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New Open Source, Commercial eLearning Software Group Lynnfield, April 2005 – WebCT, provider of eLearning solutions, has announced it is working to make open source and commercial learning software - traditionally polarized camps - interoperate in campus eLearning environments. [more...] JIBS, the online marketplace for educational clips Geneve, April 2005 – (by Nadège Boinnard) New technologies have strongly affected the use of traditional broadcasting, and educational television is no exception. During the last few years, broadcasters specialised in this field have faced a real digital revolution, which has entered into the national educational curricula and changed the ways in which, from country to country educational content is delivered to the school systems. Internet, digital terrestrial, digital satellite, broadband are some of the new technologies that allow an on-demand delivery to the final users. [more...] Advertisement Education and Socio-Economic Research and Consulting Learning management solutions was recognised Amman (Jordan), April 2005 — IMC’s leadership in excellent learning management solutions for universities was recognised in Amman and has led to an invitation by the Jordan government. Therefore IMC AG, a European services and technology firm for advanced learning solutions, and Palma, a consulting firm providing strategic management and business process management tools and services, have recently agreed on a partnership for the Jordan market. [more...] Apache North Sea launch eLearning courses Houston, April 2005 – The first eLearning programme of its kind in the offshore industry was launched by Dyce-based oil company Apache North Sea this month. Offshorebytes, an oil platform based eLearning programme, has been designed to meet the needs of workers in the Forties oil field. [more...] There is a market for social publishing
A European Marketplace for Lifelong Learning Cologne, April 2005 – (by Nadine Wenner and Björn Hekman) In April 2004 the EU eTen project MetaCampus REAL (subsidy: 1.2 million euros) started with a duration of eighteen months as a follow-up project to MetaCampus, an EU IST-project. The general target of the two projects has been the development of a Europe-wide electronic marketplace for eLearning services. [more...] Advertisement
Valtech gives WBT foothold in Danish Market Dublin/Ireland, April 2005 – WBT Systems, a global leader in enterprise eLearning solutions and Valtech (Denmark), a leading consultant and system integrator and wholly owned subsidiary of the Valtech Group, announced that they have concluded a partnership agreement. Under the terms of the accord, WBT will support Valtech in the recommendation, design, and implementation of WBT’s solutions based on the award-winning TopClass eLearning Suite. [more...] Blackboard expands in European Markets Washington/Amsterdam/London, April 2005 – Blackboard Inc., a leading provider of eLearning software and services to more than 2,200 universities and K-12 schools worldwide, is expanding awareness of its software products and services across Europe. [more...] Museum of London to showcase online learning resources London, April 2005 – The Museum of London, in association with MLA, London Museums Hub and ALM London, is running the 'Net Gain London 2005' seminar on Tuesday 10th May, which will present some important new eLearning resources. [more...] Int. Conference on Interactive Computer-aided Learning Villach/Austria, April 2005 – ICL2005 is an interdisciplinary conference whose focus is on the exchange of information regarding relevant trends and research results, as well as the presentation of practical experiences gained while developing and testing elements of interactive computer-aided learning. The call for proposals has just been opened. The closing date for submission of abstracts for papers is May 20, 2005. [more...] Advertisement
Regional Skills Partnerships in a Global Economy Gloucestershire/UK, April 2005 – The Skills Strategy White Paper has challenged all regions to identify and reach consensus on skills and learning priorities that will deliver competitiveness in a global economy. Toward the goal of developing practical and innovative solutions, a conference is being convened on 22 and 23 June 2005 in Gloucestershire. [more...] Based on the work: "Business Blogs: A Practical Guide" San Francisco, April 2005 – KM (Knowledge Management) Cluster is a federated action/research network that characterizes itself as pursuing a community action-research model; its scope is global and the focus is local. Local "Clusters" hold training events, and one of the hottest topics is Business Blogs. KM Cluster notes that Fortune Magazine named blogging one of the top ten business technology trends for 2005, and the Harvard Business Review included blogs in their list of breakthrough ideas for 2005. [more...] Online communities - myth or reality? London, April 2005 – It is common now for eLearning to fail because of time pressures on learners. Some say the answer is "online learning communities", but these need time, too. How do we make these function in a busy work environment? How do we make them fun to be part of, and - most importantly - how do we run them effectively? [more...] For and by Students of the World April 2005 - Megaconference Junior is a project designed to give students in elementary and secondary schools around the world the opportunity to communicate, collaborate and contribute to each other’s learning in real time, using advanced multi-point video conferencing technology. Presenters will design and conduct videoconference-based presentations and activities focused on both academic and cultural issues. [more...] Imprint This newsletter has been forwarded to you. Would you like to receive it periodically? Then please register here for the regular editions. You are interested in placing an advertisement? Please ask for our media data here. Even though we did an intensive research for all our information, we do not guarantee the correctness of the information provided. | ||||||||||||
London, April 2005 – The British Learning Association (BLA) is a centre of expertise that produces best practice examples, identifies trends, and disseminates information on both innovative and well-established techniques and technologies for learning. It aims to synthesise existing knowledge, develop original solutions, and disseminate this to a wide cross-sector membership. CHECKpoint eLearning met with the General Manager of the BLA, Brian Merison. 
Moncton, CA, April 2005 – Stephen Downes is Senior Researcher at the National Research Council in Canada. He has become a leading voice in the areas of learning objects and metadata, as well as the emerging fields of weblogs in education and content syndication. Since 1998 he has been giving daily comments on the newest developments in the eLearning world. For CHECKpoint eLearning Joscha Remus spoke with Stephen Downes about blogger business models, the future trends in social software, and podcasting as a learning tool. 
