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» Newsletter CHECK.point eLearning, European News, 14/08/2014 - www.checkpoint-elearning.com - ISSN 1613-4710
ROER4D Call for Proposals to Study Impact of OERs in Asia Penang (MY), August 2014 - Researchers worldwide are invited to submit their proposals for a study with the theme "Impact of OER in the developing regions of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa". The Canadian and United Kingdom-supported Research on Open Educational Resources for Development programme is being implemented by ICDE member Wawasan Open University, Malaysia. » more Lifetime Learning EdTrIn Reveals Its Innovative Business Model Sheffield (UK), August 2014 - At an event that attracted the UK’s top suppliers of online-delivered learning content, held at the end of July in the Australian High Commission in The Strand, London, Graeme Coomber, CEO of EdTrIn explained his organisation’s aim. The firm aspires to manage a lifetime of learning for large numbers of the world’s population – beginning with those living in the Asia-Pacific, Indian sub-Continent, and MENA regions. » more Summer Release Collaborative Employee Development Redwood Shores, CA (USA), August 2014 – Saba, a global provider of cloud-based intelligent talent-management solutions, has delivered the latest version of its product. It includes many unique features for more holistic, collaborative employee learning and development. » more In-Memory Database Hasso Plattner’s New MOOC on openHPI Potsdam (GER), August 2014 - Extensive worldwide interest in the new main-memory database technology has led the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) to offer a further open online course on this topic. The course, to be held in English, will begin on 01 September on the Institute’s interactive learning platform, openHPI. » more Shifting Gears Program Training Initiative for Soldiers Returning to Civilian Life Waltham, MA (USA), August 2014 - The U.S. Army, General Motors, and Raytheon Company have announced they are teaming up to provide eligible transitioning Army soldiers with skills to become service technicians at GM dealerships after they return to civilian life. » more Advertisement Workplace Behaviour IMC Help Organisations Meet Workplace Diversity Melbourne (AU) / Saarbrücken (GER), August 2014 - Helping employees interpret legislation and develop sound judgment about appropriate workplace behaviour is critical to an organisation’s success. Developing effective and engaging training in-house can be a challenge. To ease this burden on organisations, IMC have joined forces with their longstanding Australian partner BeyondEdge to provide two interactive eLearning workplace-behaviour modules. » more Adapt Learning Learning Pool Launches the Largest Online Catalogue Derry (UK), August 2014 - Adapt Learning, the responsive eLearning framework that’s taking the eLearning industry by storm, has become a lot more interesting. Learning Pool, a founding partner in Adapt has launched its new catalogue of content created in the open-source Adapt framework. » more Win-Win Relationship Security and Support Prompts NMP to Opt for Docebo Naples (I), August 2014 - When New Market Partners (NMP), a USA-based program-services company focusing on the financial-services sector, realized that increases in demand for its training programs meant that it had to deliver those programs online, it chose the Docebo eLearning Platform to help it do so. » more eXact learning LCMS Benefits for Major US Educational Publisher Genoa (I), August 2014 - Carson-Dellosa Publishing, a leading supplementary educational- solutions provider for both teachers and parents in the United States, has chosen eXact learning solutions’ learning-content-management system (LCMS) to be the foundation of its digital-content infrastructure, providing digital asset management and educational content authoring and deployment. » more MOOC To Learn and Design ICT-Based Learning-Design Activities Barcelona (E), August 2014 - The HANDSON project will launch the third edition of the "Learning Design Studio for ICT-based Learning Activities MOOC" on 27 October 2014. The HANDSON consortium is looking for educators to participate in a free, open, and online course (MOOC) that will support educators in the creation and adaptation of lessons and learning activities with the use of ICT tools. » more Advertisement Campus Card Solutions Blackboard Acquires CardSmith Washington, DC (USA), August 2014 - Blackboard has acquired CardSmith, a leading cloud provider of campus-card solutions and turn-key-card-program-management services. CardSmith joins Blackboard's growing set of student-identification services and broadens the credentialing-deployment options the company offers schools and institutions. » more Successful Experience Top 30 List of America’s Most Savvy Online Schools Nashville, TN (USA), August 2014 - OnlineSchoolsCenter.com has released its list of the Top 30 Most Technologically Savvy Online Schools in the United States. The schools listed in the article are among the best of the best when it comes to providing a technologically enhanced online experience that will enable their students to grow and learn in a format that enhances their lives and furthers their career. » more Online Public School Georgia Cyber Academy Expanded Learning Opportunities Atlanta, GA (USA), August 2014 - Georgia Cyber Academy (GCA), a full-time, tuition-free online public school for students in Georgia, will begin their 2014-2015 school year as the program marks its eighth year of operation in the State. GCA uses the award-winning K¹² curriculum to offer students in grades K-12 an exceptional learning experience. GCA offers an individualized learning approach and provides students with the tools they need to succeed both in school and beyond. » more Service Contracts Portable Electronics Present Financial Risks Tallahassee, FL (USA), August 2014 - Half of America’s population now have a tablet computer or e-reader, with college students a significant part of this growing trend, according to a survey released earlier this year by Pew Research Center. These students can't afford to be without their electronic devices, and through coverage provided by service contracts, they can protect their pricey electronics from the drops, spills, and other mishaps that campus life routinely throws their way. » more For Cambridge Alumni Judge Business School Launches Lifelong Electives Cambridge (UK), August 2014 - The Cambridge Executive MBA has announced that it will offer lifelong learning to its graduates through a new annual electives initiative. After graduation from the eighteen-month programme offered by the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, alumni can now return annually to update their knowledge and skills throughout their career. » more Advertisement Symposium OpenSym / WikiSym 2014 Berlin (GER), August 2014 - The tenth International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2014), 27 - 29 August 2014 in Berlin, is the premier conference on open collaboration research and practice, including open access, open data, open educational resources, IT-driven open innovation, open source, wikis and related social media, and Wikipedia research and practice. » more A Vendor-Neutral Look Elliott Masie Announces "The Gamification Game" Saratoga Springs, NY (USA), August 2014 - "Gamification and learning is one of those interesting, evolving, changing, over-hyped, and challenging topics in our field," says Elliott Masie, host and curator of the Learning 2014 conference. The MASIE Center is organizing "The Gamification Game" to explore and examine the role of gamification and learning. » more The Nature of Knowledge The Tenth International Seminar at UOC Barcelona (E), August 2014 - The UOC UNESCO Chair in Education & Technology for Social Change has announced the Call for Demos for its tenth Annual International Seminar, "Revisiting the Fundamentals of Traditional Curricula, R / Evolution: what 'R' Would Mean for Education", to be held in Barcelona, 01 - 02 December 2014. The submission proposals deadline is September 30. » more i-KNOW 2014 Data-Driven Business in Graz Graz (A), August 2014 - The fourteenth International Conference on Knowledge Technologies and Data-Driven Business (i-KNOW 2014) will take place in Graz, Austria, 16 - 19 September 2014. The event will advance research at the intersection of disciplines such as knowledge discovery, semantics, information visualization, visual analytics, and social (semantic) and ubiquitous computing. » more Symposium in Boston TTS Sponsors Performance Support Gathering Heidelberg (GER), August 2014 - Performance support can enable companies to reduce the amount of time spent on conventional training and enhance the way they provide knowledge to employees when they need it: at the "moment of need". » more

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