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The e-learning Newsletter brings you news about current issues, open calls, forthcoming events and e-learning resources.
Just look at this interesting line-up in this Newsletter - May 2008.
EDITORIAL BOARD.
The eLearning Papers’ Editorial Board has been recently reinforced with experts in learning and training. The editorial board selected in the annual meeting the themes for upcoming eLearning Papers 2008-2009. The themes are Open Educational Resources; Training & Work; Digital literacy; Creativity & innovation and New learning generation. The editorial board and the open calls for papers are available at the eLearning Papers website.
COLLABORATORS NETWORK.
The elearningeuropa.info launched in January a call for collaborators aiming to reinforce the participation and visibility of all European countries in the portal. The collaborators contribute by acting as portal’s “correspondents” in their country and region.
PROJECT OF THE MONTH.
The LOGOS project aims to develop an innovative ubiquitous eLearning environment for almost everybody. The system will have the potential to promote social inclusion by assuring wide accessibility to eLearning material. At the same time, the platform aims at economic impact through facilitating faster and more effective training on the job. The project's 2nd workshop will be held on 3 September at Varna (Bulgaria). The call for papers is open until 2 June.
USER SURVEY RESULTS.
The results of the portal’s user survey are now available.
2nd SIRTEL WORKSHOP, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 17 September 2008. The workshop explores the relationship, challenges and opportunities of Social Information Retrieval (SIR) and Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL). The call for contributions is open until 29 June.
4th EDUMEDIA CONFERENCE, 2-3 June, Salzburg (Austria). The theme of this interdisciplinary conference is “Self-organised Learning in the Interactive Web” offering a platform for a critical assessment of the current situation regarding the sustainable use of web-based education technologies in self-organised learning processes in all areas of education.
EDEN ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 11-14 June 2008, Lisbon. The conference will focus on the significance and impact of cultural issues in distance and e-learning development in Europe and beyond. The detailed conference programme is now available at the conference homepage.
4th ANNUAL eLEARNING FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, 5-6 June 2008, Rome. eLearning can have an enormous financial impact on business, but proving a return on investment can be tricky unless you know what to look for. The learning agenda for this conference is to understand the key trends and implications that enable the financial institutions all over Europe to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their eLearning programs at reduced costs.
elearningeuropa.info Newsletter - May 2008
30 May 2008
Source: elearningeuropa.info
