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ITIL®

IT Support for 27,000 University Staff and Students

Newcastle (UK), February 2015 - AXELOS has published a new case study outlining how one of the United Kingdom's most well-regarded universities is using ITIL® to ensure that more than 27,000 staff and students receive the highest standards of IT service management. » MORE

ELearning

UOC Is Offering Ten Grants for the Doctoral School

Barcelona (E), February 2015 - The Open University of Catalonia (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC) is offering ten grants for the 2015-2016 academic year to study in three of the Doctoral School's programmes: the Information and Knowledge Society Programme; the Education and ICT (eLearning) Programme, and the Network and Information Technologies Programme. To be eligible for the UOC Doctoral Grants Programme, students must be full time and physically present on the University's premises. The deadline for applications for the Doctoral Programmes is 28 February 2015. » MORE

Geography Lessons

IMC Shows How Engaging Scientific Research Can Be

Saarbrücken (GER), January 2015 - What will our environment be like in fifty years' time, and how does our behaviour influence our climate as well as our everyday lives? The priority for researchers at the Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and their cooperation partners, for example DHI-WASY GmbH, in carrying out this project was to inform citizens about the consequences of the use of landscapes and agricultural land. » MORE

Wilmington University

Enhancing Student Engagement with Interactive Videos

New York, NY (USA), December 2014 - Wilmington University is the third-fastest-growing university in the United States. How are they doing it? First of all, the university offers a third of its courses online. Another major factor is the university-wide deployment of Kaltura's Building Block for Blackboard. This helps Wilmington keep courses engaging, personal and collaborative. » MORE

Oil and Gas Industry

Atlas Teams Up with RGU to Develop Course Content

Aberdeen (UK), December 2014 - Atlas, an international learning-technology and skills provider for the oil and gas industry, has joined forces with Robert Gordon University to develop content for one of their cutting-edge IT courses. Atlas has set the design brief for a key module, Multimedia Component Design, in the BSC Multimedia Development Course. » MORE

At Danish Business School

Saffron Interactive to Create Experiential eLearning Platform

Jens Gamauf MadsenLondon (UK), November 2014 - Saffron Interactive, recently named on Training Industry's Top 20 Learning Portals Watch List, has been selected by Denmark's International Business College (IBC) to realise its vision for a learning-experience network. The Open IBC project will use open-source technology and the Tin-Can API to act as a force multiplier for IBC's digital presence for a new generation of students. » MORE

Several Advantages

Student Clubs Flourish in this Cyber School

Midland, PA (USA), November 2014 - Student clubs in an online school? How does that work? Clubs in a cyber school work better in some ways than in brick-and-mortar schools, said Jane Camp. As supervisor of student events, she oversees thirteen high school clubs and two middle school clubs for students in the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. » MORE

Case Study

Four Years of Dutch Experience with MOOCs

Wilfred RubensHeerlen (NL), November 2014 - Learner participation in Massive Open Online Courses is a subject of research in many universities worldwide. What type of motivation results in continued participation? What are the most popular learning activities and most important pedagogical elements? Wilfred Rubens works as a project leader and eLearning consultant at the Welten Institute of the Open University in the Netherlands. He will present his MOOC case study at ONLINE EDUCA Berlin on 04 December 2014 in the session "MOOCs: The Ultimate Starter's Guide" from 14:30 to 16:00. » MORE

Smarter Assessments

To Bridge the Gap between Learning and Examination

Steffen SkovfogedAbyhoj (DK), November 2014 - Steffen Skovfoged is co-founder and director of UNIwise and the cloud-based digital exam platform WISEflow. The platform was developed in cooperation with some of the leading Scandinavian universities, and in less than two years, it has acquired more than 125,000 users. It is now being used in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland, and acceptance is extending in both Europe and Asia. Steffen Skovfoged will present his work at ONLINE EDUCA on 05 December 2014 from 12:00 to 13:30 in session SOL45, entitled "The Future of Online Assessments". » MORE

Major Obstacles

How Long Will MOOCs Remain Free for the General Public?

Michael KoppGraz (A), November 2014 - Michael Kopp is head of the Academy of New Media and Knowledge Transfer at the University of Graz. His main tasks are the development of didactic methods, strategies, and solutions related to instructional design and to the production of audiovisual eLearning material and the transfer of his knowledge in these fields to the lecturers at his university. Michael is also engaged in several international cooperative eLearning efforts and has over ten years of experience in managing eLearning projects. At OEB, his session is "The Elements of Magical MOOC Making" on 05 December 2014 from 14:30 to 16:00. » MORE