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31 mars 2013

Students' attitudes towards ICT learning uses

Students' attitudes towards ICT learning uses: a comparison betweeen digital learners in blended and virtual universities.
This study focuses on the analysis of students’ ICT uses and perceptions in academic contexts comparing two groups of students: those attending to an online university versus students at traditional universities that provide access to a virtual campus and offer some blended courses.

The paper aims to clarify issues relating to the types of activities that technologies support in everyday and academic life. The initial hypothesis is that the use of technology to support learning is related with the type of actions and tasks being carried out on a daily basis and therefore it is also influenced by the academic learning context, in this case the university model (online or face-to-face/blended).
Additional documents: BlendedLearningGarciaEscofetGros.

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31 mars 2013

unX: Learning Network for Ibero-American Entrepreneurs

unX is the first Ibero-American community that offers collaborative and open learning to digital entrepreneurs. Through unX, entrepreneurs can access MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) relevant to their career needs.
Fundación CSEV presenta la Comunidad unX en el Día de la UNED
Daniel Torres, el Director General del Centro Superior para la Educación Virtual (CSEV) explicó el funcionamiento de la comunidad de emprendimiento digital para Iberoamérica unX, a los miembros de las corporaciones locales y de los centros asociados de la UNED, en el marco de la clausura de los actos de conmemoración del 40 años de la Universidad.
Con la presencia del Secretario General de Universidades del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Federico Morán Abad, durante el "Día de la UNED" de este año, en homenaje a todos los alcaldes, presidentes de diputación, miembros de los Patronatos de la UNED y Directores de Centros Asociados de toda España durante estos 40 años de vida de la Universidad, el Director General de CSEV, Daniel Torres, destacó el impacto que la Comunidad unX está teniendo en Iberoamérica, en particular en países como Brasil.
Para Torres, la importancia de la Comunidad unX está en la parte social de la misma, ya que permite un aprendizaje desde la colaboración y la afinidad de los participantes. "Estamos apostando por un modelo abierto, enriquecido y modulable, en la que la parte social es fundamental. Los miembros de la Comunidad unX comparten sus experiencias multiplicando el porcentaje de empleabilidad y el emprendimiento".
Con más de 10.000 participantes, el futuro de la comunidad unX está en plena expansión. "Nuestra misión es seguir innovando para que todo aquel que se anime a ser parte de la Comunidad unX, pueda tener las herramientas que demanda la Economía Digital", aseveró Torres.

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31 mars 2013

Registration now open for online training courses on the use of social media aimed at LLP Projects

Are you a Lifelong Learning project manager? Looking to expand your social media tool kit? Web2LLP offers a 10-hour online Social Media course to LLP project managers during April-May 2013.
Web2LLP project partners have launched a series of free online training courses about the use of web strategies and social media tools aimed at anyone involved in European projects supported under the Lifelong Learning Programme.
The course is broken down into 5 modules of 2-hour sessions for participants in various countries, with sub-groups in English (starting on 30 April), French (starting on 19 April), and talian (starting on 23 April). The following topics will be featured:
-Setting up a web strategy and communication action -Selecting and choosing social media tools
-Managing and measuring your social media
-Sharing online content and complying with copyright laws.
An additional session will allow participants to hear from veteran managers so as to learn from their past experience and troubleshoot any current problems. Register for one or more sessions here, and you will receive an e-mail with the webinar link(s).
The project web site now contains a wealth of resources on the topic of social media including video tutorials, showcases, downloadable versions of the 3 course handbooks, a helpdesk and FAQ service along with links to other useful materials and resources. Contact us at info@web2llp.eu. Follow us on Twitter @web2LLP.

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31 mars 2013

The EFQUEL Innovation Forum

The EFQUEL Innovation Forum is the leading conference for practitioners in international quality and innovation in e-learning, training and development. The 8th EIF takes place at the Open University Catalunya in Barcelona.
EFQUEL welcomes different types of contributions to the EIF2013. Read more about the topic to be addressed and find submission information via this page on the EIF2013 website.
The financial crisis and a regime of austerity pose a great challenge to innovation in education, training and learning in Europe, both in the public and the private sector. The question where and how e-learning can add value to providing a high quality education is put into the center every more. After a decade of quality assurance and development in e-learning, the field today has broadened significantly. Two facts have become apparent: on the one hand, quality has become a synonym for continuous improvement, innovation and organizational development and has moved beyond assuring conformity and standardization. On the other hand it is evident that quality development has become mainstream practice in every educational institution and is important for all learning provision. Both developments are a sign that the quality debate in e-learning has moved from early stages of development and try-out to a more professionalized practice.
With a new wave of e-learning emerging through new and fascinating developments like Open educational resources, MOOCs and social media in learning and a decade of intense development of quality criteria, methods and management approaches it is time to extract the scientific essence: Where do we stand today in quality development in e-learning? What has proved working well? What is the orientation for the future? Which new and emerging fields and technologies are posing new challenges to quality development? While the past years have seen a lot of adoption of traditional quality approaches to new fields, as well as the developments of new quality approaches today we invite the contributions to the following themes:Quality in e-learning: Criteria, processes, methodologies

Quality for new emerging technologies and pedagogies (e.g.MOOCs)
Quality, E-Assessment and testing with e-learning.

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31 mars 2013

State budget officers seek overhaul of university funding

By Lisa Lambert. Public colleges and universities face a funding crunch, state budget officers from across the country said on Wednesday, as the fiscal watchdogs called for reforms and even broached the possibility of boosting state spending to limit tuition increases. The National Association of State Budget Officers joined a chorus of voices calling to make college affordable and also suggested increased state spending could keep tuition in check. State budget officers rarely advocate for appropriations or policy. Read more...

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