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LINQ 2013 Conference

January 22, 2013

LINQ is the leading annual European conference for Learning Innovations and Learning Quality. This year the conference will take place on the 13th and 14th of May in Rome, Italy and its motto will be “Innovations and Quality: The Future of Digital Resources“. LINQ will facilitate the exchange of ideas and experiences between experts, practitioners… » read more

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Education, English, InfoSociety

Fashion Retail Academy improves access to e-learning

In order to meet the demands of a continuously increasing number of students who want to access online learning courses from their personal computers or PDAs, Fashion Retail Academy upgraded its wireless internet network. Approximately 1.000 web-connected devices at any one time can be supported by the new wi-fi system, which enables 700 pupils to… » read more

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Education, English, InfoSociety

New eLearning publication

The third edition of the Handbook of Distance Education has recently been published. It provides a comprehensive compendium of research in all aspects of distance education, arguably the most significant development in education over the past three decades. While the book deals with education that uses technology, the focus is on teaching and learning and… » read more

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Open Discovery Space

Open Discovery Space addresses the challenge of modernising school education by engaging teachers, students, parents and policymakers in a first of its kind effort to create a pan-European eLearning environment to promote more flexible and creative ways o

Open Discovery Space plays a key role in supporting the take-up and use of digital educational resources in schools and revolutionises communities of practice in eLearning.

Open Discovery Space is a vibrant
community-oriented social platform
that delivers:
• A pan-European social support network for teachers by teachers.
• The largest collection in Europe of eLearning resources, scenarios and activities.
• State of the art tools - adaptable to local needs, languages and culture - to enable teachers to discover, collaborate , exchange and share resources and best practice across Europe.

Open Discovery Space supports the 2012 ‘Opening Up Education’ initiative of the European Commission DG Education and Culture and UNESCO’s 2012 Paris OER Declaration (OER: Open Educational Resources).

For more information: www.opendiscoveryspace.eu