| Technology Challenge |
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Accolade for Giunti Labs' "NovaRes” |
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New Orleans (USA)/ Sestri Levante (I), September 2007 - Giunti Labs was
recently named the 'most innovative technology demonstrator' at the
OpeniWorld (OiW) event in New Orleans, USA. The event, which was organised
by the Open Knowledge Initiative, followed the annual MERLOT conference.
According to Stephan Thieringer, Giunti Labs' COO for North America,
"Giunti Labs' product NovaRes: the New Thing in Educational Resources
Management attracted great interest from industry colleagues and from
potential collaborators among the vendors at the event."
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| Promoting eLearning |
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European Commission Launches New eSkills Initiative |
 Brussels (BE), September 2007 - The European Commission has
proposed a series of actions to boost Europeans' eSkills. According to
recent reports, Europe is likely to face a growing eSkills shortage in
coming years. Nevertheless, these skills are vital if the EU is to boost
innovation and respond to global challenges.
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| Live eLearning |
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Elluminate Announces Continued Momentum in the UK |
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Fort Lauderdale, FL (USA), September 2007 – Elluminate, Inc., a provider of
live eLearning and web-collaboration solutions for the real-time
organization, announced its continued market momentum in the United
Kingdom. At the University of London, Elluminate Live! is used in a
consortial setting by four renowned specialist colleges: the Institute of
Education, Royal Veterinary College, the School of Oriental and African
Studies (SOAS), and the School of Pharmacy.
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| Automotive Equipment |
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Faurecia Chooses Onlineformapro |
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Vesoul (F), September 2007 – Faurecia, a worldwide leader in automotive
equipment, has decided in favour of the eLearning solutions of
Onlineformapro. The cooperation between the two companies is about
implementing the LMS platform OnlineManager in a multilingual version. The
aim is to diffuse the fundamental scientific trainings to all the firm’s
Research and Development departments.
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| Adult Education Launch |
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LearnBirds Developed by MyKnowledgeMap |
 York/Sandy (UK), September 2007 - Mentor-supported eLearning developed
by MyKnowledgeMap (MKM) has been added to the wide range of education
solutions provided to members of Europe’s largest wildlife conservation
organisation, the UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
LearnBirds is being launched by the RSPB to help fill a gap in adult
education. The course is an introduction to birds and bird-watching and
has been designed to appeal to a wide range of adults.
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| Practical Guidelines |
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Computer Simulations as Effective Learning Scenarios |
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Twente (NL), September 2007 - Inquiry learning with computer simulations
facilitates the education process through experimentation and scientific
reasoning. With simulations, students change variables and observe effects
in order to form conclusions. Through this process students discover
principles, rules, and characteristics of scientific phenomena. So say
researchers from the University of Twente, NL, in new guidelines for
teachers that provide practical recommendations for improved deployment
ICT in secondary schools.
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| Open Source |
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French University Switches to Sakai |
 Paris (F),
September 2007 - The Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (UPMC), one
of the largest universities teaching science and medicine in France,
recently announced the deployment of the Sakai Collaboration and Learning
Environment for Education as its official eLearning platform. The platform
has been open for students since 17 September.
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| Serious Games |
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Lockheed Martin Acquires 3Dsolve |
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BETHESDA, MD (USA), September 2007 - Lockheed Martin Corporation has
announced its acquisition of 3Dsolve, Inc. Terms of the transaction were
not disclosed. 3Dsolve is a privately held company that creates
simulation-based learning solutions for government, military, and
corporate applications. The company’s innovative software tools assist
clients with collaborative training using interactive 3D graphics.
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| Pharmaceutical Industry |
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Information Transfer to Produce Training Programme |
 Cambridge (UK), September 2007 - Consequent to a successful and ongoing
working relationship with European Organon offices, Information Transfer
will now be working with the company’s global division, based in New
Jersey in the USA. Organon has commissioned Information Transfer to
produce a training programme on anaesthesia products for its international
sales operation. The training materials will include manuals and electronic
assessments and will be translated into many languages.
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| New Authoring Tool |
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Breakthrough for Virtual Learning Materials |
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Milton Keynes (UK), September 2007 - Giunti Labs, vendor of eLearning and
mobile learning content management solutions (LCMS), has launched an
authoring tool to create Sharable Content Object (SCO) virtual worlds and
a run-time engine to administer them. That is, the tools are 3D
collaborative virtual environments where each object can be experienced by
a group of learners and any action of the learners can be tracked by an
LMS.
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| Government Support |
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Canadian Grant for International Commercialization |
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Quebec (CAN), September 2007 – The Canadian Ministries of Labour and
Economic Development have announced the award of $126,000 in repayable
funding to SVI eSolutions Inc., a Quebec-based software and multimedia
company. This assistance will be used to implement a marketing strategy
outside Quebec. SVI eSolutions Inc. develops and markets interactive
virtual solutions for the distance-training and collaborative-work
markets.
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| Case Study |
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Collaborative Authoring at British Telecom |
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Nottingham (UK), September 2007 - Atlantic Link has just announced the
availability of a Case Study titled "Collaborative Authoring at British
Telecom: A Rapid e-Learning Solution Decreases Time to Market". This case
study, written by Bersin & Associates, focuses on how British Telecom
assessed line-of-business requirements and capabilities and implemented a
collaborative system for authoring, managing, and deploying learning
content from Atlantic Link.
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| ePortfolio 2007 |
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Conference Programme Now Online |
 Maastricht (NL), September 2007 - The programme of the ePortfolio
conference and the first Human Capital and Social Innovation Technology
Summit offers a lively mix of presentations, workshops, and open
discussions devoted to specific aspects of ePortfolio implementation.
Keynote speakers Rens de Groot from the CWI and Rene De Heij from Nedcar,
the Netherlands, will share their experiences in using the ePortfolio for
job-seeking and competence-management.<
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| Voluntary Sector |
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New Partner for the Charity Learning Consortium |
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Southhampton (UK), September 2007 - Jenison have now formalised the Charity
Learning Consortium as a partnership with LM Matters. The consortium was
set up to enable like-minded people in the voluntary sector to share
experiences and resources about training with its primary focus to support
members in their use of eLearning. The involvement of Jenison as a partner
in the consortium provides Jenison’s market-leading Management and IT
eLearning courses in a cost-effective way to members.
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| For Serious Players |
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New Conference on Virtual Worlds |
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London (UK), September 2007 - The Virtual Economic Forum, the independent
think tank for virtual worlds business, is organizing the first European
Virtual Worlds Forum. The conference is to take place in London, October
24th - 25th 2007, to provide a forum for business leaders to discuss and
evaluate the different opportunities of virtual worlds and their impact on
business, converging media and corporate collaboration, as well as brand
marketing and consumer engagement.
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| Call for Papers |
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Economics of eLearning Conference |
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Paris (F), September 2007 – eLene-EE - European Collaboration for Improving
the Management of Economics in eLearning is a project funded by the
European Commission. The eLene consortium is organising a conference on
the economics of eLearning from 12th to 14th December 2007 in Paris.
Leading practitioners and researchers from Europe will present the results
of studies and research on eLearning initiatives.
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| Canada |
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Mobile Learning and Technology Conference |
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Fredericton, NB (CAN), September 2007 - On October 2nd and 3rd,
international speakers will be coming to Fredericton, New Brunswick to
introduce mobile learning at a two-day workshop and technology summit
event co-hosted by Red Hot Learning, LearnNB, and the eLearning Guild, the
largest eLearning industry alliance in the world.
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