Last week, the Universal Learning Design Conference in Brno was an opportunity to share experiences of all who in their practice, i.e. technologically, organizationally or legally, linguistically, psychologically or pedagogically, provide for the universal learning design at the university level. The conference was held under the auspices Josef Dobeš, the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, and Petr Fiala, the Rector of Masaryk University.

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On March 2011, EU4ALL and the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) will host an advanced stakeholder seminar entitled “Open Educational Resources in European Higher Education”. Renowned keynote speakers and dedicated break-out sessions on Open Platforms and Open Educational Resources will be included. Become part of the latest in “Open Education” and join this front running event. Registration is open as long as places are available (max. 60 -... Read full post

Open technology is playing an increasing role in mediating learning, and the access to learning materials, in particular in case of people with disabilities. On 21 February 2011, at KU Leuven in Belgium, the EADTU will organise an EU4ALL (framework) assessment on this subject, with the inclusion of (adult) students stakeholders and associated learners, in conjunction with the EADTU student council. EU4ALL project partners will designate representatives in frame of... Read full post

EU4ALL FINAL CONFERENCE (10 February 2011)

EU4ALL (European Unified Approach for Accessible Lifelong Learning) is a four years integrated project, partially funded by 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission. This Research and Development project aims at developing a general open and standards-based framework to support the development of accessible and personalised learning services.
This framework offers a set of interoperable standards-based tools that can be... Read full post

ICT2010, the most important European Commission event on R&D (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2010)is starting today!
The conference will include special sessions to present the European Commission priorities for its R&D funds (2.8 billion euros during 2011-2012). The key themes this year are the potential of digital solutions to promote sustainable growth, and the human face of the digital age: the role of ICT in the daily lives of citizens and the importance of... Read full post