[Open-education] Fwd: March 2014 – Top news and opportunities from Open Education Europa

[Marieke Guy]

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Subject: 	March 2014 – Top news and opportunities from Open Education 
Europa
Date: 	Sat, 12 Apr 2014 00:41:00 +0200
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The overlap is growing between the physical and virtual worlds (Internet 
of Things, 3D printing, augmented reality, etc.). What are the 
implications and opportunities for education? A call for papers is now 
open for the next issue of eLearning Papers on *Learning in cyber 
physical worlds. *The deadline is April 27. Read More 
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Issue 37 is a special issue on MOOCs, featuring four in-depth articles 
and six reports from the field selected from the new research presented 
at the European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit. Read More 
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**Highlighted News**
Opening up Slovenia 
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At the OCWC conference in Ljubljana, European Commissioner Androulla 
Vassiliou will preside over the announcement of *Opening up Slovenia*, a 
new national-level initiative to foster innovation and openness in 
education. Read More 
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Highlighted Event
9th EFQUEL Innovation Forum 
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The *9th EFQUEL Innovation Forum* and the *LINQ 2014 conference* will 
take place jointly on *May 7-9 in Crete, Greece*. The event theme is 
/achieving quality in open education/. Read More 
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MOOCs Scoreboard 
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52 new European MOOCs came online in March. France had the highest 
growth rate of 19%. Starting this month, users can now download the 
scoreboard data as an Excel spreadsheet. Read More 
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Highlighted MOOC
Modeling and simulation 
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*Modeling and simulation* is the starting point for most technical 
progress. It allows us to plan, design, visualise, and understand 
certain aspects of the world. The course starts April 22. Read More 
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**Highlighted Project**
Open Education Challenge 
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*The Open Education Challenge *received over 600 applications from 74 
countries worldwide, representing a wellspring of innovative 
technologies and practices that are poised to transform education. Read 
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Charles Jennings, founder of the 70:20:10 forum and speaker at Corporate 
Learning Week Europe, gives an interview about the changing trends in 
workplace learning. Read More 
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