eLearningworld News from the World The 2015 edition of World Economic Forum’s The Global Information Technology Report summarize the development as follows: The information and communication technology (ICT) revolution has the potential to transform economies and societies, and become part of the solution of many global challenges, but the revolution …
eLearningworld News from USA Intel offers promising edtech startup’s mentorship, funding and insights for growth in the Silicon Valley. Companies that are selected for the Intel Education Accelerator program will receive customized guidance and up to $100,000 from Intel Capital. In the first step successful applicants will receive $50,000 up …
eLearningworld News from Sweden The NGO, BRIS (Children’s Rights in Society), and Gothia Fortbildning is launching an online course on how to prevent and handle net-bullying. The course consists of approximately two hours of videos with experts and case studies as well as download-material for self-studies and material for discussions. The …
eLearningworld News from Germany On the Hannover Messe the German government is launching the Joint Industry 4.0 platform that is a collaborative space for politics, industry, associations, academia and trade unions to embrace digitization of the economy. Industry 4.0 was launched 2011 and today the concept is the standard for …
eLearningworld News from USA A highly motivated workforce is the key to become more profiatble, gain higher levels of customer satisfaction and makes employees not want to leave. Research shows that extrinsic rewards like money and gifts can not explain human motivation, instead the scientific focus is directed on intrinsic …
eLearningworld News from Denmark A research study from Denmark shows that when children from four to six years old was asked if they preferred to play games on an iPad or play with other children, two of three would choose to play with the iPad. However, Klaus Thestrup, reseacher at …
eLearningworld News from USA MIT and Harvard has researched the performance of their Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) from 2012 to 2014. Data from totally 68 courses, 1.7 million participants, 10 million participant-hours, and 1.1 billion logged events are the source of the report. Some of the key findings were …
eLearningworld News from Sweden and USA In a report from the independent Research Institute, Ratio that is based in Stockholm, the researchers goes beyond MOOCs to find which additional parts the general digitalisation trend of higher education consist of. The conclusions include that the digitalisation will produce a massive transformation …
eLearningworld News from USA EDGE Edtech is now launching an accelerator-programme for edtech-businesses in New York City. Until September 2015 the programme will be accepting applications from innovative startups that are developing technology-solutions for education and learning. At the end of the year ten of the applicant-businesses will be selected …
eLearningworld News from Sweden Karlstad University is running two MOOCs on evaluation and grading of pupils performance in school. The courses aim to give teachers knowledge and possibility to reflect around how they are using the curriculum as a base for planning, implementing and evaluation. At the same time the …
