Threats and opportunities for distance education
Published 25.10.10Speaking at the IDOL & ICEM 2010 Joint Conference and Media Days in Turkey earlier this month, the President of the Commonwealth of Learning, Sir John Daniel, highlighted the importance of promoting quality, equity of access and sound regulatory systems in the face of a new wave of hostility against the values and methods of distance teaching institutions.
ICDE website developments and Facebook page
Published 19.10.10ICDE announces new website features to provide greater interactivity, increased opportunities to become involved and a greater wealth of resources. You can now also join ICDE on Facebook. The ICDE website seeks to be an authoritative reference tool and a virtual meeting place for all actors from the open and distance education community.
UNESCO online consultation on adult education
Published 28.10.10The Belém Framework for Action, adopted by 144 countries at the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI), elaborates recommendations to improve policy, governance, financing, participation and the quality of adult literacy and adult education in the framework of lifelong learning.
UNESCO's regional ICT guide
Published 04.10.10UNESCO’s Bangkok Office has recently released a regional guide on ICT in education, entitled ICT Transforming Education: A Regional Guide. The new publication is aimed at teachers, teacher educators, heads of schools and ICT coordinators in the Asia-Pacific region.
Video interviews on Open Educational Practices
Published 01.10.10Gráinne Conole of the Open University UK has conducted a series of interviews with colleagues from the academic community to collect their thoughts on the opportunities and challenges presented by Open Educational Resources (OER) and moves to define and promote Open Educational Practices (OEP). The videos are available to view and comment on.
News from the OER Community
Published 30.09.10Susan d'Antoni, formally with UNESCO, and the driving force behind the OER Community, provides an update on the activities of this important initiative as it moves to a new home at Athabasca University.
United Nations University online conference on OER
Published 18.10.10The United Nations University Vice Rectorate in Europe (UNU-ViE) invites contributions for online discussions at its third international conference, hosted in collaboration with Science Connect, on 18–24 October 2010.
EDEN Research Workshop: Programme available
Published 13.10.10A detailed programme is now available online for the 2010 European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN) Research Workshop, to be held 25-27 October in Budapest, Hungary.
Sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning
Published 25.10.10The Commonwealth of Learning's Sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning is to be held in India on 24-28 November.
New President of Korea National Open University appointed
Published 07.10.10ICDE member institution Korea National Open University (KNOU) has appointed Prof. Nam Chul Cho as its new President.
News from The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute
Published 27.10.10ICDE member institution, The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), signed a memorandum of understanding with The Hotels & Restaurants Association of Western India (HRA-WI) last month, exemplifying the Institute's commitment to the internationalization of education.
News from the International Telematic University
Published 18.10.10ICDE member institution, the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO (UTIU), sees the first group of students to benefit from its distance learning programme graduate with a dual Italian-Egyptian degree recognised throughout Europe and in Egypt.
4th Conference on e-Learning Excellence in the Middle East
Published 22.09.10ICDE member institution, Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University (HBMeU), will host its Annual Congress in Dubai, UAE 31 January - 3 February 2011. The congress is an international platform for three conferences on e-Learning Excellence, Health and Environment, and Quality in governance, sustainability and corporate social responsibility. The call for papers is now open.
WSIS Forum 2011: Call for participation
Published 27.10.10An open consultation to develop the agenda and format of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum has been launched. The Forum, which will take place 16-20 May 2011, in Geneva, Switzerland, is co-organized by UNESCO.
United Nations University e-learning video
Published 07.10.10The United Nations University Vice Rectorate in Europe (UNU-ViE) has launched its first 'Sticky Concepts' video on e-learning as part of a series of explanatory videos spotlighting complex e-learning ideas and concepts.
ICDLE 2010
Published 21.06.103-5 October 2010
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Languages & The Media
Published 19.04.106–8 October 2010
Berlin, Germany
2010 International Distance Education Advanced Forum
Published 16.06.1010-11 October 2010
Beijing, China
Edge Conference 2010 - e-Learning: the horizon and beyond
Published 12.05.1012-15 October 2010
St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
2010 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
Published 23.09.1012–15 October 2010
Online: 13–15 October
Anaheim, California, USA
International GUIDE Seminar of Virtual Higher Education
Published 27.05.1014-15 October 2010
Florianópolis, Brazil
Curiosity and learning desire - a life-long process
Published 20.09.1015 October 2010
Lillehammer, Norway
E-LEARN 2010 - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education
Published 19.05.1018 - 22 October, 2010
Orlando, Florida
24th Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) Annual Conference
Published 15.03.1026-28 October 2010
Hanoi, Vietnam
E-Learning Symposium 2010 - The Art of E-Learning
Published 24.08.1027 October 2010
Houston, USA
Sixth EDEN Research Workshop
Published 18.05.1025-27 October 2010
Budapest, Hungary