Themen

Call for Papers

Forum on eLearning for Defence and Security

Berlin (GER), August 2007 - The third international Forum on eLearning for Defence and Security, organised by the New Security Foundation, will take place on Wednesday, November 28. The session will be a vigorous prelude to this year's Online Educa Berlin. The Call for Papers is now open and continues until September 20. » MORE

Second Life

The slconference 2007 Is Cancelled

Berlin (GER), August 2007 - Cocoate, the organisers of the first slconference have decided to cancel the event. The European conference was scheduled to take place form 16 - 18 September 2007 in Berlin. » MORE

Speech

Towards Next-Generation Media for the Digital Age?

Lisbon (PT), August 2007 - Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media, delivered an address at the Conference on the Future of the Media, Lisbon on 17 July. The event was organised by the IMPRESA Group and Radio Renascenca. Viviane Reding talked about media and the European policies that support their future in the digital age. » MORE

Learning Resource

Aviva Hosts City Launch of Global Diversity Toolkit

London (UK), July 2007 - Aviva plc, the international savings, investments, and insurance group, has launched its global diversity learning resource, the "Respect Diversity Toolkit", at an event attended by HR professionals from FTSE 100 employers including Barclays, Goldman Sachs, UBS, BT, HSBC, and Shell. The launch, which took place at Aviva's London headquarters, was held in association with Diverse Culture and NB Global Diversity Practice, who worked with Aviva to produce the toolkit. » MORE

SIVECO Cup 2007

Prestigious Competition for the Pre-university Education

Bucharest (RO), July 2007 - (by Elena Lita) Bucharest recently hosted the fifth edition of the national SIVECO Cup contest organized by SIVECO Romania in partnership with the Romanian Ministry of Education, Research and Youth and with PC Magazine Romania. The SIVECO Cup is a prestigious competition for the pre-university education, awarding excellence in developing educational software. » MORE

KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE

Sustainable Water Management in Europe

Essen (GER)/ Vilnius (LT), July 2007 - KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE is a European Leonardo da Vinci Project for innovative online vocational training solutions to support the implementation of sustainable water management and the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). As part of the project, European water managers and online training experts are invited to take part in a European Conference for Sustainable Water Management being held in to Vilnius, Lithuania, September 4-5, 2007. » MORE

Hole in the Wall

Access to Education for Unprivileged Children

Berlin (GER), July 2007 - A keynote speech by Professor Sugata Mitra will be among the highlights at Online Educa 2007, the world's largest international conference on technology-supported learning and training, taking place from November, 28 to 30 in Berlin's Hotel InterContinental. Professor Mitra, an internationally renowned software specialist and visionary, will present some if his latest findings concerning self-organizing learning systems in primary education. » MORE

Twentieth Anniversary

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

Global Scale

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

Closing Event

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