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Published: Thursday, 17 May 2012
Innolukio to inspire upper secondary schools and students in Finland

This week the Innolukio project was launched which is targeted to all Finnish upper secondary school students. Innolukio is a learning platform that aims to increase interactivity, create connections between students, enterprises and universities and to exploit students´ creativity as a national resource. The project also works as an accelerator in developing upper secondary schools and raising their profile.

Published: Monday, 7 May 2012
EFQUEL Innovation Forum website

The organisers of the EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2012 which is taking place in Granada on 5-7 September have extended their call for papers to 31 May. This forum focuses on the following questions:  how can we turn our traditional educational institutions into (r)evolutionary leading organisations? and how can innovation be stimulated? At the same time the conference will observe and analyse how open innovation can be used to transform today's educational institutions. Find out more from the conference website.

Published: Monday, 30 April 2012
SETT Home page

 Mats Öström, from VISCED partner Ross Tensta Gymnasium in Sweden took part in the SETT Conference on April 25-26. This event targets teachers in Sweden and includes a large number of seminars aimed at helping teachers succeed in the classroom and advising them on how best to use different tools. This event provided a good mix of theory and practice and was accompanied by an exhibition area where you could find several providers of LMS, tools for scheduling, publishing companies and other companies that make tools for education.

Published: Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning's call for presentations closes 7 May

The 18th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, entitled "At A Crossroads: Online Education in a Complex World", is accepting submissions for presentations and workshops until 7 May 2012. This year's conference will take place on 10-12 October 2012 in Florida, USA. The conference tracks highlight and demonstrate research, application and effective practices in areas such as: K-12 Online Education; Open, Global, Mobile; and Technology and Emerging Learning Environments.

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