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Educause Study

The Increasing Relevance of Learning Analytics

Washington D.C. (US), December 2012 - (by Prem Lata Gupta) Learning Analytics is a growing trend, particularly at American universities. This is supported by the results of the 2012 Educause study "Analytics in Higher Education." Jacqueline Bichsel, EDUCAUSE Senior Research Analyst and principal author of the report, explains that the advantages benefit the university and students alike. She also contends that Learning Analytics means a cultural change at the decision-making level, away from intuition-based approaches toward decisions based on data. » MORE

Open Apps

UOC's Knowledge and Expertise Available for Everyone

Barcelona (E), December 2012 - The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has initiated the Open Apps project, a virtual repository of all the successful knowledge developed by the University during its nearly twenty years of expertise in distance higher education. Through its website, visitors can find more than twenty "open apps": innovative applications and pedagogical experiences that have been developed and tested within the UOC for providing solutions to pedagogical and management needs. » MORE

TeachCast with Oxford

An Innovative Online English-language Teaching Service

New York, NY (US), December 2012 - Oxford University Press is extending its language-teaching solutions through a partnership with Eleutian Technology. Oxford University Press and Eleutian have announced the release of TeachCast™ with Oxford, a jointly developed, innovative online English-language teaching service that opens up the opportunity for students around the world to learn English. » MORE

Virtual training

When the Ball Bearing on the Bucket-Wheel Excavator Needs to Be Changed

Magdeburg (GER), December 2012 - The use of virtual technologies provides a valuable complement to existing training programs. Training in technical processes can already be done interactively on virtual models in ways that make the functionality inside of machinery and equipment tangible. In LEARNTEC 2013's "Technology" section on 29 January at 3:45 pm, Dipl.-Ing. Tina Haase from the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF) in Magdeburg will explain what makes virtual learning environments so attractive. » MORE

Screenplay Theory

New Dramaturgy for 3D Video Productions

Karlsruhe (GER), December 2012 - Two years ago, Prof. Ludger Pfanz founded the "Expanded Cinema 3Digital Laboratory", a research center for stereoscopic film and television content established in collaboration with the "3D Alliance Karlsruhe". Pfanz is a 3D thinker who - as a theater and literary critic as well as a director and author with competence in video, film, sound, 3D, multimedia, and stage studio - has thought intensively about all aspects of the topic and has developed a new script theory. » MORE

Aging Process

Learning Paradigms for the Elderly

Magdeburg, November 2012 - Prof. Dr. Emrah Düzel is Director of the Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND) at the Magdeburg University Hospital and head of the working group "Clinical Neurophysiology and Memory" at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London. His research focus is the improvement of memory functions that can be achieved through cognitive and physical training. » MORE

Using Learning Potential

Finding the Balance between Virtual and Real Worlds

Mannheim (GER), December 2012 - "Digital Relevance: Why Learning on the Computer Has a Future ... and Critics Are Not Always Right," is the topic of the talk to be given at the LEARNTEC Congress by Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer, Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Mannheim. Professor Vorderer recently sparred verbally with the psychiatrist Manfred Spitzer in the German newspaper die ZEIT about the question "Does the computer make us stupid?". He supported the thesis that computers possess great potential for learning. » MORE

University of California

How Farming Innovation Can Sustainably Feed the Future

La Jolla, CA (US), November 2012 - The global population is expected to hit nine billion by 2050, and there's an urgent need to reform food production to meet the rising demand. The new four-part YouTube series "9 Billion Mouths to Feed: The Future of Farming," now available on University of California's YouTube channel UCTV Prime, examines these challenges and demonstrates how UC Davis researchers and students are working together. » MORE

Pros and Cons

How to Enhance Participation in Class

Vanderbijlpark (ZA), November 2012 - Re-an Muller is a lecturer in Business Management and Marketing Communication at the North-West-University in South Africa. In his talk at ONLINE EDUCA Berlin, he will pose the question, "Can class participation be enhanced by using the student's favourite mobile chat-platform?" Here he summarizes his experience. » MORE