Published issues
Here you can see the previously published numbers of eLearning Papers.
eLearning Papers nº 28
28 April 2012
The rapidity with which children and young people are gaining access to online, convergent, mobile and networked media is unprecedented in the history of technological innovation. There are two main foci for e–security research that associated with protecting information both strategic and economic and that protecting people particularly the young. While these are overlapping concerns it is the...
eLearning Papers nº 27
29 November 2011
New open, social and participatory media clearly have significant potential to transform learning and teaching. They offer learners and teachers a plethora of ways to communicate and collaborate; to connect with a distributed network of peers, and to find and manipulate information. In addition there are now a significant range of free educational resources and tools. While there is great...
eLearning Papers nº 26
14 October 2011
Internet is a social network. It links people, groups of people, organizations, information and applications made by people. When teaching and learning aims to take advantage of the Internet, activities that foster an understanding of the role and impact of social networks become crucial. Both research and hands-on experiments are needed to explore the possibilities the new platforms and...
eLearning Papers nº 25
06 July 2011
Why should we implement games for learning? How should we do this? What games are appropriate for my needs? This new issue of eLearning Papers should help to find answers to such questions. The potential of Game Based Learning (GBL) is still underestimated. We firmly believe that GBL can play a major role in renewing learning as it is perceived by learners in all levels of education and training...
eLearning Papers nº 24
13 April 2011
Today, higher education is under tremendous pressure to meet greater expectations, whether it be student numbers, educational quality, the needs of professionals, or economic development. Meanwhile, the resources available to higher education institutions are declining. While the purpose of universities may have remained constant for centuries, the world around them is undergoing...
eLearning Papers nº 23
10 March 2011
The idea of open education has spread to hundreds of educational institutions, foremost higher education and adult learning institutions, across the globe. “Giving away knowledge for free” (OECD 2007) seemed like a revolutionary idea, it fascinates educators, interests learners, scares publishing houses and challenges educational organisations who view selling produced knowledge as their core-...
eLearning Papers nº 22
22 December 2010
According to some estimates, more than 80% of all learning occurs on the job rather than in tertiary and post-tertiary education. In order to stay relevant and contribute to the human capital of future workers, learning will need to be tightly incorporated in work processes and become an integral part of workers’ and managers’ everyday activities. The same applies to (on-the-job) teaching and...
eLearning Papers nº 21
20 September 2010
Learning and innovation go hand-in-hand; while learning is characterized by a change in behaviour, innovation involves a change in the thought process. Both imply a change for the better. Today, as information and communication technologies are increasingly part of the educational landscape, new means of accessing, sharing, and collaborating with knowledge have challenged us to reflect how we...
eLearning Papers nº 20
30 June 2010
In recent years, ICT advancements have changed the way we think about science education in primary and secondary schools. New mobile user-friendly products are available to help schools incorporate new units and activities in their science curricula. However, as most educators know, equipment alone cannot alter the way teachers, or schools, approach science education in the classroom. In other...
eLearning Papers nº 19
30 March 2010
We are increasingly migrating into cyberspace. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are part of our everyday life and permeate many activities, such as working environments, daily communications and relationships, handling of administrative affairs, etc. They have become a basic priority and a key driver in politics, economics and -more significantly for this issue- education. However...
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