of Video in Education 2017 Survey
New York, NY (USA), April 2017 - Do you want to help shape the future of video in education? Kaltura is running the largest survey on the topic, and the organisers would like your opinion. The survey will only take 10-15 minutes to complete and will provide great insight on how institutions are using video in education for months to come. Plus, you could win a $100 Amazon gift card!
» MOREA New Approach for Work and Life Fulfillment
Paris (F), January 2018 - (By Riadh Lebib, Research and Development Manager at SBT Human(s) Matter) As an expert in Neuropsychology (Ph.D.) and CBT (graduated), he is interested in rational and irrational human behaviors to study their impact on decision making, in calm or stressful situations. Understanding the neural underpinnings and cerebral mechanisms that underlie these cognitive operations is central to his work to provide innovative solutions for professionals (training, assessment, consulting), based on information processing, emotional valence, and reasoning processes occurring within the brain.
Beyond the Pattern 1 Diploma / 1 Profession / 1 Career
Paris (F), January 2018 - (By Alexandre Pachulski, Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder Talentsoft) The digital revolution will eliminate 50% of today’s jobs over the next 10 years. Who would have thought just a few years ago that we would be recruiting growth hackers, data scientists and full stack developers! Artificial intelligence is slowly transforming the world we live in and the way we work. So, how do we face robots and coding experts? We train, train, and train some more.
TestWe Paperless Exam Solution for Educators
Paris (F), December 2017 - TestWe, designed for institutions in education and certification centers, is a secure, offline e-exam solution to ease the examination process and enhance candidates’ overall success.
Helping Learners Sense Factors Influencing Their Success
Berlin / Saarbrücken (GER), December 2017 - LISA, short for Learning Analytics for Sensor-Based Adaptive Learning, is a project whose focus is delivering learning analytics for the benefit of the individual learner, not - as in previous approaches - for the educational organisation. The idea is that when individuals can see the role of their own behaviour plays in the learning process and receive personalized recommendations about it, they will be in a position to organize their personal learning processes better and improve their success.
» MOREStudents Must Be Prepared to Deal with Uncertain Times
London (UK), November 2017 - Graduates need to be better equipped to deal with a volatile and rapidly changing world, says the dean of London’s newest business school. At the official launch of the King’s Business School, Executive Dean Professor Stephen Bach said the new school aims to meet employers’ demand for younger, more agile, and innovative graduates in such unpredictable times.
Digital Natives Don’t Exist - Learners Can’t Multitask
Heerlen (NL), September 2017 - Paul A. Kirschner, Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology in the Welten Institute of the Open University in the Netherlands has raised a lot of eyebrows in the international press in recent weeks with his argument that digital natives simply don’t exist and that learners, in fact, aren’t able to effectively do more than one thing at a time.
» MOREELearning / MLearning Pan-European Platform
Brussels (B), July 2017 - Imagine a Europe-wide learning platform with a huge databank of lesson plans, learning objectives, and curriculum subjects on which schools and teachers can host their classes. It’s also a place for networking and exchanging ideas among teachers and students.
» MORERecognition of Open Courses – Send Your Ideas!
Brussels (B), July 2017 - In July, Open Education Europa will focus on recognition of open courses. Have you worked on a project related to recognition? Does your institution provide recognition of open courses through open badges or other tools? Share your story as an article on OEE!
» MOREGlobal Bank to Challenge over 600 Graduates
Hertfordshire (UK), May 2017 - Business Smart International, a leading business-simulation company, will deliver an engaging and innovative live-simulation event for a global banking client. In a prestigious London hotel, over 600 high-calibre graduates will take control of a virtual bank and navigate it through a simulated four years of business in a challenging marketplace.
