http://blog.nelearning.org fostering education through technology Thu, 17 May 2007 12:36:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Event Date: May 21, 2007 Location: UK Consulate Great New Panel Has Just Been Added Keynote Speaker: PROFESSOR ROBERT STONE, Director,Human Interface Technologies, Chair Interactive Multimedia Systems University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Additional panelists include Scot Osterweil, Research Manager, Education Arcade(MIT) and Kent Quirk, Chief Technical officer at CogniToy. By 2008 40% of U.S. ... http://blog.nelearning.org/archives/2007/05/17/serious-games-human-science-in-design/ Event Date: January 17, 2:00pm EST Join thought leader and eLearning guru Clark Aldridge as he shares his thoughts on the learning Games and Simulation design arena. Many conversations about simulations seize up due to conflicting definitions, expectations, and experiences. Meanwhile, others have brought together simulation, game, and pedagogical elements into highly ... http://blog.nelearning.org/archives/2007/01/02/webinar-cutting-through-the-simulation-babel/ Event Date: December 5, 2006 Don’t miss the chance to participate in this great event! You will be able to be part of an international videoconference discussion on award winning learning programs in the financial services sector. You can read the original description, or register here. Directions and parking information is available here. http://blog.nelearning.org/archives/2006/12/04/international-videoconference-on-financial-services-learning-programs/ Event Date: November 28, 2006 Roadblocks to Learning Technology: How to go around, over, and through the roadblocks to a successful eLearning implementation Please join us as CMASTD and NELA come together to present a lively panel discussion on the Roadblocks to Learning Technology. Come learn about the roadblocks to deploying learning technology ... http://blog.nelearning.org/archives/2006/11/20/roadblocks-to-learning-technology/ Updated New Event Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 NELA and SHARE Boston join together for a special mid-day boxed lunch broadcast from both Switzerland and Cambridge. Esteemed experts from both sides of the world will discuss successful award winning learning programs in the financial services sector. What is the world of ... http://blog.nelearning.org/archives/2006/10/11/transatlantic-videoconference-series-on-innovations-in-elearning/ While thunderstorms and horrible traffic on 128 may have kept some attendees away and made others late (including me!), last night's NELA Choice Awards was a great success.  All who attended felt that the event was a great format and provided an exciting way to see many different e-Learning concepts ... http://blog.nelearning.org/archives/2006/06/15/nela-choice-awards-final-results/ Event Date: June 14th  The presentations for the NELA Choice Awards are in!  There are still a few people that we are following up with, but here is the current list of presentations for Wednesday: Ted Coine, Coiné Corporate Training - "Developing eLearning Content for New Computer Users" Nurit Bloom, Bright Horizons - ... http://blog.nelearning.org/archives/2006/06/12/nela-choice-awards-presenters/ Event Date: June 14, 2006 Do you have an elearning story to share?  NELA will be hosting a session on June 14th, 2006 entitled “The NELA Choice Awards – Users Sharing Stories” -- Best Practices and Lessons Learned. You are invited to present lessons you learned or best practices you discovered, for example: in a ... http://blog.nelearning.org/archives/2006/05/02/nela-choice-awards-jun-06/ Postponed: Event Date TBD Please join practiced and knowledgeable panelists from Bayer Healthcare and others who will share their experiences of boosting their organization's marketing efforts through elearning education and training. More information and registration coming soon! http://blog.nelearning.org/archives/2006/04/28/event-05-24-06/ For those of you who could not make it to last night's panel discussion, Creating a Learning Culture in a Biotech Setting, or for those of us who continue to talk about it, here are some brief notes on the event. We started the panel with a brief introduction from each ... http://blog.nelearning.org/archives/2006/03/31/mar-30-06-discussion/