Category: <span>Stories & News Service</span>

Category: Stories & News Service

Latest News: Creativity and Fun is new driving-forces in the new curriculum

eLearningworld News from Finland The new curriculum for pre-school and primary school in Finland will be implemented during the year of 2016. The pedagogical news is that the pupils should have a more active approach to learning than before. The other profound change is that the collaboration over the fields …

Latest News: 300 new Art Teachers in Public Schools

eLearningworld News from USA New York City has invested $23 million to improve art education including to employ 300 new art teachers. The investment has also generated a professional learning series where more than 1000 teachers and parent coordinators has participated. It was designed to help integrate and promote the …

Latest News: British Library and Nottingham University creates MOOC

eLearningworld News from UK British Library and Nottingham University has joined forces to develop a free online course on how propaganda and ideology fit in to everyday life. The course will combine the latest academic insights from experts at The University of Nottingham with the British Library’s political collections and …

Latest News: Report estimate 8.94% growth of eLearning packaged content globally

eLearningworld News from the World The report covers Corporate, Skilled Training, and Vocational Trainings sectors, and forecasting that the Global eLearning Packaged Content market to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 8.94 percent over the period 2014-2019. To calculate the market size, the report takes into account …

Latest News: Edtech Startups Competing in “Shark Tank”-like Competition

eLearningworld News from USA iHub Pitch Games, sponsored by Comcast, the Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) and NewSchools Venture Fund, took place during Comcast’s Youth Tech Summit last September. In February 25 it is time for the second round of the competition that is modeled after the popular TV show …

Latest News: Learn about school innovations in different European countries

eLearningworld News from the Germany Forum Eltern und Schule organises courses for teachers and other professions in the pre-school and school sector in different European countries. Main objective is to stimulate learning across borders about ideas and practice around school for the improvement of learning. Course plan is now set …

Latest News: Edtech Partnership between US and Europe

eLearningworld News from the World Two leading education technology conference platforms from both sides of the Atlantic sea extend its partnership in order to promote innovation and investment in the edtech sector. EdTech Europe and US-based SXSWedu Conference & Festival have agreed to collaborate on two European All Stars events …

Latest News: Students from three universities in a project with business

eLearningworld News from Sweden The yearly TED-challenge is gathering students from JIBS (Jönköping International Business School), KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) and Linné University. The task is to form collaborations in ten teams between economists, engineers and designers, in order to complete an assignment of product development from an existing …

Latest News: Is the digital school the end of school independence?

eLearningworld News from Germany The theme of the Study’s Fair Didacta in Hannover, February 25, is directed on the corporate impact on schools in the age of school digitalisation. The focus is set on where the line should be drawn between meaningful collaboration and inappropriate commercialization and what the state …

Latest News: Combining ICT and Winter Sport, outcome?

eLearningworld News from Sweden At the World Ski Championship in Falun, Sweden, 2015, Ericsson will be distributing the digital experience. This Virtual Live Arena is intended to improve and broaden the user-experience. During the event Internet of Sports Day is also taking place that is a meeting-place for the ICT- …