It is certainly true that some aspects of more traditional face-to-face education are more difficult to take online. For example, any training that requires the student to use a tool following a demonstration or any training involving group work will require a lot of thought and would be a real challenge to replicate online without […]
On 9 March 2020, the Republic of Cyprus confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus. Quickly thereafter, the government began taking measures in response to the pandemic. The state closed down borders. Nurseries, schools, churches and mosques were to close until further notice. Hotels, construction sites, factories followed. At the time of writing (1 April), […]
Distance education has been around for quite some time, with “correspondence” education eventually being surpassed by elearning and blended learning. Since the introduction of technology, delivering distance learning courses has been available to anyone, but how can you get started? Course Delivery Most elearning courses are now delivered via specialist LMS systems (Learning management systems). […]
Using Online Training to detect, prevent, respond to and control the virus The World Health Organisation developed a free learning platform three years ago with emergencies like Covid-19 in mind. The online course was quickly developed to give real time knowledge from WHO experts and published on January 26th, 4 days before the Coronavirus was […]
Networking The EADL has members in 18 different countries and we regularly attract visitors from all over Europe to the conference. This gives you opportunities to network with distance and elearning practitioners from many different countries. This year’s conference is being held in the Central European country of Germany with great travel links from all […]
Dr. Lisa Marie Blaschke is program director of the Master in Management of Technology Enhanced Learning (MTEL) at the Center for Lifelong Learning (C3L), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany. Previously, she was program director and an associate professor (adjunct) within the Master of Distance Education and E-Learning (MDE) at the University of Maryland […]
Saloua Lemrini and Maaike Bongers from the Netherlands work at Dirksen Opleidingen a technical training institute that specialises in providing high-quality IT, electronics and telecommunications training. Saloua has twice delivered very exciting and well received workshops on VR and 360 photography. Maaike joins us for the first time in Berlin. In their own words, they […]
Which of us is not interested in learning? We all grow and develop each day, based on the new knowledge that we have acquired in the previous 24 hours. When I first began teaching public relations more than 30 years ago, courses were taught in a specific location, at dedicated times, by particular lecturers, to […]
Andreas Kambach has over 25 years of experience in training, coaching and personnel development with a focus on sales and concept development. He is managing director of a renowned training institute with locations in Hamburg and Leipzig as well as subsidiaries abroad. In the past, he was also a member of the board of the […]
Dr. Anja C. Wagner is the CEO of Frollein Flow. Anja deals with user experience and educational politics in the process of digital transformation. In the last two decades, she managed a lot of digital education projects for (big) companies, universities, NGOs and independent initiatives. There are also ten years of teaching and research in […]