GroupMooc is a free mobile app that helps users to create and manage course schedule with MOOCs from various providers.
The app creates a study planner based on the MOOCs you have registered for to help you keep track of your assignments and deadlines. More...

On the first day of its annual conference, the OpenCourseWare Consortium announced its new name: the Open Education Consortium. The change reflects the organisation’s commitment to “expand access to education and promote open sharing of knowledge.”
The Open Education Consortium is one of the foremost actors in the field of Open Educational Resources (OER). More...

Leaders from the higher education, learning analytics, and open source fields met at the Open Learning Analytics (OLA) Summit last week to discuss the emerging possibilities of learning analytics combined with open learning/technologies/research.
The summit focused on open system architectures and how teachers and learners can benefit from learning analytics tools to improve the learning experience. More...

Europe’s image in the world could be better: when it comes to economic issues, it has been labelled as the crisis-stricken continent. It is the world’s problem child in terms of growth and development – one of the most affluent regions on the planet, yet it lacks of the ability to reinvent itself. One of the key problems: while hundreds of thousands of well-paid positions in the ICT field remain unfilled, millions of young people grow up without job prospects. There is a clear mismatch between the skills that people have and the ones that are needed in the labor market. With the “MOOCs For Web Talent” initiative, Europe is finally taking action to overcome this gap with new and open educational resources. More...

Well apparently not… According to a survey conducted by the Northeastern University  the three most valuable skills for graduate students to possess are communication skills, interpersonal skills, and adaptability however, only 14% of employers agree that recent graduates possess these skills. More...

On January, 24, 2014, eLearning Industry’s Network launched eLearning Feeds to help eLearning Professionals answer the question, “What’s happening in the eLearning field based on the Top eLearning Blogs”.
Our goal is to provide you with the Top eLearning News on a daily basis based on the Top eLearning Blogs. Today we are thrilled to announce that eLearning Feeds reached the 200 Top eLearning Blogs. Our eLearning Community has grown tremendously over the past 2 months, with over 300 submissions from 25 countries, bringing us to this epic milestone. More...

En el marco de las Jornadas Internacionales de Innovación Docente Virtual USATIC 2014: Ubicuo y Social, Aprendizaje con TIC, http://www.virtualusatic.org que se realizarán totalmente online, se desarrollarán cuatro talleres virtuales de colaboración y formación. Los talleres tienen plazas limitadas, que se asignarán por riguroso orden de inscripción. More...

En el marco de las Jornadas Internacionales de Innovación Docente Virtual USATIC 2014: Ubicuo y Social, Aprendizaje con TIC, http://www.virtualusatic.org que se realizarán totalmente online, se desarrollarán cuatro talleres virtuales de colaboración y formación. Los talleres tienen plazas limitadas, que se asignarán por riguroso orden de inscripción. More...

In the spirit of embracing new technologies that support open learning and informal education, the Open Education Challenge is offering a series of Open Badges to its participants!
The first one, which is already unlocked, is the Candidates' badge. It is a Mozilla Open Badge which belongs to eligible applicants of the Challenge and certifies their status as a candidate. Open Badges are a form of digital certification that any organisation can create and issue to certify a specific skill or achievement. Badges can be displayed it on a website or social networking sites, for example. When someone earns a new badge, they add it to their Mozilla Backpack along with badges from other sources to show their full skill set. More...

Place your two arms straight out in front of you. Imagine the left hand represents teachers; the right hand represents students.
Between them, there’s a big gap. It’s where the transfer of knowledge takes place. Left to right.
Now clasp your hands together and close the gap. This is the way teaching and learning should be; teachers and students together, collaborating. More...