edtech Europe: Industry, Innovation and Investors in e-learning and edtech
As the title of the event says “Industry, innovation and investors in one place for one day” this event indeed delivered, and IBIS Capital and Edxus Group deserved to be congratulated for this event that indeed brought all these parties together for an informative...
Who are in the European edtech top 20
The eagerly anticipated European edtech top 20 was published yesterday, and it makes interesting reading to see who is on the list in the UK, and from the rest of Europe. There are some very familiar names from UK e-learning companies we know well, Brightwave, Epic...
Opportunities in India for European and US edtech businesses
There is likely to be an explosion of demand for learning and e-learning in India, (and the other BRIC and CIVET economies), but India is unusual for having such an evolved e-learning industry. Indeed we would argue the Indian e-learning industry supports a...
How Can You Use Game Based Learning?
A guest blog piece from Scott Hewitt of Real Projects, a true exponent of Game Based learning. Are you using Game Based Learning in your elearning projects? Have you thought about how you could use it in your organisation? Are you an instructional designer who is...
e-learning: India, Europe and the USA
This post on e-learning in India, Europe and the USA was prompted by the publication of interesting research by WizIQ. It was titled e-learning trends in India, Facts, Figures and the Future **, which is well worth reading. India is a powerful player in the global...
New term for e-learning?
With the term edtech growing in usage and currency to describe much of the education technology and the new innovations hitting the learning and education market, (MOOCs and more), and with mobile learning or Mlearning well understood – (having seen off “handheld...
UNESCO Policy guidelines for mobile learning…..what they may mean for the development industry.
The UNESCO paper, entitled Policy Guidelines for Mobile Learning has been recently published, and provides some enthralling examples and ideas as to how Mobile Learning can be used globally for education. With a series of short vignette’s giving examples of innovative...
Do Badges plus Compelling Content spell the end for Instructional design?
How do we get people to take training? is a question that is asked all too frequently, and the debate appears to be moving on from the importance of instructional design to deliver engaging effective e-learning ….will we need excellent instructional design to attract...
Is the UK prepared for the growth of MOOC’s? And what is the attitude of the employer?
MOOC’s are here to stay, and they are going to bring a massive change to how and where students learn now and in the future, or it is certainly looking that way considering what we hear from the US. HE Institutions in the US have been feeling the sweeping MOOC...
Making Sense of MOOC’s (and other Open Content) with the great Degree Jail Break
Giving value to learning has always been a challenge especially for those of us dedicated to lifelong and workplace learning, and the options available to us all to learn from MOOCs and Open Education Content resources are becoming massive – pun intended. Here at...
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