A research project of Helsinki University focuses on the use of Augmented Reality technology for learning. It is directed on the motivational and cognitive aspects and shows promising results. The outcome is based on 146 participants, 12-year old Finnish pupils, that was visiting a science centre exhibition. Professor Hannu Salmi …
The first part of this article e.g. claimed that the educational content in the industrial age was “made artificial to humans”, this meant a school where a lot of the teaching and learning was taken out of its context and thereby also usefulness. Some of the knowledge and skills easily …
Learning design is tech-neutral, which means even though the term was born in our tech-savvy digital age, it works equally good for offline traditional education. Since what you want to accomplish with your learning design is the best possible mix of human learning interaction that works for all students. Patricia …
As the number 1 in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) education rankings 2016, Singapore is now taking one further step to improve and adapt the educational system to the digital society. Ong Ye Kung, Education Minister of Singapore, says: “Learning is not a competition”. In this spirit, …
eLearningworld News from Greece For the past 15 years the E-Learning Center of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens has trained more than 45 000 people in many different fields, e.g. Economics, Health, Intangible Cultural Heritage and Architecture. This includes everything from Greek Philosophy to the Culture of Olive Oil …
eLearningworld News from Sweden and Norway The interactive visualisation table, Inside Explorer, improves the experience for visitors at museums, science centres and other learning environments by bringing items to life in a 3D virtual reality mode. The items has been 3D-scanned with x-ray and other scanning technologies, which in the …
eLearningworld News from Sweden The market for 3D-digitalisation-services is growing fast. In this field the Interactive Institute Swedish ICT is running several successful research projects. One has been directed on developing the technology of the virtual autopsy table for healthcare and medical education, that is a international success-story, into new …
According to Horizon Report Europe 2014, Schools Edition, the digitalization of the European schools will speed up. Many strong indications that in several cases can be interpreted as evidence do exist. The report’s foundation is based on six trends that during the following five years will lead the school into …
