The Metaverse in Education When we talk about the Metaverse, images of VR headsets generating vibrant avatars often come to mind. It’s a world that uses augmented reality solutions and decentralised technology to drive connection an... Read More February 15, 2022 News
Interview with Nelly Ben Hayoun Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun Speaking at NASA Ames research center This year's OEB is all about the skills people need to survive and prosper in a new age of uncertainty. Conference participants will be asked to co... Read More August 30, 2017 News
Using data to promote student success August 28, 2017 News Advertorial by OEB Silver Sponsor DXTERA INSTITUTESM The DXtera Institute is a non-profit organisation that uses student data to promote student success rates in colleges and universities. The organisation provide training, knowledge, and expe... Read More
Uncertainty, Ethics and My Little Pony: How the Moral Tale is Changing and What it Means Could changes in the way we tell stories reflect wider changes in society? Dr Aleks Krotoski clearly thinks so. A keynote speaker at this year’s OEB Global, she will argue that the classic morality tale is chan... Read More June 28, 2017 News
Civilisation-Level Change in Education from “improving individuals” to “bettering their world” by Marc Prensky Most people who attend conferences such as OEB already realise that the education we give our young people no longer prepares them adequately for our rapidly evolving future. Even i... Read More June 27, 2017 News
Ethics in Artificial Intelligence: what the future holds – speaking to Inge de Waard May 11, 2017 News Dr Inge de Waard works as a strategic instructional designer for InnoEnergy Europe and is an avid enthusiast for open science. Her focus and knowledge spans many areas in the digital learning sphere: from MOOCs to individual online learning types, self-directe... Read More
The OEB 2015 Debate: “the forgotten basics” Under the chairmanship of Dr Harold Elletson, the motion posed in this year’s plenary debate was 'This House believes 21st Century skills aren’t being taught - and they should be’. The future of education and t... Read More December 16, 2015 News
David Price Twitter chat highlights OEB 2015 keynote speaker David Price, a learning futurist and best-selling author, hosted a Twitter chat around the theme: How will we work, live and learn in the future? Co-founder of the culture ... Read More December 10, 2015 News
The OEB Debate: ‘This house believes that data is corrupting education’ December 10, 2014 News As big data dominated much of the discussion at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, anticipation was high for the light-hearted yet intellectually serious battle over the controversial motion: 'This house believes that data is corrupting education'. By George Bo... Read More
What do we want? Web literacy, now! Mozilla's Open Badges Is the web of the future a weird and wild place, chaotic and slightly frightening; or is it a happier place where strangers collaborate to teach and learn from one another? A bit of bo... Read More July 14, 2014 News
