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New Online Community and Learning Software Launch
Turku (FI), February 2012 - Sanoko launched a new, free online teacher's community in January. The Finland-based firm also previewed an extension of its study-product portfolio in March, with Study Solo, an interactive multimedia content-and-language-learning application in one package. » MORE
eLearning Programme for Users with Learning Disabilities
Belfast (UK), January 2012 - Aurion Learning has been working with the Family Planning Association (FPA) to develop a new and improved sex and sexuality eLearning programme for people with learning disabilities. » MORE
Imperial College London Accelerates Learning
London (UK), December 2011 - Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) has announced that it is increasing its support to in-house eLearning development teams as a result of demand for online learning. TIS has also shared three steps organisations can take to "turbo-boost" the capacity and capabilities of their in-house eLearning development teams. » MORE
Speexx for Students in Beijing
Munich (GER), December 2011 - dp (digital publishing), a provider of award-winning corporate language training, has announced that it has signed an agreement with the top 10 Chinese University for International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing to deliver language-learning courses in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. » MORE
Blackboard Launches New Open Education Initiatives
Washington, DC (US), December 2011 - Blackboard Inc. has announced a series of new initiatives to provide greater support for open education efforts. Working with Creative Commons, Blackboard will now support publishing, sharing, and consumption of open educational resources (OER) across its platforms. » MORE
Using Data to Inform Teaching Practices
San Francisco, CA (USA), November 2011 - To help educators and administrators improve how they interpret and use learning assessment data to increase student achievement, Teachscape has developed the Data-Driven Instruction Series content library. » MORE
Connectivism - a Learning Theory for the Future
Karlsruhe/Weserbergland (GER), November 2011 - In the age of Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, etc., new forms of learning are developing. Gaining in importance is networked, more informal learning with the aid of social media during leisure time - but also in schools, universities, and the working world. Prof. Dr. Volkmar Langer, president of the Weserbergland University, will give a talk entitled "Connectivism as a Learning Model of the Future" at the LEARNTEC Conference on 31 January 2012 in the "Technology 2" session. » MORE
Usability of eLearning Applications
Karlsruhe/Ulm (GER), November 2011 - A workshop on the subject "Usability of eLearning Applications" is scheduled on the LEARNTEC Conference program on 01 February 2012 .
Dr. Andreas Lehr, who has worked on this topic for years, has organized the afternoon event in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Ulrich Broeckl; it focuses on the user-centered design of eLearning applications. In the following, Dr. Lehr explains the current situation and the session's aims.
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Learning by Playing - with Autonomy and the Flow Effect
Karlsruhe/Hamburg (GER), November 2011 - Games will be played at LEARNTEC 2012. Whereas the gaming area invites Conference attendees to an interactive experience zone at the trade fair where they can try out and experience digital learning games, they will also have the opportunity to discuss serious games' outlook and future with Dr. Maren Metz of the Helmut Schmidt University/University of the German Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg. In the following interview, Dr. Metz explains what distinguishes a "challenging serious game" that can be very probably be solved successfully, producing a flow effect and the related felling of happiness. » MORE
"We Still Have a Lot to Learn"
Karlsruhe/Leverkusen (GER), November 2011 - How useful are Web 2.0 applications for companies? When does an individual employee benefit? Ellen Trude, an expert on social media training and competence development at Bayer Business Service, will address these questions in her presentation at the LEARNTEC Conference. Her topic is entitled "Enterprise 2.0 - More than Wikis and Blogs". Trude has developed courses that introduce Bayer employees to network-based forms of collaborative work. » MORE
