An in-depth look into the current situation and trends in e-learning across Europe.
The quest of today’s learning communities is to creatively uptake and embed emerging technologies in order to stay up to speed with changing learning content and platforms, while also satisfying learners’ needs and coping with limited...
Learning objects and open contents have been named in the Horizon reports in 2004 and 2010 respectively, predicting their impact in the short term due to the current trend of offering open content for free on the Web. OER repositories should adapt...
Companies that need training and development services increasingly operate in more than just one country, language and culture. Succeeding in a complex, multinational, customer-tailored training project takes more than a good concept. The concept...
This report discusses the initial results of a 4-year FP7 research project that developed a theoretical model and worked on the creation and evaluation of a range of ‘Mirror’ apps based on our Mirror reflection model. The findings divulge how the...
Following the stories of three learners on the distance learning option of a Masters degree in Public Health, this paper presents findings that suggest that with distance learning programmes, both technology and pedagogy are vital and interdependent...
The project SKILL2E aims to equip students on international work placements with intercultural competences. The model proposes a double loop learning cycle in which a shared online diary using guided questions is used for reflection. Preliminary...
This paper proposes a conceptual framework that might be used as a point of departure for theoretical and empirical analyses of the role of (T)VET systems in order to provide the opportunity to identify the factors which contribute to social,...
Open educational resources (OER) and, more recently, open educational practices (OEP) have been widely promoted as a means of increasing openness in higher education (HE). Thus far, such openness has been limited by OER provision typically being...
The use of the Internet has opened to academic world new opportunities that require policy makers, to address an entire novel set of concerns, according to Pestana (2011). "The knowledge, expertise, creativity and innovation have become key factors...
This article by Brian Bailey was published on Digital Culture & Education, volume 3, issue 2.