eLearningworld News from Denmark New research from the Danish Centre of Public Innovation shows the connection between the amount of innovation in different units of the public administration and the employees’ level of education. The result shows that the larger amount of employees with high education the better prospect of …
eLearningworld News from the US “Our biggest goal is to inspire the next generation of students to solve the problems that plague our education system.” This is the motto of HackingEDU that according to the organizers is the world´s largest Hackathon for education. The event takes place October 23-25, 2015, …
eLearningworld News from UK UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced a new direction and structure of the whole school-system in order to improve the performance. He said that power should be in the hands of headteachers and teachers, not bureaucrats. This will be made possible by transforming the traditional structure …
eLearningworld News from the World The seven year downturn of printed books has come to an end according to Nielsen’s TCM. At the same time as the recent boom market for eBooks is now transforming into a mature stage. However, the format of both printed books and ebooks are basically …
eLearningworld News from EU Innovation Radar survey shows that 41% of all organizations behind high potential innovations that is receiving EU research funding are small- and medium-sized enterprises. Despite that SMEs only accounting for 14% of the total funding. The survey also shows that when taking innovations to the market. …
eLearningworld News from Germany Twelve schools are winners of the competition “Learning with digital media” that was organised by the Ministry of Education in Schleswig-Holstein. The price was totally €200 000 to share among the winners that now also are termed model schools. Totally 111 schools on all levels participated …
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 Germany The new high-tech strategy of the German Federal Government is not only focusing technical, but also on social innovation. VIP+ (“Validation of technological and social innovation potential of scientific research”) that is being launched today is the funding programme that takes up this broad concept of …
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 …
