E-Learning soll die Unis revolutionieren, doch der Umsturz lässt auf sich warten. Neben einigen Professoren voller Enthusiasmus wehren sich noch immer viele gegen das Online-Lernen. Begründung: Die vergangenen 2000 Jahre waren doch ganz gut.
Mancher Professor habe sich schon gefühlt "wie die Droschkengäule bei der Einführung des Automobils", sagt Professor Bernhard Kempen, Präsident des Deutschen Hochschulverbandes. Lernen via Internet sollte die Hochschulen revolutionieren, doch der prophezeite Umsturz blieb bislang aus. Inzwischen, sagt Kempen, habe der Hype um E-Learning, Online-Seminare und virtuelle Vorlesungen einer gewissen "Ermattung" Platz gemacht. Mehr...

In its 75th anniversary year, ICDE has teamed up with The International Museum of Distance Education & Technology to provide access to a library documenting the organization's history. ICDE's roots go back to the first World Conference, which was held in Victoria, Canada in 1938. This was also the year in which the then International Council for Correspondence Education was inaugurated.
The Museum of Distance Education & Technology, a project that has its roots in research carried out at ICDE member institution, The Pennsylvania State University, was created by Will Diehl and supported by College of Education faculty members Michael G. Moore, Melody Thompson and Fred Schied. Will Diehl is currently the Coordinator of Online Graduate Programs in the Department of Education at the University of New England in the US. The Museum of Distance Education. More...

Date: 23 May 2014
Start Time: 10:00 am
Location/venue: Riverside East Robert Gordon University Garthdee Road Aberdeen , Scotland, AB10 7GJ
This workshop aims:

• To equip delegates with the knowledge and skills to create accessible and inclusive Moodle environments so as to enhance the Distance Learning experience. More...

By Diana Kulchitskaya. Coursera, a U.S.-based online education site, plans to reach its already thriving Russian audience by translating its material into Russian.
The California-based firm, which has 5 million registered users, is cooperating with the Russian company ABBYY Language Services, which will use crowdsourcing to translate the courses. More...