Themen
Events
European Conference of Distance Teaching Universities
Heerlen (NL)/Lisbon (P), July 2007 - "Virtual Erasmus and a new generation of Open Educational Resources for a European and global outreach" is the theme under which the twentieth Anniversary Conference of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) is organized. Hosted by the Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal, and organised under the Portuguese EU Presidency 2007, the event takes place from 8-9 November 2007. » MORE
Second Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning
Crete (GR), July 2007 - From 17 - 20 September 2007, the EC-TEL 2007 - Second European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning takes place on Crete, Greece. The conference theme is "Creating new learning experiences on a global scale". Keynote speakers are Bruce Sterling, professor at the European Graduate School and "visionary in residence" at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and Hermann Maurer, professor of computer science at the Technical University Graz, Austria. » MORE
Incorporating Mobile Learning Project
Dublin (IR), July 2007 - On September 7, 2007, the Taking Learning Mobile Conference takes place at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin. The event will discuss the resources, technologies, and challenges facing the incorporation of mobile learning into mainstream education and training. The conference is the closing event of Mobile Learning - Incorporating Mobile Learning into Mainstream Education and Training project. » MORE
eLearning in Medical Education
Manchester (UK), July 2007 - Organized by 123Doc, a medical publisher specialised in online and blended learning, the second conference on eLearning in Medical Education in the National Health Service (NHS) will take place in Manchester on September 22, 2007. The conference is aimed at healthcare professionals and individuals who are interested in the opportunities and development of eLearning for improving healthcare learning and training. » MORE
General Assembly and Open Seminar on Quality Innovation
Brussels (B), July 2007 - The European Foundation for Quality in eLearning EFQUEL organized an open seminar entitled "Quality Innovation: from Inspection to Inspiration", which was held in Naples on 13 June. The seminar presented the progress of the Foundation's activities, the establishment of a European Quality Mark for eLearning, and some of the finalists of the EFQUEL eQuality Award applications. On the same day, the General Assembly took place and a new board of directors was elected. » MORE
Diana Laurillard Opens Campus Innovation Conference
Hamburg (GER)/London (UK), July 2007 - (by Claudia Musekamp) Professor Diana Laurillard, Director of eLearning in the British government's Department for Education and Skills, will open the Campus Innovation Conference, 12-14 September 2007 at the Hamburg University. In an interview with the conference organizers, she spoke about the British Education System, the net-generation, new teaching methods, and the university as a learning organisation. » MORE
ILIAS Conference Shows Ways to Successful eLearning
Cologna (GER)/ Bolzano (I), July 2007 - An attractive mixture of current trends like Web 2.0 and topics such as quality assurance and eLearning strategies characterize the programme of this year's ILIAS conference, which will be held on October 4th and 5th in Bolzano. Interested parties and users of the open source learning management system are meeting in Italy for the first time in Italy to exchange their experiences. » MORE
SABRE Conference on Social Semantic Web
Leipzig (GER), June 2007 - The concept of Social Software was coined to characterize a variety of software and services on the Web that make new ways of communication possible and exploit social interactions for creating large content bases from a multitude of user contributions. The conference on this topics - called CSSW 2007 - is hosted by the University of Leipzig from 24 to 28 September 2007 in Germany. » MORE
Workshop on Open Source and Standardization
Duisburg/Essen (GER), June 2007 - At the beginning of November 2007, the first international workshop on "The Trends and the Future of Open Source, Open Content and Standardization" will take place in Japan. This new annual meeting focusing on Open Source and Standardization in eLearning will be launched as part of the well-established "International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE)", which invites participants to its fifteenth edition, convening in Hiroshima from the 5th until the 9th of November. » MORE
Peter Norvig from Google to Present New Award
Oxford (UK), June 2007 - The UK's Association for Learning Technology (ALT) is organising the inaugural Learning Technologist of the Year Award. The Award's overall purpose is to celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field. The award will replace the eTutor and eTool of the Year Awards previously run by the Higher Education Academy. » MORE
