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Videos on Learning 2.0

We would like to share with you this interesting post from tonybates.ca: The European Links-up Project interviewed five experts on Learning 2.0 at the recent EDEN Annual Conference in Dublin. The experts were asked three questions: 1. Is learning 2.0 really supporting inclusive life-long learning? 2. Can isolated experiments be mainstreamed? 3. Is learning 2.0 [...]

When proprietary goes open …

Education has been experiencing new trends in the recent years. Learners known before as students are embracing the knowledge through a new de-centred pedagogy based mainly on self-learning, open learning and peer to peer interaction.  They are shifting away from being passive receivers of knowledge to being more accountable and more independent in actively searching [...]

e-learning outlook for 2011

We would like to share with you this interesting post from tonybates.ca: What’s in my crystal ball for e-learning in 2011? (For how well I did in my predictions for 2010, see e-learning retrospective – how good were my predictions? 1. Course Redesign We will see increasing efforts at redesigning courses to incorporate both online [...]

The Open Source Software Africa Summit

The Open Source Software Africa Summit is scheduled for the 27 – 28 January 2011 at the Birchwood Hotel, Johannesburg. In conjunction with the summit, a commercial exhibition showcase over 50 open source information and technology vendors and featured specialized open source demonstrations are expected, please note that only 50 exhibition stands are available. Summit [...]

Videos on e-Learning and distance education

The first one suggests concrete ways teaching can be changed in higher education through the use of technology. Learning Technologies @ UBC, 2005 (8 mins) A vision for teaching and learning with technology in higher education 1 meg/sec 56 kbs/sec The next group are ‘statements’ about the challenge we face as teachers in the 21st [...]