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MEDEA Awards for 2013 Categories Announced
Brussels (BE), May 2013 - The time has come to consider entering this year's MEDEA Awards with the announcement of the categories for 2013 by the MEDEA Awards Secretariat. The aim of this awards scheme is to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics and animation) in education. The awards also recognise and promote excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media-rich learning resources and are particularly open to entries from European practitioners, organisations and production facilities. » MORE
Four Experts Will Take Part in "a Bare-knuckle Fight"
Windhoek (NA) / Berlin (GER), May 2013 - Outspoken Scottish entrepreneur and blogger Donald Clark and Namibian teacher and eLearning expert Maggy Beukes-Amiss will square up to "mobile technology crusaders" Adele Botha and Angelo Gitonga of the ICT for Education Unit of Kenya's Ministry for Education at the annual war of words. They'll be arguing about whether too much attention has been paid to innovation in education and not enough to sustainability. » MORE
Drucker Challenge Essay and Video Contest
Vienna (A), May 2013 - Introduced in 2010, the Drucker Challenge was conceived as an essay contest to raise awareness of the works and ideas of Peter Drucker among young people - the new generation poised to build on a management philosophy that puts the human being at its center. In 2013 the Drucker Challenge is expanding with a new option: The Drucker Challenge Video Contest. The hope is that submissions in this lively format will bring a fresh infusion of energy and inspiration, as well as new clarity to what can be complex and abstract concepts. » MORE
Cloud Computing in Education: a Holistic Approach
Kazan (RU), May 2013 - This special session "Cloud Computing in Education" will take place during ICL 2013 in Kazan, Russia, from 25 - 27 September 2013 as a special programme item. » MORE
The Impact of Social Collaboration
London (UK), May 2013 - Recent megatrends like social, mobile, big data, and cloud are not simply growths drivers for the ICT industry. They dramatically change the way in which companies use information and communication technology to interact with their customers and partners and how they collaborate internally. And they call for a rethinking of business and technology strategies in almost all industries. PAC analysts will discuss these topics in a worldwide webinar on 06 June 6 2013 at 5 PM (CEST). » MORE
To Identify and Monitor Compliance Risks
Minneapolis, MN (USA), May 2013 - The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) has announced the twelfth Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute Risk Track, being held 06-09 October 2013 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. Since a key aspect of a compliance and ethics professional's work is to identify, assess, and monitor compliance risks, each year the Institute offers specific "risk-related" educational sessions in its program. » MORE
Learning Pool Live on Tour
London (UK), May 2013 - ELearning supplier Learning Pool has announced that Denise Hudson-Lawson, Head of Online Services for Parliamentary ICT, and Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at Plymouth University, will headline the agenda at each of the three Learning Pool Live events in October. » MORE
Consortium Launch the LTI App Bounty
San Diego, CA (USA), May 2013 - Instructure, maker of the Canvas learning platform, announced at the IMS Global Conference that it is partnering with Blackboard, Desire2Learn, and the IMS Global Learning Consortium to encourage development of new LTI® apps for education. As part of the "LTI App Bounty," Instructure is offering a $250 reward for each qualifying LTI app submitted by 10 June, plus an additional $1,000 for the best apps selected by an expert panel of judges from Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Remote-Learner, IMS Global, Brown University, The University of Texas at Austin, and Hack Education. » MORE
How Evolution Is Shaping the Future of Learning
Santa Rosa, CA (USA), May 2013 - On 14 May, the eLearning guild presents a webinar with Reuben Tozman, author of "Learning on Demand: How the Evolution of the Web Is Shaping the Future of Learning". The event, which will focus on the evolution of the web and instructional design, takes place from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Pacific Time. Reuben will explore the five principles that have fueled and sustained the web's growth and transformation and provide key insights for creating valuable content consistent with the web's own evolution. » MORE
Conference and Learning Technologies Summer Forum
London (UK), May 2013 - The Learning and Skills Group has announced details for its annual conference in London on 18 June, which is also being co-located with the brand-new Learning Technologies Summer Forum. » MORE
