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MEDEA Awards Finalists Announced

Roosbeek (BE), October 2010 - The MEDEA Awards Organizing Committee has announced nine finalists for the MEDEA Awards 2010. The overall winner will be announced during the MEDEA Awards Ceremony on Thursday, 25 November, during the Media & Learning conference in Brussels. The competition attracted 140 entries from 31 countries. » MORE

eLearning Africa 2011

Spotlight on Youth, Skills and Employability

Berlin (GER)/Dar es Salaam (TZ), October 2010 - The eLearning Africa Conference in 2011 will focus on young adults in Africa. With the spotlight on Youth, Skills and Employability, Africa's leading conference on ICT for development, education and training will explore and discuss the vast reservoir of talent, skills and opportunity among Africa's youth, also looking into the challenges they face on the job market. » MORE

European Education

Jacques Delors Receives Award

Cologne (GER), October 2010 - Education plays a key role in Europe's efforts to achieve a leadership role in the globalised world, and companies within the Union in particular have to face up to that task. In order to promote this point of view, an initiative committee associated with the HRM Expo in Cologne, Germany, has brought a new award to life that honors new ideas and ways of making education more productive. » MORE

Horizon Report

US Futurist says eBooks Will Replace Textbooks

Berlin (GER), October 2010 - Laurence F. Johnson, Founder and CEO of the New Media Consortium, will preview the annual Horizon Report at Online Educa Berlin. One of the results: Electronic books are expected to replace traditional textbooks in universities in two to three years' time, according to the New Media Consortium's authoritative Horizon Report, a comprehensive annual study of developments in eLearning. » MORE

Call for Papers

ELearning and Software for Education Conference

Bucharest (RO), October 2010 - The Advanced Distributed Learning Department of Romania's "Carol l" National Defence University has announced eLSE 2011, the seventh eLearning and Software for Education Conference, which will be held in Bucharest 28-29 April 2011. The central theme of the event is "Anywhere, Anytime - Education on Demand". » MORE

White Paper

Embedding Assessments within Learning

Norwalk, CT (USA), October 2010 - A new Questionmark white paper offers an overview of embedded assessments, explains their value to learners and instructors, shares examples of where such assessments can be used, and touches on how they might help shape the future of learning. » MORE

Innovation

GSMA's Global Mobile Awards

London (UK), October 2010 - The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, has launched its prestigious annual Global Mobile Awards programme for the sixteenth time. New categories have been added to recognise excellence, achievement, and innovation, and GSMA will shine a spotlight on mobile innovation in the learning space for the first time. » MORE

Laudation

2010 International eLearning Award Winners

New York, NY (USA), October 2010 - The international eLearning Association (IELA) has announced the winners of the 2010 International eLearning Awards. Awards were given in both the academic and business/professional categories for eLearning, blended learning, and mobile learning. » MORE

Call for Submissions

In Search of New Paradigms for Re-engineering Education

Dubai (UAE), October 2010 - In the context of its HBMeU Annual Congress 2011, the Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University has announced the fourth eLearning Excellence in the Middle East conference. It will be held in Dubai 31 January - 03 February 2011. » MORE