“Building Your Roadmap for 21st Century Learning Environments” is a free planning tool created specifically for school leaders, designed to help them craft a holistic strategy to create 21st century learning environments – classrooms where in addition to traditional subjects crucial skills like critical thinking, communication, creativity and collaboration are practiced, and where students are ultimately equipped with skills needed for college, careers and life-long learning. More...
European Parliament publishes report comparing the use of OER in adult education
The European Parliament has published the study “Adult Education and Open Educational Resources”, highlighting the possibilities offered by the employment of OER within adult learning. More...
A new report of European Schoolnet analyses the integration of coding in school curricula
European Schoolnet has just released “Computing our future: Computer programming and coding - Priorities, school curricula and initiatives across Europe”, an update of a previous report published in 2014. More...
New report recommends closer collaboration between the worlds of education and enterprises to mitigate skill shortages
The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) has published the report “Skill shortages and gaps in European enterprises”, where it analyses the reasons behind the difficulty claimed by some employers to find skilled workers to fill their vacancies. More...
23 October 2015 Ready or not for learning analytics?
LACE project partners in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam are organising a free one day workshop in Amsterdam on 10 December on institutional readiness for learning analytics. More...
MOOCs start to be an alternative to deliver first-class masters and MBAs
MIT’s pilot will also introduce “inverted admissions”, a new way of structuring admissions to a professional master’s programme. Learners worldwide with access to edX will be able to take any of the first semester’s worth of courses online. Those who do well in each course may be entitled to earn an MITx MicroMaster’s, and their performance will significantly enhance their chances of being accepted to the full SCM master’s programme, which they can then complete in a single semester with classes on campus. More...
The UOC Virtual Library leads a group of experts within the EADTU EMPOWER project
The UOC Library participates in the European EMPOWER project, leading one of the experience groups, the one dedicated to "Knowledge Resources". The aim of EMPOWER is to implement new ways of teaching and learning to improve the quality of the learning experience. More...
MacArthur Foundation launches new project focused on youth and digital learning
MacArthur Foundation has announced the launch of Collective Shift, a new non-profit with $25 million in seed funding, and its first project: LRNG. Collective Shift builds on more than ten years of research, design, and implementation in learning and education carried out by the US-based foundation through its Digital Media and Learning programme. More...
The Open Education Europa Teachers Contest launched!
Excellence in education requires a constant drive and passion for improvement, and professional development. Sharing is the heart of Education. The Open Education Europa portal is announcing the Open Education Europa Teachers Contest. More...
The OECD Skills Outlook 2015 shows how improving the employability of youth requires a comprehensive approach
More than 35 million 16-29 year-olds across OECD countries are neither employed nor in education or training. The study “OECD Skills Outlook 2015. Youth, Skills and Employability” makes clear that where education and the labour market co-exist as two separate worlds, it is very difficult for young people to manage the transition from one to the other. More...