Themen
Events
Regional Competition Held in Bucharest
Bucharest (RO), October 2007 - (by Elena Lita) To encourage creativity by putting the theories of entrepreneurship into practice, Intel Education and the University of California at Berkeley have recently sponsored the second edition of the regional competition for business plan in the high-tech area - NOVATech Com 2007. The competition was organized by the Bulgarian Institute for Management and Technology (BIMT) in cooperation with the Romanian ICUBE Association, the Bulgarian ICT Cluster, and the Sofia University. » MORE
ELearning Blended Model for Higher Education
Amman (JO), October 2007 - UKS, a Middle Eastern learning solutions enabler, has announced its participation at the MIT LINC 2007 conference to be held in Amman, Jordan on October 28-30, 2007, with an executive session to be held in Dubai, UAE on November 1, 2007. MIT's LINC is a consortium of educators from around the world who are interested in using distance and eLearning technologies to help their respective countries increase access to quality education, particularly high school and university education, for a larger percentage of the population. » MORE
Call for Papers Is Still Open
Cassino (I), October 2007 - Studio e-LearningOne, an association of Italian eLearning consultants, is organizing the eLearningPoint Meeting 2008 in cooperation with scholars and experts in the field. The meeting will be held online through a videoconference system to which all participants will be invited, by a specific e-mail notification. Videoconferencing software used allows the desktop sharing and audio and video sharing so that all participants will be able to see the presentations both in graphical and audiovisual terms. This event will be an occasion of discussion and reflection about the main themes related to educational technologies and their theoretical and practical development. The Call for Papers is open until 20 November 2007. » MORE
Third International SCIL Congress 2008
St. Gallen (CH), October 2007 - The Swiss Center for Innovations in Learning is organizing its third congress from 22-23 May 2008 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The theme of the conference is "The Changing Face of Learning - Creating the Right Balance". The call for papers is now open, and proposals and solution presentations can be submitted until 15 November 2007. » MORE
Conference on Enhancing the Student Experience
Hatfield (UK), October 2007 - The Blended Learning Unit and the Higher Education Academy of the University of Hertfordshire, in association with the University of Calgary and University of Queensland, are organizing the Third International Blended Learning Conference from 18 - 19 June 2008 at the De Havilland Campus in Hatfield, UK. » MORE
Delivering on the Lisbon Agenda
Lisbon (PT), October 2007 - More than 1,500 people attended the European eLearning Lisboa 2007 conference last week, which was the fourth major EU Conference on the Lisbon Agenda 2010. Major themes of the conference were Digital and Social Cohesion, Re-Skilling for the Knowledge Society, and eLearning Value. » MORE
ELIG Is Shaping Its Future Directions
Brussels (BE)/Dublin (IR), October 2007 - Hosted by the Intel EMEA Innovation Centre, the ELIG Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on 13 November 2007 in Dublin. After repositioning itself in June this year, the European Learning Industry Group now wants to further define and validate its directions and initiatives. The meeting is open for everybody interested in the work of ELIG. » MORE
Trinity Brings Knowledge Economy to Another Level
Galway (IE), October 2007 - With speakers from Google and Apple, the 6th annual Irish Universities Association HR Conference held recently in Trinity dealt with the importance of fourth-level education and building an Irish knowledge economy through innovation and technology. » MORE
Call for Proposals Now Open
Berlin (GER)/Accra (Ghana), October 2007 - The 3rd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training will take place from May 28 to 30, 2008 in Accra, Ghana under the Patronage of the Ghanaian Minister for Education, Science and Sports, the Hon. Prof. Dominic K. Fobih. Suggestions for the programme can be submitted until 7 December 2007. » MORE
Accolade for Giunti Labs' "NovaRes-
New Orleans (USA)/ Sestri Levante (I), September 2007 - Giunti Labs was recently named the 'most innovative technology demonstrator' at the OpeniWorld (OiW) event in New Orleans, USA. The event, which was organised by the Open Knowledge Initiative, followed the annual MERLOT conference. According to Stephan Thieringer, Giunti Labs' COO for North America, "Giunti Labs' product NovaRes: the New Thing in Educational Resources Management attracted great interest from industry colleagues and from potential collaborators among the vendors at the event." » MORE
