Founder of International Community for Open Research & Education (ICORE) Dr Christian M. Stracke Appeals to Educators during Speeches at BI2020 in Oslo & ICDE in Moscow. Official ICORE Website. More...

Experts from educational institutions, multinational companies, MOOC providers and MOOC platforms convened at Aalto University in Helsinki on 17 November for this final conference of the MOOCs for Web Talent Network. More...

The Open University conducts ongoing research on emerging trends in education. In their latest report, they highlight the "network effect" and how, with careful management, it could dramatically enhance the education experience.
The Open University's Innovating Pedagogy 2014 report identifies 10 methods of teaching, learning, and assessment that are gaining influence but which have not yet had a major impact on education. More...

The Innovating Pedagogy’s reports have been written by a small group of academics in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University and are intended for teachers, policy makers, academics and anyone interested in how education may change over the next ten years. More...

By Karolina Grodecka. The Horizon 2010 Report predicted that the time-to-adoption of open educational content is a question of one year or less, whereas the Horizon 2013 Report (K-12 Edition) determined this time as two to three years for secondary education. This forecast worked well for Poland: openness in education went beyond the prognosis scale and the predicted trends have already been shaped and secured by governmental, non-governmental and institutional regulations. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. In 3 weeks, Kivuto Solutions is hosting their first conference, titled EdTech Summit 2014.
EdTech Summit draws together influential minds from the education community to investigate the effects – both good and bad - of technology on higher education. Points of discussion will range from MOOCs to e-Textbooks to digital learning content to BYOD programs and flip classrooms. More...

By Peter Thiel. Perhaps the least controversial thing that President Barack Obama ever said was that "in the coming decades, a high school diploma is not going to be enough. Folks need a college degree." This vision is commonplace, but it implies a bleak future where everyone must work harder just to stay in place, and it's just not true. Nothing forces us to funnel students into a tournament that bankrupts the losers and turns the winners into conformists. But that's what will happen until we start questioning whether college is our only option. More...

By Caitlin Skvorc. University of Alaska president Pat Gamble told a joint Rotary Club luncheon Thursday a “silver bullet” solution to budget cuts in education doesn’t exist.
However, there are ways to circumvent potential program closures, at least for now. More...