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Smart Wave - Social Trends in Learning
We are happy to invite you to the eduhub days 2012 - the 4th national meeting of the Swiss eLearning Community of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education in Switzerland.
During this 2-day event, we are going to meet the "Generation Y": Students are going to relate from their learning experiences with new media. The keynotes Gráinne Conole from the University of Leicester UK and Hannes Lubich from the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland are going to talk about the Generation Y and their habits
with media use. What are the students' new learning habits? What pedagogical and organizational scenarios do exist and how can they be employed to improve modern teaching? How can Social Media be integrated in higher education? What are the media pedagogical issues of intercultural communities? How can collaboration be supported by ICT?
These and many more questions will be discussed and reflected during the eduhub days 2012.
Key Data on Education in Europe 2012
New Infographic highlights European Learning Technology landscape
Think again - Infographic of key findings from Boosting Business Agility, the 2011-12 Towards Maturity Benchmark
New perspectives from Europe's largest learning technology benchmark to help you and your colleagues Think again about the use of learning technologies in your organisation.
Please download the full report below for more details on how top performers are delivering results.
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Research on e-Learning and ICT in Education
The volume encompasses the current trends and issues which determine and inform the integration of ICT into educational practice, including teaching and learning, curriculum and instructional design, appropriate learning media and environments, teacher education and professional development, and appropriate assessment and evaluation.
International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL)
The International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL) is devoted to the theoretical and empirical understanding of game-based learning. To achieve this aim, the journal publishes theoretical manuscripts, empirical studies, and literature reviews. The journal publishes this multidisciplinary research from fields that explore the cognitive and psychological aspects that underpin successful educational video games. The target audience of the journal is composed of professionals and researchers working in the fields of educational games development, e-learning, technology-enhanced education, multimedia, educational psychology, and information technology. IJGBL promotes an in-depth understanding of the multiple factors and challenges inherent to the design and integration of Game-Based Learning environments.
Online Educa Berlin: The Future of Workplace Learning
Learning Technology Adoption In European Businesses 2011, the Europe-wide study carried out by Towards Maturity in partnership with Online Educa Berlin, has found that a growing number of organisations are turning to new learning technologies to help them increase their business agility.
ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, the largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors, will take place from November 30th to December 2nd 2011 at the Hotel InterContinental, Berlin. A series of sessions will be dedicated to workplace learning and provide the ideal platform for discussing the latest in business learning needs and trends.
One technology which is expected to play a greater role in learning and development in the future is social media. There has been a marked shift in attitudes towards social media, with 35% of organisations actively encouraging and making time for social and informal learning, and 52% of organisations now comfortable with unblocking and leveraging third party sites such as Facebook to support learning, a move that is understandable since in-house social networks have registered a decline in popularity. However, 25% of organisations remain unconvinced by the benefits of social networks in workplace learning, and continue not to allow its use.
Nevertheless, the use of social media to support workplace learning is a growing trend, which organisations themselves predict will rise, by 20%, to 73% over the next two years. This review of how e-learning technologies are applied in the workplace also predicts that within the next two years, the workplace culture of learning will see an increased use of cloud-based content, mobile learning technologies and Web 2.0 tools.
This independent study was designed by Towards Maturity, a leading benchmarking company, in collaboration with ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, to understand the challenges and opportunities facing European organisations who are implementing learning technologies within their workplaces. The survey, which was completed by 182 organisations, sought to identify which learning technologies are in use and how, the drivers behind and barriers to their use, their impact, and successful approaches to their implementation.
Organisations agree that learning technologies are beneficial in increasing the efficiency, quality and adaptability of the workforce. The majority of respondents have reduced their training costs by implementing learning technologies, and 3 out of 5 organisations agree that learning technologies have enabled them to roll out new products and services more quickly than before.
However, despite the widespread use of learning technologies in workforces across Europe, many organisations are not ready to fully embrace new learning technologies just yet. Many organisations are being hindered by a lack of skills and confidence among their trainers, as well as the need to gain senior and line management buy-in.
The report will be discussed in detail at this year's ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, which will explore what learning and development will look like in the future and how to prepare for success in these new cultures of learning through its Business EDUCA programme. The Business EDUCA sessions will explore the future of learning today, and provide participants with practical insights and tools including using social media to enhance business performance, embracing mobile learning in business, and demonstrating value.
The report can be downloaded here: http://www.online-educa.com/business-educa.
This report has been compiled for ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN by independent benchmark specialists Towards Maturity as part of their annual Learning Technology Benchmark. The full 2011-12 Towards Maturity Benchmark was released on the 10th of November. Find out more at www.towardsmaturity.org/2011benchmark
ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2011
17th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training November 30th - December 2nd, 2011
Venue: Hotel InterContinental Berlin, Budapester Str. 2, 10787 Berlin, Germany
Organisers: ICWE GmbH, Leibnizstr. 32, 10625 Berlin, www.icwe.net
Contact: Ms Katharina Goetze, info@online-educa.com, Tel: +49 (0)30 310 18 18-0, www.online-educa.com
Open Educational Resources – Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education
Higher education institutions around the world have been using the Internet and other digital technologies to develop and distribute teaching and learning for decades. Recently, Open Educational Resources (OER) have gained increased attention for their potential and promise to obviate demographic, economic, and geographic educational boundaries and to promote life-long learning and personalised learning. The rapid growth of OER provides new opportunities for teaching and learning, at the same time, they challenge established views about teaching and learning practices in higher education.