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First Online Conference

"Learning with Stories in Education and Business"

St. Gallen (CH), November 2013 - VIS 2013, the first Online Conference on Virtual and Digital Storytelling, is being organized by the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences (FFHS) and SWITCH. VIS 2013 will bring together national and international experts in the field of eLearning, teachers, researchers, stakeholders, and other interested persons. In particular, all members of the eduhub community are welcome to join the Conference as participants. » MORE

ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN

To Extend and Enhance Learning Environments

Berlin (GER), November 2013 - Mar Pérez Sanagustín, along with Alejandro Martínez and Carlos Delgado Kloos, recently won the prize for the best demo at the European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL) for their project, "etiquetAR: Tagging Learning Experiences". etiquetAR offers an innovative way to extend and enhance learning environments and was developed in collaboration with researchers, developers, and students of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. The project will be demonstrated at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, which will take place in Berlin 04 - 06 December 2013. » MORE

ICERI2013

Education, Research, and Innovation

SevilleSeville (E), November 2013 - ICERI2013, the sixth International Conference of Education, Research, and Innovation will be held in Seville, Spain, 18 - 20 November 2013. It is an ideal platform to discuss the latest developments in the field of teaching and learning methodologies, educational projects and innovations, as well as new technologies applied to education and research. » MORE

Euronews

The World Innovation Summit for Education

Lyon (F) / Doha (QA), November 2013 - Euronews has been a major media partner of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), an initiative of the Qatar Foundation, which was launched in 2009 under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation. Euronews is proud to announce the renewal and expansion of this long-term collaboration with WISE. » MORE

Clients' Feedback

NetDimensions Global User Conference

Hong Kong (HK), November 2013 - NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning-management systems, has announced the conclusion of Next Steps 2013, the company's annual global user conference with record attendance numbers in London, Chicago, and Shanghai. Next Steps is the must-attend event of the year for NetDimensions' user community worldwide. This year the event drew over 250 users, representing over 120 organizations and over twenty countries. » MORE

One-Hour Session

LINE to Deliver Mobile-Learning Workshop

London (UK), November 2013 - LINE Communications, a European provider of learning and communications solutions, will be delivering a hands-on workshop on mobile learning at Great Ormond Street Hospital's (GOSH) Learning Innovations Conference on 19 November. » MORE

International Winners

ICDE Prizes for Innovation and Best Practice Awarded

PrizewinnersTianjin (CN), October 2013 - These ICDE prizes, which aim to stimulate innovation and best practice in open, distance, flexible, online, and eLearning, were awarded in Tianjin. Nine papers were selected by the Editorial Board of Open Praxis on the themes of open educational resources and intercultural aspects, learning analytics, mobile learning, impact, teaching quality, and leadership. » MORE

Call for Papers

Eleventh Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation

Porto (PZ), October 2013 - REV 2014 is the eleventh in a series of annual events dealing with remote engineering and virtual instrumentation; it will be held 26 - 28 February in Porto, Portugal. The REV gatherings are the annual conferences of the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE). » MORE

Open Competition

IMS Global Announces Challenge for Learning Apps

Lake Mary, FL (USA), October 2013 - Today's faculty, students, and parents have access to a growing number of digital apps, platforms, tools, and resources. The challenge is that these educational apps, tools, and platforms are not easy to connect into the software systems that are central to teaching and learning, typically a learning-management or instructional-management system, or to each other. As a result, faculty and students are forced to innovate -œoutside- of the institutional enterprise. Furthermore, the number of innovative apps, tools, and content that can be connected into the academic enterprise is severely limited with the available IT support resources. » MORE

Media & Learning

Keynote Speakers to Bring Passion and Expertise

Brussels (BE), October 2013 - The impact of film, video, and media on teaching and learning at all levels is at the core of a packed agenda for this year's Media & Learning Conference taking place on 12-13 December. At the heart of the Conference will be a line-up of expert speakers from the fields of education, media production, and research who will drive the discussion forward in response to the core question at the heart of this event: -œWhat does it take to equip learners for open creative learning futures?- » MORE