Vijay Kumar: New Pathways and Promises for Learning Opportunities

This world-renowned proponent of open education will be a keynote speaker at the 25th ICDE World Conference in Tianjin, China, 16-18 October 2013, bringing his unique perspective on innovation and technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including on the benefits from MOOCs for an institution, and on the changing economics and ecology of education.

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How MOOCs are derailing Open Education: George Siemens ICDE World Conference keynote

A pioneer of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), George Siemens of Athabasca University, Canada, is one of the impressive list of keynote speakers confirmed for ICDE's World Conference to be hosted by Tianjin Open University, China, 16-18 October 2013. Siemens contends that the most prominent MOOCs are failing the ideals of the Open Education movement.

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ICDE-EDEN cooperation on Open and Distance Learning Futures - leadership for change

At the EDEN Annual Conference to be held in Oslo, Norway, ICDE and EDEN Fellows will organize a workshop on the increasing societal impact of online education and how future scenarios should be met through policy and institutional strategy. This is an important preparatory discussion for the forthcoming ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents meeting organized in conjunction with EDEN and Universidade Aberta, Portugal.

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