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Saarbruecken (GER), December 2018 - The term "blockchain" has become something of a buzzword in 2018, particularly when referencing cryptocurrencies – such as Bitcoin – and other burgeoning digital payment formats. » MORE

London (UK), December 2018 - Marc Zao-Sanders, CEO and co-founder of Filtered, has revealed that the company has completed a successful API integration with Fuse Universal for telecommunications company Colt. The purpose was to bring learning recommendations to Colt's 5,000 staff through the Fuse Universal platform. » MORE

Helsinki (FIN), December 2018 - Finnish education technology company Seppo.io and their German Partner asknet AG bring the award winning pedagogical gamification platform Seppo to Germany's university markets. » MORE

London (UK), December 2018 - PeopleUnboxed has launched a brand-new learning app called MemoryBox, which uses a unique spaced repetition algorithm to support knowledge retention. Gamification elements encourage learners to spend just a few minutes every day answering questions specifically tailored to them, delivering a truly personalised learning experience. » MORE

Lake Mary, FL (USA), December 2018 - IMS Global Learning Consortium, a leading non-profit collaborative advancing edtech interoperability, innovation, and learning impact, has announced a mutual agreement with the EUNIS (European University Information Systems), the association of information technology services in European higher education and research. » MORE

Gloucester (UK), December 2018 - The increasingly well-known eLearning supplier Engage in Learning has announced that it will be releasing a new course on unconscious bias in January. While Engage in Learning’s existing programme on unconscious bias is intended for managers, the new course is focused on helping all levels of staff to identify unconscious bias – and take steps of overcome it. » MORE

London (UK), December 2018 - PeopleFluent Learning has released a new version of NetDimensions LMS, a state-of-the-art learning management system. NetDimensions LMS 14.1, which integrates with gomo, includes updates to reporting, notifications, licensing options, and token payment features. » MORE

Heidelberg (GER), December 2018 - Heidelberg-based learning specialist tts has launched a new version of its performance support software tt performance suite. Besides improved stability and gamification elements to boost learners’ motivation, the fall release offers numerous new functions of particular interest to authors. "Feedback from our user group revealed that many users want more support when it comes to creating interactive learning content," explains tts Product Manager Britt Bürgy. » MORE

London (UK), December 2018 - Totara Learning has just released Totara Learn 12, the latest version of its enterprise learning management system (LMS). Totara Learn uses open source technology providing organisations with full flexibility, scalability, and control over the learning experience. » MORE

Vienna (A), December 2018 - What is the value of academic knowledge and executive education for learning and development in the corporate world? How can L&D leaders bridge academic knowledge and business in practice and build a routine of learning in their organisations? MERIT Summit in Vienna, 16-17 January 2019, will bring together corporate and executive education professionals for debates and collaborative exploration on this topic, among many others. » MORE

London (UK), December 2018 - At Learning Technologies 2019, a recognised expert on games and learning, Karl Kapp, will help learning professionals to think like game designers and transform stale training into exciting and interesting experiences. The term gamification is thrown around liberally in L&D these days, with the benefits of using game theory in learning now an established principle. But designing engaging and compelling games is an art in its own right, and adding points or leaderboards into learning design simply doesn't do it justice. » MORE

Brussels (BE), December 2018 - The next ELIG event, 11-12 February 2019, is a special partnership with OBA, Amsterdam's Open Public Library. It marks the OBA’s 100^th anniversary, which will be celebrated over a period of weeks, with many new learning activities in the city. It presents a perfect opportunity to pose the question: "What makes our cities learning friendly?" » MORE

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Berlin (GER), December 2018 - Astrid Jaeger, the Director of OEB Global - which now includes Learning Technologies Germany - said, "We’ve had three days of gazing into the future. It’s been really fascinating. We had a great opening session with Geoff Mulgan, Bryan Caplan, and Anita Scholl Brede. We’ve brought people from all over the world to Berlin to look at how education and training are being changed by technology and at how technology is changing the world. These changes are already having an enormous effect, and the pace of change is going to continue to quicken." » MORE

Valencia (E), December 2018 - After the great success of the previous HEAd conferences, which received submissions from more than 50 countries, the organizers are pleased to announce the Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'19), which will be held 26-28 June 2019 at the Faculty of Business Administration and Management of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV). » MORE

Bruges (BE), December 2018 - EDEN is pleased to announce its 28th Annual Conference hosted by the VIVES University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, 16-19 June 2019. The title is "Connecting through Educational Technology in Search of Contemporary Learning Environments". » MORE