This issue features a round table discussion with Jaan Netzow, IBM Germany, Gareth Greenwood, IBM UK, and Bert de Coutere, IBM Belgium. They are all involved, in one way or the other, with the development, sales and support of software for collaboration - particularly in the workplace. Can IBM applications replace Facebook as a ‘managed social network’? Should managers have the right to change employees’ personal profiles? All this and more at this round table discussion.

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Education Highway, the largest educational portal in Austria, is expanding its service by including the Norwegian Online Learning Platform Fronter. This new service, which was launched in Salzburg on November 22, will ensure that the Fronter platform is available to all schools in Austria.
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In the EU, training vocational teachers and trainers has become one of the main objectives of occupational training policies. Quality assurance and innovative teaching methods are considered indispensable. At Online Educa Berlin 2007, the European Training of Trainers Network (TTnet) will discuss the linked potential of IT-based learning environments and give best practice examples.
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A round-table discussion on Thursday, November 29th aims at sharing experience and knowledge with conference participants on the role of the private sector in education and training reforms. The focus will be on sharing cases of good practice from the European Learning Industry Group (eLIG) and on partners from the Mediterranean as well as on identifying areas for future co-operation between the private and public sector.
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How does European citizenship and youth involvement converge in New Media? Radio Web Europe, a pioneer project of seven EU Member States promoting dialogue on European issues, provides the answer to this question. The multimedia podcasting service offers new ways to form and express opinions in a pan-European debate. Gonzalo Santamaria, one of the co-ordinators of Radio Web Europe, will present this project at Online Educa Berlin.
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Access to the educational system needs to be made easier and more attractive, if participation in higher education throughout Europe should rise considerably, claims Ben Janssen, Secretary to the Dutch National Initiative “Long Live Learning!” At Online Educa Berlin 2007, Ben will discuss “The Role of Technology in Supporting Cradle-to-Grave Learning” in his keynote speech.
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“It depends on what you make of it” is something most Moodle users have internalised. In recent years, the popular learning environment, which provides a methodological frame for which the user supplies content details, has undergone accelerated development. At Online Educa Berlin 2007, Eric Clarke of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland will outline the platform’s use in a medical school setting.
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Using Second Life for educational purposes is one of most exciting trends in the field of technology-enhanced learning. But what is behind all the hype? What are the actual benefits of Second Life for learners as well as for trainers? Various sessions at Online Educa Berlin will explore the use of virtual worlds for educational purposes.
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When learners are actively engaged in hands-on activities, they often gain a better understanding of the underlying principles and enjoy the learning process more. The Online Educa Berlin 2007 demonstration sessions put this theory into practice. Learn more about two of this year’s topics in the following short preview of the Gym2Learn Tool, presented by Giuseppe Chiazzese, Institute for Educational Technology, Italian National Research Council, and MathsAid, presented by Anna Nes Gustavsen, VOX, Norway.
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Corporate University Xchange, a leading benchmarking and corporate-learning research firm, would like to invite you to participate in a short, five-minute interview at Online Educa Berlin. The interview will be added to a new collection of learning-industry videos that include thought leaders from Microsoft, Telefonica, UBS and many others at tv.corpu.com.
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Cyber attacks and preparing to fight a cyber attack will be key topics for discussion at “The Third International Forum on E-Learning for Defence and Security” on November 28th at Online Educa Berlin. General Johannes Kert, Military Representative of the Estonian Delegation to NATO and former Commander of the Estonian Armed Forces, will speak at the Forum about lessons learned from the cyber attacks that Estonia faced earlier this year.
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Another great edition of Sounds from the bazaar - brought to you in conjunction with Online Educa Berlin. After an introduction by Graham Attwell, you can listen to Jay Cross talking about Informal Learning. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers tells us about his idea for “Research without Borders” and Claire Belisle talks about her research on information and digital media. The blog spot features Ismael Pena Lopez’s brilliant ICTlogy blog. Enjoy!

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Environment protection and conservation is a global matter. However, knowledge management in this area is still in its infancy when it comes to internationally standardised learning opportunites. In collaboration with the e-learning consultancy common sense, the United Nations Environment Programme developed and implemented MENTOR, a web-based learning platform. Arndt Bubenzer from common sense provides insight into the concept and practical use of MENTOR in the field of environmental education.
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eCollaboration will be the key theme of IBM Germany´s presentations at this year’s Online Educa Berlin. In a private customer briefing room, IBM experts will give lectures on the benefits of informal learning processes.
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A project has begun to bring the European heritage online through a single portal. In September 2007, 70 senior managers and technical experts from museums, archives, audio-visual collections and libraries across Europe came together to plan the European Digital Library (EDLnet). At Online Educa Berlin, EDL’s Head of Communications, Jonathan Purday, will give further insights into the large-scale initiative.
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To control electronic devices from a distance is an essential part of our everyday lives. We open car doors using remote controls on our key chains; we also switch TV channels and operate dozens of other gadgets using this technology. But how can remote control be used in distance learning programmes? Find out at this year’s Online Educa Berlin: Prof. Dietmar Kennepohl will present his approach to remote laboratory teaching, which enables students to take part in laboratory work and even to control experiments in real time via the Internet.
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Brian Durrant claims that a strategic and collaborative procurement approach has enabled London local authorities to save millions of pounds while ensuring high-quality infrastructure in all London schools. He has helped to transform the way that services are acquired by schools in the UK, creating an organisation in the London Grid for Learning (LGfL) that has aggregated 2,600 schools within the London area into a single buying unit, generating significant cost-savings and accelerating the deployment of new technology.
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Eedo Knowledgeware is a rapidly growing learning software supplier. They provide flexible solutions for global organisations and companies worldwide to manage knowledge transfer across their organisations. Eedo representatives will feature with two recent case studies in this year’s Online Educa Berlin programme. We have asked John Hudson, Eedo Knowledgeware President and CEO, what current trends he sees in corporate training.
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Corporate language training is the leading online service for corporations, large organisations and language schools that need to improve the business communication skills of a global workforce. Over 500 corporate clients and 4.5 million students worldwide use CLT as the efficient and flexible approach to improving language skills for both career and personal growth. Readers of the ONLINE EDUCA News Service can now sign up for a free one-month subscription to an English language course with Europe´s leading online language service.
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Organisations have to manage change processes constantly to compete at the global market. This requires changes to talent management and learning opportunities with the organisation as well – a challenge to learning experts and trainers. The International Training Centre of Thales Netherlands decided to develop a new learning-service concept to be better able to deal with these challenges. Delft University of Technology was the co-operating partner when Thales worked on its new concepts.
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According to a recent survey by Deloitte Consulting, online learning capabilities will provide global enterprises with a competitive edge to develop people around the world. In his new book, 25 Best Practices in Learning & Talent Development, Dr Nick van Dam, Global Chief Learning Officer for Deloitte, broaches the issue of building up holistic leaders in a globalised and networking world.
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Combining work and family is one of the biggest challenges of our time and not only for an “e-worker” like Patricia Ceysens, Flemish Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade, Belgium. The challenges can be met with the efficient use of technologies, says Ceysens, who will hold a keynote in the Opening Plenary of this year’s Online Educa Berlin. Governments and political leaders like herself are challenged to lay the groundwork for ICT literacy and quality education…
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Welcome to the second of the special series of Sounds of the Bazaar autumn shows. This series is being produced in conjunction with Online Educa Berlin by Graham Attwell from Pontydysgu. In each edition we feature some of the themes and speakers from this year's Online Educa conference.

In this show we feature two contributors to Online Educa. Ruth Rominger is Director of Learning Design at Monterey Institute, USA. She spoke to us about the development of Open Educational resources, social authoring, sustainability models and much more.

Steve Wheeler will also be at Online Educa. He is part of a panel looking at the potential of Multi User Virtual Environments, including Second Life, for learning. In the interview, Steve talked about the development of a project on sexual health in Second Life.

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For Welten, market leader in offering interim professionals for banks and insurance companies in the Netherlands, traditional in-service training - although highly valued - appeared not to be enough to provide optimal service. To foster knowledge sharing and ubiquitous learning the company decided to build its own Wiki. Welten was supported in this project by Online Training Experts from Andriessen en Partners. Paul Westeneng will talk about the Wiki Welten at Online Educa Berlin...
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Serious games, mobile learning, computer simulations and virtual learning worlds will be the key themes at ‘Innovate to Compete’, the conference sessions chaired by Fabrizio Cardinali, the co-chair of the European Learning Industry Group (eLIG) and CEO of Giunti Labs. Cardinali invites CLOs from leading corporations such as Volkswagen, Ikea, Ericsson, Schlumberger and L’Oreal to talk about the challenges for corporate learning in today’s knowledge society.
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The University of Applied Sciences Berlin (TFH) and the Kyrgyz Technical University of Bishkek (KGTU) are cooperating to build up a Bachelor’s study programme in the fields of mechanical and electrical engineering. Online study modules are being used to improve the language skills of teachers and students in this unique project.
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In 2006, the Freie Universität Berlin became the first university outside of the United States to offer access to the Visual History Archive of testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses held by the Shoah Foundation Institute of the University of Southern California. Breaking new ground in teaching and research, the VHA combines its aim of preserving history for future generations with the use of innovative e-learning tools.
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Manresa, a Catalonian city of about 75,000 inhabitants, makes use of a simple but convincing teaching principle. Since 2001, the City Council has provided an ICT training plan for the elderly that combines technologies like PDA, GPS, Google Earth, Google Maps and flickr. Because computer literacy seems to be one of the basic skills of young people, the organisers thought it would be a good idea to match different generations and change common roles: The students would be the teachers and the seniors would be the students! Project Manager Marta Serra will give some insights at OEB.
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Online Educa Berlin has teamed up with Sounds of the Bazaar to produce a series of podcasts in the run up to this year’s conference. Listen to our first edition, featuring conversations with Stephen Downes, Vijay Kumar and Toru Iiyoshi…
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In 2006, the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) published the report Beyond eLearning: Practical Insights from the USA on the state of e-learning in the US. Surprisingly, for most companies that took part in the survey, games-based learning then was either a non-starter or merely an interesting discussion point. Eighteen months on, with the phenomenon of Second Life and more 'noise' around serious games, Euan Mackenzie, co-author of the report, asks the same questions again.

At Online Educa Berlin, he will reveal what has happened in the interim, contrast it to developments in other countries and look at where games-based learning may be heading. As an 'appetizer', he has provided some food for thought...
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Online Educa Berlin will feature several presentation and discussion sessions about how blogs and wikis are being used to stimulate reflective practice and collaborative learning in universities and other institutions of higher education. Sarah Guth from the University of Padua, Italy, has introduced wikis into her language teaching courses – with interesting results …
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A stunning 99 percent of all European businesses are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In fact, this rubric encompasses 23 million businesses that provide jobs for 75 million Europeans. Bringing e-learning as part of continuing education and training into this huge market remains a challenge. Online Educa Berlin features examples of robust e-learning models from Belgium, Finland, Greece and Spain aimed at meeting the needs of SMEs regardless of size or sector.
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Helping teachers to become democratic leaders with a strong presence in the classroom - whether physical or virtual - is the main aim of Ingemar Svensson, project manager at the Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning. He will give further insight into the work of his institution in the session “Teacher Training and the Use of ICT” on Thursday, November 29.
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Nearly all types of communication technology can be used as educational accessories, depending on the initiative and imagination of the organisers and teachers. Radio broadcasts in particular have great potential if combined with the Internet for the asynchronous delivery of content, says Professor Costas Tsolakidis from the University of the Aegaen. His team has developed a programme to help teachers in rural areas of Greece perform their duties in an innovative way using Internet Radio. Prof. Tsolakidis will present this experimental project in detail on Friday, November 30, in the presentation session “Applying ICT and Traditional Media in Schools.”
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Sue Todd, Corporate University Xchange President and Senior Researcher, USA, will present the findings from The Corporate University Xchange 8th Annual Global Benchmarking Study on Learning and Development. The study assesses the ability of more than 300 global organisations to execute business strategy … and Corporate University Xchange is extending a special offer to encourage your participation in the study!
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We are proud to announce Andrew Keen as a keynote speaker in this year's Opening Plenary at Online Educa Berlin. A sharp-witted thinker and an innovative critic of Web 2.0, Keen promises an inspiring and provocative talk that will certainly provide food for thought and further discussion at the conference. The British-American entrepreneur and author argues against the "cult of the amateur" encouraged by Web 2.0, which, he says, is threatening, if not destroying, our economy, culture and values.

Taking a strong conservative position in the overwhelmingly liberal surroundings of the blogosphere, Keen has already created widespread controversy on the Internet. Keen will also discuss his newly released book The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture. The OEB Press Team will feature Keen in forthcoming issues of the newsletter...

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On the web, cultural heritage content can be found everywhere. At Online Educa Berlin 2007, a transnational and interdisciplinary group of experts will show how to explore, store and use these resources effectively. The workshop “Innovative Approaches for Searching and Using Cultural Heritage Information for Learning and Teaching”, taking place on November 28, is designed for instructors, teachers and cultural content providers who want to improve the distribution of their content, as well as for software and multimedia designers.
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Exploring the unmapped terrain between human and machine learning has been the main interest of Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University in the UK. He is also Chief Scientist Emeritus with NIIT Limited, India, one of the largest private educational institutions in the world. Sugata Mitra has become internationally known for his “Hole in the Wall” experiment, which he started in New Delhi in 1999.

Prof. Sugata Mitra will be a keynote speaker at Online Educa Berlin 2007 in Berlin. The OEB Press Team asked him about his current investigations.
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“The future of learning is ambient, invisible, and non-formal,” predicts Dr. Peter Scott from the Centre for New Media, Knowledge Media Institute at the Open University, UK. Peter shares his thoughts and observations about learning and technology in the “Future Perspectives” plenary session. To warm up, Peter has prepared a Vlog about his presentation ..

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A new deal for Europe – broadband for everybody - demands Jean Michel Billaut, the French Internet pioneer and leading innovator of the French digital infrastructure. Billaut will open ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2006 with a keynote addressing societal and political issues of the new digital culture in Europe and the world.

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Since Japan has been considered a technological giant and innovator for a long time, one might expect it to be amongst the leading e-learning adopters. In reality, in higher education institutions as well as in Japan’s economy, e-learning has lagged behind. However, worldwide economic developments as well as growing competition from overseas and the neighbouring Asian countries have led to a rethinking of national ICT policies. ICT-based education, international collaboration, and virtual mobility of staff and students are now high on the agenda. Japanese higher education institutions are currently reviewing and revising ways in which they have to transform themselves in order to meet the challenges of globalisation and economic regeneration. A special focus session led by Professor Toshio Kobayashi from NIME provides insight into trends and issues of e-learning in Japanese higher education.

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The 2^nd Forum for E-Learning for Defence and Security is taking place in conjunction with ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2006. The forum is organised by The New Security Programme, which conducts research into the new security environment and provides a forum for discussion of its implications for civil society. This year’s forum will focus particularly on security-related applications of technology-assisted learning in civil society. Jody Westby from Global Cyber Risk, USA, will speak in the forum about ways and means of countering cyber terrorism with cyber security.

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Dr. Monika Weber-Fahr is a manager at the World Bank Institute (WBI), heading up the Institute’s efforts in the multimedia arena and in coordinating the World Bank’s engagement with Global Development Learning (GDLN). The WBI is part of the World Bank and focuses solely on designing and delivering learning and knowledge sharing activities for developing country participants. The Institute reaches about to 100,000 people annually, most of them professionals in government agencies, NGOs, and private firms through programmes that cover a wide range of development-related topics. Monika will speak at the plenary on “Future Perspectives”, talking about perspectives for e-learning from working with developing countries.

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Jay Cross and George Siemens have produced a podcast, exchanging thoughts and views about their meeting at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN next week. Jay comments the conversation in his blog: "Last night I read George Siemens' provocative new book-in-progress, Knowing Knowledge. (I highly recommend you do the same if you’d like to savor how what we know ain’t what it used to be.) Mid-morning today, I was reading Gmail and noticed in the margin that George was on-line. We exchanged a few lines of text in GoogleTalk and switched over to GoogeTalk audio. I suggested the two of discuss what we are thinking of talking about at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, which comes up in a couple of weeks. Unlike American conferences, the event attracts academics, government officials, and business executives: it’s a great mixing bowl. George has the first session Thursday; I’m in the same slot the next day."

Here is the impromptu 20 minutes conversation:
http://informl.com/podcasts/jc_gs_Nov_18_06.mp3

 

In the field of technology-enhanced learning, Open Archives haven’t yet played an important role. Some efforts have been made to build up resources of scientific work about learning with technology, but there has been no unified movement towards a comprehensive open archive as can be found in other research fields. Kaleidoscope, the European network for research in technology-enhanced learning, has been undertaking great efforts to change this situation. With the establishment of the Telearn Open Archive, the network offers researchers in TEL the opportunity to enjoy all the advantages open archives have to offer. Dr. Nicolas Balacheff, Chief Scientist of Kaleidoscope, explains the motivations behind Telearn and highlights its benefits and possible impact on research in technology-enhanced learning.

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Two experts are available for you to answer your questions about e-learning: Online Educa Berlin’s media partner elearningeuropa.info has set up two user-generated interviews.

You can now post your questions online about virtual mobility to Prof. Fred Truyen, from Leuven University. He works on the Being Mobile project and participates in the Virtual Mobility Forum on Tuesday, November 28, organised at Online Educa Berlin. Fred Truyen writes about e-learning, philosophy of information, epistemology and social knowledge theories.

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Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers is ready to answer your questions on quality issues in technology-enhanced learning. He is the coordinator of the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning (EFQUEL). At Online Educa Berlin, Ulf-Daniel will be chairing the sessions QUA10 on “Approaches to Quality Assurance” on Thursday, November 30, 12:00 – 13:30 hrs, as well as QUA73 on European eQuality Mark on Friday, December 1, 2006 16:30 – 18:00 hrs.

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An innovative e-learning project has been established under the umbrella of the Berlin Senate’s “Future Project” Initiative, co-financed by the European Structural Funds. It targets SMEs, which are often said to be a market for e-learning that has yet to be discovered. The project designs and supports several customized approaches for the introduction of technology-supported training to smaller companies.

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DaimlerChrysler is a car manufacturer whose brands are known all over the world: Mercedes-Benz, smart, Maybach, Setra, Chrysler Jeep, Dodge, and Freightliner to name but a few. Matthias Adam-Brockerhoff, head of the team e-training and CBT/WBT within Global Training of DaimlerChrysler AG, will give an overview of how the company has transformed its training services from CBT in the early 1990s to integrated distance and e-learning solutions. He will speak at the pre-conference forum on E-Learning in the Automotive Industry Sector on Tuesday, November 28.

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Given the rapid pace of change in e-learning, it is increasingly important to ensure there are strong links between the research community and e-learning adopters. Online Educa Berlin addresses this topic in a plenary discussion on Friday, December 1. Leonard A. Plugge, key member of SURF's Scientific Technical Council, will focus his presentation on the question why educational innovations seem so difficult and erratic. In an interview with Beate Kleessen from OEB News, he talks about the theory and practice of the topic.

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"During the many chats and exchanges I have had with Jay, I always felt I learnt a lot from his insights, wisdom and wit. Therefore it seems almost a contradiction in terms that Jay is putting all his thoughts and observations on informal learning into a book, the container par excellence of formal learning, as we know it. In between the informal chats with Jay, this book will do great for me now, until our next meeting! " -Rebecca Stromeyer, Managing Director, ICWE, Online Educa.

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Most of our learning at the workplace takes place in informal ways. Learning providers as well as companies and organisations have to consider this fact when they plan to deliver training to their staff. IBM has developed a reference architecture for learning that supports informal learning. Dr. Yael Ravin, who leads IBM’s worldwide research in learning and workforce management, will highlight IBM’s activities in her keynote speech in the plenary session on Informal Learning.

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To support Lifelong Learning initiatives effectively, it is important to involve partners from all parts of society. Government agencies are responsible for the promotion of a national agenda for lifelong learning, which they do through the creation of national programmes to raise awareness of the subject. Public and private institutions as well as businesses also need to take an active role. The Pre-Conference Forum at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN entitled “Lifelong Learning – Policy and Practice in the UK focuses on how lifelong learning can be implemented in the national context. Brian Merison from the British Learning Association tells us more about the British way of bringing forward lifelong-learning concepts.

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“I don’t have the time for this!” Does this sound familiar to you when comes to learning? Lack of time is one of the main reasons given by businesses for not investing in learning. Therefore learning processes need to be fast, just in time, and transparent. How can e-learning support employees in their adoption new knowledge and expertise without going through time-consuming learning processes? How can we benefit from technology-enhanced learning in order to solve concrete problems within complex situations in businesses? Learn and give input regarding the answers to these questions and more at a session lead by Michael Haertel from BIBB, Germany, focusing on “E-learning in the Semantic Age” at this year’s ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN.

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A workshop on "ICT for children with disabilities" will take place on 29th November at this year's Online Educa Berlin. The seminar focuses on the personal growth of children suffering from severe disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism, or Cerebral Palsy, which are considered incurable.

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The online publication of doctoral studies, Master’s theses, and all kinds of academic papers and presentations offers a wealth of resources for researchers and students. For some, it is a temptation they cannot resist. Online plagiarism, the unauthorised copying or citing of someone else’s work without naming the author, is illegal and undermines serious scientific work. It is increasingly becoming a problem for teachers as well as for scientists because it is often hard to detect. Ephorus is a plagiarism control tool that is able to detect copied paragraphs and documents. Assistant professor Nina Ree-Lindstad, Academic Librarian Kristin Røijen, and assistant professor Tone Vold will present different ways to use Euphorus.

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Implementing successful online training is not an easy task. Many factors have to be considered until you can start your training. Ursula Hesselmann from ZF Friedrichshafen AG provides insight into online training for the automotive industry sector.

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The inherent knowledge of our workforce is destined to become one of the most important assets of the global market place, observes Jonathon Levy, Senior Learning Strategist with Monitor Group, USA. Virtual collaboration could be the right means to capture this resource.

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Why do the majority of higher education institutions use ICT to support education? What value does ICT add to the quality of education? How can we control the impact of ICT on education? Dr. Marc Dupuis from the University of Leiden will address these critical issues in his presentation at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN.

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What do students think of e-learning? Why do they cancel online courses for which they have registered? How have the attitudes towards ICT in higher education changed over the last few years? To get answers to these and other questions Dr. Gunilla Mårald from Umeå University in Sweden recently conducted a study about the Swedish Net University. She will present and discuss the findings of her work at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2006.

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Podcasting, widely used in entertainment, journalism, and personal broadcasting, is filtering into education, increasingly catching the attention of the academic community. We urgently need to develop pedagogical models that can be used in supporting and enhancing students’ motivation and learning through these new technologies, say Professor Gilly Salmon and Dr. Palitha Edirisingha from Leicester University in the UK. The two will lead a podcast workshop, offering participants knowledge and insight into how the student learning experience can be improved through podcasts. Participants will have the opportunity to develop podcasts and e-tivities as well as experiment with recording podcasts and integrating them into VLEs.

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When asked about their opinion and use of games, 60% percent of 11-16 year-olds in the UK would like to have games included in their school curricula. No wonder; kids own their own electronic products as well, most often a video game system of some kind, a CD player or a portable music player. While public discussion is still concerned with the negative effects excessive gaming could have on children’s abilities and psychology, the enormous potential for learning experience of so-called “serious games” is coming into the focus of researchers, educators and games producers. Games provide an effective and attractive way of experiential learning – in schools, higher education as well as in workplace training. To reflect the discussions and show perspectives of games in education, ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2006 is dedicating a conference stream to various applications of games-based learning.

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How can you participate in the knowledge society when you cannot see or hear? Can you enroll at a university programme when you are physically disabled? What about elderly people, who often cannot keep up with the pace of technological developments? In many situations, technology is not yet fully accessible to disabled or disadvantaged people, a sad situation considering the great opportunities it offers toward helping to overcome the gap that sometimes separates members of these groups from social and technological development. ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2006 is dedicating a conference track to the various aspects of inclusivity in e-learning.

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Learning how to make learning easier can be a tough thing. Sometimes it’s more effective if you just do it: go and create something. At Online Educa Berlin, Nathan Krackauer will lead a workshop about creating games for learning during which he encourages his audience to get practical instead of just listening to other people’s work. In this session, the participants themselves will start a process of creation.

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Online learning is a change process and means much more than just putting learning content online. This is one of Nils Jörgensen’s basic arguments in his session about online learning at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2006. In his presentation, he explores the main challenges to online learning and addresses basic issues in designing effective learning environments.

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We all know that talent matters: it is an essential asset. We also know how talent contributes to fast-growth organizations and provides real value when optimized. Finally, we know talent transformation requirements are accelerating. Isn’t it time, then, to provide organizations a skills and competency framework to address Talent Transformation requirements, asks Michael L. Brown, Founder and CEO of SkillsNET Enterprises, USA.

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Just in time before we all leave for summer holidays, the organising team of ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN has managed to compile another exciting agenda for the upcoming conference – number 12 in the series of the world’s largest international e-learning event. The line-up of acknowledged e-learning experts from every corner of the globe is again impressive and guarantees a range of substantial presentations, lively discussions, and numerous opportunities to meet with those who drive our e-learning world forward.
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There’s an amazing number of podcasts on the Internet today, but only a few provide comprehensive information and reliable facts, especially when the subject tends to be quite complex. In the case of e-learning, though, that’s not a problem anymore. Just tune in to The World Is Flat and expertise is guaranteed, particularly in the field of informal learning, which will be one of this year’s main topics at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN
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Imagine taking part in a class at a university hundreds of miles away without ever leaving your desk. How about learning and discussing with students from all over Europe as a regular part of your university education? Virtual Mobility is the buzz phrase describing that vision. And with recent developments in ICT, this vision could soon become reality, though there are still some challenges to be faced…
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Digital networks are making the world shrink, enabling people to communicate with like-minded peers without ever having to leave their desk. The full potential of using web communities in an educational context has yet to be explored. They are widely spread, but researchers and users alike still find a lot of questions unanswered…
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In this workshop, higher education institutions in Berlin will present their strategies for implementing e-learning structures. A special focus will be drawn to the question of how to achieve sustainability. Speakers will give an overview of what has been implemented at their organisation and which steps lie ahead …
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