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Ghent (BE), September 2007 - U&I Learning, a Ghent-based eLearning
integrator operating in Belgium and the Netherlands, has announced its
takeover of HyperOffice, the leading eLearning company on the French
market. The agreement signed today involves a 100% buyout of HyperOffice
shares. U&I Learning expects this takeover to enable it to take a
substantial share of the French market, which offers excellent prospects
for future growth.
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| Interview |
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Insight into Learning Content Management Systems |
Nashua, NH (USA), September 2007 – Stephen Shaw is chief learning officer
of Eedo Knowledgeware and Associate Professor of Educational Technology at
Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He has helped Eedo to achieve a
leading position in the LCMS market, while assisting a wide variety of
customers in designing and implementing effective learning-content
management strategies. In an interview with CHECK.point eLearning,
Shaw speaks about operating mode and benefits of Learning Content
Management Systems.
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| Repository Software |
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IntraLibrary Connect Removes Traditional Boundaries |
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Linlithgo (UK), September 2007 - Intrallect, a leading provider of digital
object repository software, has announced the launch of intraLibrary
Connect - a web services suite that allows digital resources stored in the
firm’s intraLibrary solution to be accessed and used more easily in a wide
range of eLearning tools, including Learning Management Systems (VLE/LMS),
newsreaders, content authoring tools, blogs, forums, portals, and even
simple web browsers.
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| European Project |
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Helping Small Enterprises to Sell their Technology |
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Grenoble (FR), September 2007 – The Programme of the European research
project EUBBSI - European Business-to-Business Sales Institute - is
designed to meet the needs of managers and sales staffs of small and
medium-sized companies and start-ups. It was developed by Grenoble,
France’s Ecole de Management in cooperation with its academic partners
Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, Anglia Ruskin
University, UK, and CEU Business School, Hungary.
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| FLOSS |
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Open Source in Rumanian Education |
 Timisoara (RO), September
2007 – (by Elena Lita) Open Source, a term proposed in 1998, refers
to a set of principles and practices that promote the access to the process
of planning and implementing various products and resources. The term is
primarily used in relation to software. A wider term is FLOSS (or FOSS) -
Free Libre Open Source Software. Carmen Holotescu, an instructor at the
Automation and Computer Science Faculty - Politehnica University of
Timisoara, the coordinator of the eLearning firm Timsoft, and the author
of two eLearning guides speaks about the use of Open Source in Education.
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| Special Offer |
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Enter Your Courses in the EduContact Online Catalogue |
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Futuroscope Chasseneuil (FR), September 2007 - European universities are
welcome to join the European project EduContact test year and enter a
selection of their online courses in the EduContact catalogue at the
special rate of 100 euros for the period of October 2007 till October
2008. The project "European Distance Universities Contact – EduContact"
aims for worldwide awareness of European higher education courses.
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Editorial Note |
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 Whitepaper: Second Life as an eLearning
Platform
CHECK.point eLearning has analyzed the virtual world in regard to its
suitability for training and eLearning companies.
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| Open Universiteit |
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Scientific Director for Research Institute Appointed |
 Heerlen (NL), September 2007 – The college
governing board of the Netherlands’ Open Universiteit has appointed Prof.
Dr. Jeroen van Merriënboer as scientific director of the Netherlands
Laboratory for Lifelong Learning - NELL. The appointment is effective as
of 1 September 2007.
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| Partnership |
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Industry’s First SCORM-Conformant 3D Serious Games |
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London (UK), September 2007 - LINE Communications, a leading provider of
learning and communications solutions, and Caspian Learning, a pioneer of
3D learning-based games applications, have announced a partnership to
produce and distribute the industry’s first SCORM (Shareable Content
Object Reference Model) conformant 3D serious games for learning
management systems in the corporate training, government, and military
sectors.
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| Vendor Platform |
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Online Training at Subaru Germany |
 Munich
(GER), September 2007 - Right on time for the International Motor Show in
Frankfurt, Subaru Germany will introduce an interactive online training
platform from Springer Transport Media for its vendors. Interactive
training modules for three of Subaru’s models - the Outback, Tribeca and
Legacy - were already deployed last year, and all the members of Subaru’s
traders’ network have been effectively and efficiently trained to use
them.
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| Technology Mediation |
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Online Conference on Narrative Learning Environments |
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Genoa (IT), September 2007 – In Narrative Learning Environments (NLEs),
students engage in technology-mediated activities where stories and
narrations play a central role to support learning. From 27 September
until 2 October 2007, the first online working conference on NLE will take
place. This event is organized by the NLE Special Interest Groups of the
European network of excellence, Kaleidoscope.
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| ALT Conference |
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First Learning Technologist of the Year Award Presented |
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Nottingham (UK), 2007 - Peter Norvig, Google’s Director of Research,
presented the 2007 Learning Technologist of the Year Awards at the
Association for Learning Technology (ALT) conference in Nottingham on 5
September 2007. The aim of the competition is to celebrate and reward
excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the application of
technology to teaching and learning.
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| Conference Opening |
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Contentious Debate over Web 2.0 Anticipated |
Berlin (GER), September 2007 - Astrid Mendoza, Chief Executive of the
Online Educa conference organizers, ICWE, has revealed that one of the
internet's fiercest and most controversial critics, Andrew Keen, author of
the best-seller "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing
Our Culture" will be the opening speaker at this year's event, taking
place from 28-30 November 2007. Delegates at the event, a leading
conference on technology-supported learning, have been told to prepare
themselves for an ebullient exchange on Web 2.0 and its implications.
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| Collaboration |
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Combining Mobile and Virtual Worlds for eLearning |
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Richmond (UK), September 2007 - Giunti Labs is collaborating with Coventry
University’s newly formed Serious Games Institute (SGI), Cisco, and mobile
learning specialist Ambient Performance. The result of this collaboration
will be on display at the Serious Virtual Worlds conference being held at
the TechnoCentre, Coventry University Technology Park, on 13th and 14th
September.
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| OpenLearn 2007 |
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Competition to Reuse and Remix Study Materials |
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Milton Keynes (UK), September 2007 – The Open University is setting a
challenge to educators worldwide to reuse and remix their study materials.
The aim is to inspire creativity, collaboration, and cost reduction in
course production, enabling wider access to education for all. Published
under a Creative Commons license, all materials can be downloaded to be
reused as they are in a different educational environment, or amended to
create something new that can be shared with others.
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| Registration Open |
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Programme Available for the Kaleidoscope Symposium |
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London (UK)/Berlin (GER), September 2007 – Europe’s leading research
network in the field of technology-enhanced learning will host the
Kaleidoscope 2007 Symposium in Berlin on 26-27 November 2007. Registration
is now open for non-Kaleidoscope members.
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