Registrations open for the 2018 OEB pre-conference events

Beautiful summer flowers in Germany; but the OER conference will take place in December 2018

Technology and learning goes hand in hand. In ancient times the only tools available to teach knowledge and skills were demonstration and repetition. Education got a boost when language was developed and the next tool added to the educators' toolbox was writing. The printing press was the next revolutionary tool and currently the development of technology is  changing education in the fourth communication revolution. The rapid expanding of technology is causing a challenge to educators who find it hard to keep up with developments and making choices on what to use for the most effective support. One way to stay on top with developments for education, is to attend conferences focused on incorporating technology into education.

The 2018 OEB conference will take place in Berlin from 5 to 7 December and registrations for the conference and pre-conference workshops are open. The theme for this year's conference is Learning to love learning. Sub-themes include instilling curiosity, dynamic learning, training and future-oriented skills, Nascent technologies to change learning, developing learning professionals' skills and implementing complex change and  measurable results and data collection pay-offs.

Here is what you can expect from the conference:
OEB Global includes Learning Technologies Germany  and will focus on learning and technology developments. The cross-sector focus ensure that exchange between the corporate, education and public service sectors takes place when more than 2000 international learning professionals from more than 80 countries meet. The sessions will take place in various formats, including: hands-on workshops, plenaries, interactive breakout sessions, discussions and debates, labs, demos and performances.

Some of the interesting topics of the workshops are:
How to easily create and use videos for teaching and learning
How to create innovative learning spaces
Cultivating lifelong learners
Newcomers guide to OEB
Flipped classroom design through open online sources
Designing a Runkeeper-type app for studying
Getting radically improved data from learner feedback
Some of the workshops are also free of charge.