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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

Countries that currently attract foreign students to their shores will need to brace for the impact on their local economies, as an ever-increasing proportion of students choose to gain an international education without leaving their home country. The role of the teacher will evolve. Offshoring will become the rule, not the exception.

OER 279
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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

Countries that currently attract foreign students to their shores will need to brace for the impact on their local economies, as an ever-increasing proportion of students choose to gain an international education without leaving their home country. The role of the teacher will evolve. Offshoring will become the rule, not the exception.

OER 224
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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

Flash will still have an impact (at least in the area of mobile learning). The role of the learning leader is shifting from being a program manager to a solution architect. Learning technologies are becoming social, collaborative, and virtual. Closely related will be outsourced, especially off-shore content creation.

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eLearning Conferences

Tony Karrer

www.asmiweb.com/HigherEd/ January 28-29, 2009 Distance Learning as an e-Infrastructures Application : Innovation and Future Trends, New Delhi, India. html March 16-18, 2009 International Conference on e-Learning and Distance Learning , 1 st , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. link] conferences/home-644.html

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

link] February 14-17, 2011 Education 2011-2021 : Global Challenges and Perspectives of Blended and Distance Education presented by DE Hub and the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA), Sydney, Australia. Charles, Missouri, USA. link] February 14-17, 2011 Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain.

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Improving Training Management for Mining Operations

Training Orchestra

Technology will continue to play an even larger role in the mining industry. In the UK, National Occupational Standards (NOS) in mining are in place for a number of roles, with the Mineral Products Qualification Council (MPQC) as the awarding body for ensuring and maintaining these standards. How do we know? What’s Missing?