Learning Technologies for Schools and Business – London BETT & Learning Technologies
Posted by David Wortley
Early every year, there are 2 significant learning Technologies Conferences and Exhibitions in London, The BETT Show and the Learning Technologies Show. BETT SHOW (http://www.bettshow.com/) The BETT Show was held at the London Excel Arena on January 27/28. The primary focus of this annual event is to showcase the educational technologies used in…
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Testing of the Accessibility Tools for Beaconing
Posted by Hands Free Computing
Testing is under way on 'Accessabar', an accessibility tool which will be integrated into the BEACONING Platform. With the help of INESC in Portugal, blind and visually impaired users will participate in the usability assessment of Accessabar. The users will test the compatibility with screen readers and other assistive software, as well as…
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BEACONING working meeting at Madrid
Posted by admin
At the beginning of February 2017, the project partners were invited to participate at the Integration Design Workshop in Madrid, Spain, held by UCM - University Complutense of Madrid. The objectives of the meeting were to: validate the architecture of each of the BEACONING components; validate the overall architecture of the BEACONING Platform…
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escolaglobal®, 600-student school group from Portugal, will follow and experiment with BEACONING pervasive technology
Posted by Leonel Morgado
The escolaglobal® school group, from Santa Maria da Feira county (Portugal), encompassing 600 alunos, is developing since 2015 an educational technology effort in every room, in the hands of every student, from preschool to secundary ("sixth form") levels - TeK.escolaglobal, in cooperation with researchers from Universidade Aberta and Universidade de Coimbra. Going beyond…
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Gamification World Congress (GWC 2016)
Posted by sarnab75
The Gamification World Congress hosts enthusiasts, evangelists, practitioners, researchers, designers and developers of gamified solutions for commercial, environment, health and education applications. I have had the privilege to speak at the event twice and this year the Beaconing project was shortlisted for the Best Education Project award. More HERE
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