sponsored by
|
| Analyse a Game |
|
How Do You Identify Games for the Classroom? |
 Copenhagen (DK), November 2011 - "Important Lessons from the
Last Ten Years with Game-Based Learning" is the title of the OEB
contribution of Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen. He is CEO of Serious Games
Interactive in Denmark, a company that develops serious game, simulations,
and virtual worlds with graphics that are able to stand up to other
commercial computer games. Their solutions have explicit learning
objectives and are developed with attention to the special needs of
clients and users.
[more...] |
|
_______________________________________________________________
|
| Next Generation |
|
Digital Tools and Content Give Students More Control |
 Chicago, IL, (USA), November 2011 - "Education of
the future" is the slogan of the OEB conference track in which Rick Noble,
CEO of Edline Holdings, participate. Edline Holdings, Inc. provides
technology solutions that help schools improve student performance. The
title of his speech is "Engage Me! - Students Take Control". In the
following he composes his picture of learning scenarios for the next
generation.
[more...] |
|
_______________________________________________________________
|
| New Environments |
|
Breaking the Silence to Speak openly about HIV |
 Bellville (ZA), November 2011 - The OEB session "E-Health: From
Technologies to Provision of Services and Information in Africa" will
touch a series of existential topics. Prof. Tania Vergnani from the
University of the Western Cape, South Africa will speak about HIV and ICT.
The title "From Icy Cold Technology to Innovations for Collective
Transformation" describes a high aspiration. She explains her experiences
and her point of view together with her colleague James Lees.
[more...] |
|
_______________________________________________________________
|
| Curriculum Browsing |
|
A New Way of Presenting Educational Information |
 Amsterdam (NL), November 2011 - The media
industry is forging ahead in the development of compelling content,
drawing on a fast-changing range of digital content tools. Jacob Molenaar,
Advies en Projectleiding, The Netherlands, explains why the Semantic Web
technology and information concepts promise to make heterogeneous
information resources more easily accessible and where its would be
expedient for presenting educational information.
[more...] |
|
_______________________________________________________________
|
| Peer Sounds |
|
Intersection between Technology and Creativity in Music |
 Rome
(I), November 2011 - The OEB session "Social Sounds for Peer Education"
aims to give an overview of how digital-technology applications have
changed music education, creation, and production. Andrea Pozzi, marketing
and communication manager of MidiWare is also in charge of managing all
MidiWare activities relating to their European educational projects.
MidiWare provides support to music teachers, schools, conservatories, and
other important European Institutions. As a musician, Andrea plays bass in
a band that is signed to an Italian record company.
[more...] |
|
_______________________________________________________________
|
| Speexx |
|
dp Launches a new Solution for Language Training |
|
Munich (GER), November 2011 - Today businesses operate outside their own
country with increasing frequency. Not only global players, but also SMEs
are more likely to improve productivity and profitability if they work
cross borders. The growing competitiveness of the international
environment means that language skills are continuously gaining in
importance for companies in all sectors.
[more...] |
|
_______________________________________________________________
|
| The UNIQUe project |
|
ELearning Quality Management in Russia |
 Moscow (RU), November 2011 - AKKORK
is an independent professional agency in the field of consultancy, conduct
of reviews, accreditation, and certification of educational institutions in
Russia. It seeks to contribute to the development of these institutions and
the whole education system. Erika Soboleva, Head of the International
Office in the Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance and Career
Development, will introduce the agency and its work in the OEB session
"Ensuring Quality of Learning Delivery". Here, she kindly summarizes her
presentation for CHECK.point eLearning.
[more...] |
|
_______________________________________________________________
|
| Virtual Medical Campus |
|
A Virtual Microscope Integrated into an eLearning Platform |
 Graz (A), November 2011 - The Medical University Graz has
made a virtual microscope available to its students for nearly ten years,
meaning that they have collected considerable experience in a practical
solution to a specific learning challenge. Recently, the University
procured a new one with especial teaching attributes. Dr. Herwig
Rehatschek will explain it in detail in the OEB session "Practical
Real-World Tips for Learning Challenges".
[more...] |
|
_______________________________________________________________
|
| Education For All |
|
The Status of ICT in Cambodia in 2011 |
 Phnom
Penh (KH), November 2011 - Does ICT integration in teacher training work in
developing countries? This is one of the questions of the OEB interactive
learning café session with examples from three continents. David Dionys,
Programme Coordinator ICT in education, presents here the current stand of
ICT in Cambodia, where the education system has been reconstructed over the
last three decades.
[more...] |
|
_______________________________________________________________
|
| Spend More Time |
|
How Not to Get Lost in the Ocean of Information |
Stockholm (S), November 2011 - Ken Larsson’s topic at OEB is called "The
Challange for Supervision: Mass Individualisation of the Thesis Writing
Process with Less Resources". He will present a critical view of students’
motivation and the current situation of the approaches to the process of
getting a theses done.
[more...] |
|
_______________________________________________________________
|
|
|
Imprint
CHECK.point eLearning
is published by the editors of INFObases GmbH
INFObases GmbH
Managing Director: Thea Payome
Hauptstr. 19, 10827 Berlin
info@checkpoint-elearning.com
This newsletter has been forwarded to you. Would you like to receive it
periodically? Then please register
here for the regular editions.
You are interested in placing an advertisement? Please ask for our
media data.
Even though we did an intensive research for all our information, we do not
guarantee the correctness of the information provided.
Partial or full reproduction with the permission of the publisher only.
Liability and copyright
Sollten Sie den Newsletter nicht mehr erhalten wollen, klicken Sie bitte
hier.
|
