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Patent Pledge in Support of Open Source Software |
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Washington, DC (USA), February 2007 – Blackboard Inc., a provider of
enterprise technology to the education community, announced a "Patent
Pledge" in support of learning institutions worldwide that use or develop
open source and home-grown course management software as well as the
commercial entities supporting them.
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| Computer Games |
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Give up the Teacher's Monopoly on Teaching |
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Copenhagen (DK), February 2007 – (by Tonny Hansen) The trade cog is
leaving Lübeck, loaded with Flemish linen and barrels of tar bound for
Bergen, where a cargo of iron ore is waiting for a vessel to bring it on
to Stralsund. The 6th graders in the Höjby school in Odense, Denmark are
having great fun during their history lessons. Teacher and school
librarian Ella Myhring has introduced them to both facts about the
medieval Hansa League and to the computer game Patricia III. Those seem to
be a good combination, for although the activities of the class seem to
involve a lot of playing, they bring the pupils up to curriculum
standards.
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| Tailoring Content |
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BECTA Approval for Comic-strip Learning |
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York (UK), February 2007 - BECTA, the government agency that supports UK
education departments in their strategic ICT developments, has approved
the use of the interactive comic-strip software program Storywriter
Toolkit.
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ETS Europe will Realise National Test Programmes |
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Berlin (GER), February 2007 – ETS Europe has been awarded the contract for
the handling of a survey of British learning levels by the National
Assessment Agency (NAA), which is responsible for the carrying out of
tests for the national curriculum. The contract, covering the years 2008
until 2010, has a budget of 156 million pounds.
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| SmartLearning |
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CLIX in the Driver's Seat at Continental |
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Saarbruecken (GER), February 2007 - Continental AG, one of the world’s
leading tyre manufacturers and a major supplier for the automotive sector,
has just implemented the learning management system CLIX from IMC, the
leading German provider of learning technologies. ContiSmartLearning will
mainly deliver product and sales trainings for truck tyres.
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| Case Study |
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Registering eLearning Success with Kadaster |
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London (UK), February 2007 - Kadaster, the Dutch Land Registry Office, has
chosen ForceTen™, Eedo's Learning Content Management System (LCMS), to
improve the way it trains its staff in line with other service
improvements that have resulted in financial benefits, flexibility, and
time savings.
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| Celebration |
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Ten Years - European Telecoaching Institute |
 Freiburg
(GER), February 2007 – The European Telecoaching Institute (ETI)
celebrated the tenth anniversary of its foundation with a symposium. The
term "telecoaching" was coined by ETI in 1996 to describe what was a
completely new field of activity at the time: the remote professional
design and support of learning processes using the Internet.
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| For Different Cultures |
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A Wedding Planner Online Course |
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Fort Worth, TX (USA), February 2007 – Gatlin Education Services recently
announced a new form of career training: a Wedding Planning Online
Certificate Program, which is now available for immediate enrolment. The
300-hour course will be offered through Gatlin's partnership with major
colleges and universities.
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| AHVITED |
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What If You Can’t See the Computer Screen? |
 Hereford (UK)/ Dublin (IRL)/ Graz
(AU)/ Hellrup (DK)/ Pavia (I)/ Bucharest (RO), February 2007 – There are
some 450+ million people in the EU. Depending on the source, the number of
people categorized as blind or visually impaired varies from around 1.5% to
4% of the population, depending on age, ethic grouping, etc. Taking a
conservative 2% as a reasonable average, this means there are
approximately nine million people who have some level of visual
impairment. These individuals, of course, are entitled to equality of
access to information, education, and training.
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| New Paths |
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OutStart Expands into Germany, Austria, and Switzerland |
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Boston, MA (USA)/ St.Ingbert (GER), February 2007 - OutStart, a provider of
eKnowledge software solutions for learning and knowledge sharing, has
announced the establishment of OutStart GmbH, its new German subsidiary.
The company also announced it has acquired - and will continue to sell,
enhance, and support - LearnCube, a popular eLearning product in
German-speaking regions.
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Kaleidoscope Announces Winners of eLearning Awards |
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Villars (CH), February 2007 – Kaleidoscope has announced the winners of
three major European awards for outstanding research in computer-supported
collaborative learning, a sub-field of technology-enhanced learning that
investigates social interactions between learners in educational settings.
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| INTED 2007 |
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International Conference in Valencia |
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Valencia (E), February 2007 –The 2007 edition of INTED, the conference for
International Technology, Education and Development in Valencia, Spain
will take place on March, 7th, 8th and 9th. The general objective is the
promotion of international collaboration in the field of technology,
engineering, and science education.
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| IMCL |
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Mobile Learning in the Middle East |
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Amman (JO), February 2007 – The Second International Conference on
Interactive Mobile and Computer-Aided Learning, is being held from 18 to
20 April 2007, in Amman Jordan. The conference aims to promote the
development of mobile learning in the Middle East, provide a forum for
education and knowledge transfer, expose students to latest ICT
technologies, and encourage the study and implementation of mobile
applications in teaching and learning.
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