Excellent video by OECD explaining the link between skills, employment and growth.
Bottom line: better skills & education lead to better (paid) jobs & careers.

In our fast-changing world new jobs and opportunities appear every day.
One of the critical 21st skills for all is keeping up with the pace and updating our skills by life-long learning and continuous professional development.
Interesting video by European Commission's DG for Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion.

13 min video showcasing the winners of the Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge 2012. UW Maya Island was present too!
Fore more information, check out: http://fvwc.army.mil/?p=448

SPARX is a 3d video game intervention that addresses depression of young people through gaming.

For more check out:

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/04/a-video-game-designed-to-tr...

http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e2598

Finally, accredited postgraduate degrees fully online in Greek. Theology -surpringly!- leads the way.

One step closer to gesture-based computing.

Video invitation to VWBPE conference in Second Life. Don't miss it!

News report about a cutting-edge application of 3d virtual immersive environments and simulations for innovative engineering to speed-up, improve prototype design and research & development.

Brainwaves-controlled board; not very safe but incredibly cool!

More information: Chaotic Moon Labs, http://www.chaoticmoon.com/labs/chaotic-moon-labs-board-of-imagination/

Impessive demonstration of google's free audio translation service.
I will try it too...

What will work, education and business look like in 2019? Interesting 2009 video from Microsoft.

Awesome video about the integration of technology in our everyday life and especially the workplace. Virtual, 3d and real become one. Distant synchronous collaboration a breeze.

An interesting professional development project linking learning with elements of popular MMORGs.

Social media is important because it allows us to link for free with people anywhere anytime. Ignore it at your own peril.

Interesting video with stats and data on world-wide internet use.

Interesting presentation revealing the thoughts and value behind Athabasca University's new social learning platform enabling a shift from (easy & hard) instructor-centered towards (difficult & soft) student-centered online learning.

Innovative science teaching from the 70s: A creative way to simulate & demonstrate a complex biological process through dancing.

Watch how UOC incorporates the principles of open education into the new technology platform it developed and operates since June 2010.

Great web-based implementation of a university virtual campus for attracting new students.

A fun language learning training session in Second Life.