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| EFQM and Kirkpatrick |
| Self-evaluation for Quality Development |
 Nancy (FR), July 2010 - Self-evaluation is part of internal quality assurance: the process of reviewing the quality of one’s own performance and provision. According to the EFQM definition, self-evaluation or self-assessment refers to a comprehensive, systematic, and regular review of an organization's activities and results referenced against the EFQM model. The self-assessment process allows the organization to discern its strengths clearly and areas in which improvements can be made. It culminates in planned improvement actions, which are then monitored for progress. [more...] |
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| Serious Games |
| CrossKnowledge Launches Third Generation |
| London (UK), July 2010 – CrossKnowledge argues that learning is at its best when linked to having fun. In this vein, they have announced the launching of unique third-generation serious games from September 2010 onwards. [more...] |
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| Guidance |
| Aurion Learning Celebrates Launch of Informing Families |
 Belfast (Northern Ireland), July 2010 - Informing families that their child has a disability is never an easy task, but now some help is at hand. The National Federation of Voluntary Bodies and Equality, Disability, and Mental Health Minister John Moloney have launched the Informing Families Project, which has culminated in the development and launch of a range of tools and materials designed to support best practice at the time of a child's diagnosis with a disability. [more...] |
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| Toolkit |
| Free Compliance Question Bank from Saffron |
| London (UK), July 2010 - As instructional designers know, writing effective test questions is one of the most difficult parts of their job. To provide assistance with this tricky task, Saffron Interactive has released a bank of questions that can be used to support compliance training courses. [more...] |
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| Public Sector |
| Making the Most of a Tight Training Budget |
| Bath (UK), July 2010 - Following the cuts, the job losses, and the pay freezes, the public sector is faced with having to continue to provide the same service with considerably less to offer staff. However there is something the public sector can do in order to keep staff motivated and better prepared to handle what lies ahead: Training. [more...] |
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| Appointment |
| New Chief Learning Officer at Certpoint |
| Roslyn Heights, NY (USA), July 2010, Certpoint Systems, a provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, has announced the appointment of Denis Finnegan as the company’s Chief Learning Officer. Denis will oversee the effective implementation of Certpoint Systems’ learning platform across its client base. [more...] |
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| Language Learning |
| EF Englishtown Wins Prestigious Education Award |
 Hong Kong (HK), July 2010 - The online English language school EF Englishtown has received a Comenius-EduMedia Award recognizing excellence in educational multimedia services. The awards are given out by Germany’s Society of Pedagogy and Information and are recognized throughout Europe for spotlighting outstanding products in the field of high-tech educational media. [more...] |
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| Assessment |
| Questionmark adds Multilingual Interfaces |
| Norwalk, CT (USA), July 2010 – Assessment-software provider Questionmark has announced the latest version of the Questionmark™ Perception™ assessment- management system, which features new multilingual administrative, scheduling, browser-based authoring, and reporting interfaces available in English, German and Dutch. [more...] |
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| Sharing Knowledge |
| The Commonwealth of Learning in Action |
| Vancouver, BC (CA), July 2010 - Participants at a Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) training workshop in Maldives developed course materials for a Diploma in Sustainable Agriculture for Small States. This is VUSSC’s first diploma-level programme. [more...] |
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| Quality Video |
| Tixeo Chooses Google's VP8 for HD Web Conferencing |
 Montpellier (FR), July 2010 – In February this year, Google acquired On2 Technologies and its famous VP8 codec. The search-engine giant has recently released the source, providing a free alternative to H.264. Many industry leaders such as Mozilla, Logitech, and Nvidia, have since announced they will soon support the codec, making it the future standard of Internet video. [more...] |
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| Case study |
| Center of Excellence in Instructional Design |
| Fremont, CA (USA), July 2010 – The production process of Emantras, a provider of comprehensive eLearning-related services, involves research and analysis, brainstorming, development, and reviews. The firm’s output has proven to be quality learning solutions focused on the learner’s needs. [more...] |
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| Mobile Content |
| Xyleme Partners with Chicago Police Department |
| Boulder, CO (USA), July 2010 – Mark Hellinger, Xyleme's President and CEO, made a presentation with Sgt Joseph Del Pilar of the Chicago Police Department at the eLearning Guild's mLearnCon conference in San Diego last month. The talk highlighted a mobile performance solution to deliver relevant and personalized information to Chicago police officers' mobile devices at the point of performance. [more...] |
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| New Member |
| Adobe Joins European Foundation for Quality in eLearning |
| London (UK), June 2010 - By joining the European Foundation for Quality in ELearning (EFQUEL), Adobe is providing their support to the academic, corporate, and government sectors to promote and support the production of high-quality eLearning content. One of the targets of the EFQUEL is to develop suitable standards to ensure the creation and the management of high-quality eLearning content that can be produced with Adobe’s eLearning Suite. [more...] |
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| Learning Pass |
| CrossKnowledge and TELL ME MORE Sign Agreement |
| London (UK), July 2010 – SMEs are actively adopting new training solutions such as online learning, which allows them to efficiently train their employees without the large productivity drops and travel expenses associated with traditional instructor-led programmes. Recognising this, CrossKnowledge and TELL ME MORE have designed LEARNING PASS, which fuses two solutions into one integrated offering. [more...] |
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| Collaborative Community |
| Sharing Questions and Answers on LearningGuide Manager |
| Milton Keynes (UK), July 2010 - LearningGuide Solutions has launched an online collaborative site using the NingTM social-media platform. The site enables authors using LearningGuide's single-source authoring environment to participate in a community where they can share ideas, provide product feedback, and read blogs and forum postings. [more...] |
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