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Learning Lab Appoints John Traxler as New Director |
 Telford (UK), October 2007 The Learning Lab, based at the
Telford Campus of the University of Wolverhampton, announces the
appointment of John Traxler as Learning Lab Director. Traxler replaces
Steve Molyneux, who resigned his post in September. John brings a wealth
of experience to the role. He is currently the Reader in Mobile
Technologies for eLearning and Director of the Applied Innovative Digital
Technologies Research Group in the School of Computing and IT at the
University of Wolverhampton.
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| Highly Interactive |
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Brandon Hall Gold Award for Excellence in Learning |
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London (UK), October 2007 - LINE Communications, a provider of learning and
communications solutions, has won the coveted Brandon Hall gold award for
Excellence in Learning in the Best Custom Content category for its
Cultural Awareness training programme. LINE collected the major
international award for its bespoke online learning programme at a
ceremony in San Francisco.
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| Cooperation Agreement |
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Flying with Dragonair Trained by NetDimensions |
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Hong Kong (CN), October 2007 NetDimensions, a global provider of
learning, knowledge and performance management systems, successfully
completed its participation at the recent APATS (Asia Pacific Aviation
Training Symposium), organized alongside the Asian Aerospace Tradeshow &
Conference, by announcing the sale of 3,500 licenses of its Enterprise
Knowledge Platform (EKP) to the Hong Kong-based international airline
Dragonair.
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| Hospitality |
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Association Joins Forces with Echelon Publishing |
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London (UK), October 2007 A record number of hospitality employees are
downloading training in an online initiative by an industry membership
body, the Institute of Hospitality, and learning provider Echelon
Publishing. The Institute's Training Library offers over 400 downloadable
training modules for use by trainers, managers, and supervisors. Each
solution is proven to work under live training conditions in hospitality
environments and comes with full instructions, exercises, and a feedback
checklist.
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| ELPAC |
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EUROCONTROL Launches Language Proficiency Test |
 Brussels (BE), October
2007 EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air
Navigation has launched ELPAC, an English language proficiency test for
air traffic controllers. The ELPAC test (English Language Proficiency for
Aeronautical Communication) was developed by EUROCONTROL in order to meet
the language proficiency requirements for air traffic controllers laid out
by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the European
Commission.
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| Faster ROI |
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Eedo Launches ForceTen 5.0 |
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Nashua, NH (USA), October 2007 Eedo has recently announced the latest
version of its learning-content management system ForceTen. The platform
provides enhanced features to support a truly collaborative environment
that leads to better communication, higher quality material, and faster
turnaround. ForceTen 5.0 also includes new features to improve search
capabilities and analytics.
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| Fashion and Open Source |
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Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment |
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Los Angeles, CA (USA), October 2007 When the faculty and students of
FIDM/The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising asked its eLearning
Supervisor to deliver the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment for
Education (CLE), it selected the CEAI Hosted Solution for Sakai to deliver
it. CEAI, a global not-for-profit information technology services and
consulting provider, was chosen for its ability to deliver a custom,
cost-effective collaboration and learning environment (CLE) rapidly.
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| Agreement |
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Chinese Students Take Part in Lectures at Potsdam |
 Potsdam
(GER), October 2007 - Students from China will continue to attend online
lectures held in Germany. A celebration of the extension of the
computer-science cooperation contract between the Beijing University of
Technology (BJUT), represented by Vice President Prof. Zhang Yigang, and
the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) was recently held at the Institute,
located the Berlin suburb of Potsdam.
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| Role Play Game |
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Preventing Bullying at Schools |
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Grenoble (FR), October 2007 Researchers from Germany, Portugal, and the
UK have developed an interactive role-play game that helps children to
cope with bullying at schools. Currently over 1,000 children throughout
Europe are part of pilot studies that aim to explore the impact the
software may have in the possible reduction of bullying among pupils.
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MyKnowledgeMap Rolls Out ePortfolio Learning |
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York (UK), October 2007 Educators, trainers, human resource managers, and
technologists from 35 countries will preview an innovative ePortfolio
solution from UK-based learning technology provider MyKnowledgeMap (MKM)
at the first Human Capital and Social Innovation Technology Summit (HCSIT)
in Maastricht, Holland, 16-19 October 2007.
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| UKS Revamps Its Image |
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New Look Reflects Recent Developments |
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Dubai (UAE), October 2007 UKS, the Middle East's leading learning
solutions enabler, has unveiled its redesigned brand identity. It has
recast its logo and marketing collateral with a fresh and updated look and
feel in order to reflect the developments that have been taking place
within the company over the past few years in terms of innovation,
quality, and market approach.
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| HR Conference |
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Trinity Brings Knowledge Economy to Another Level |
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Galway (IE), October 2007 - With speakers from Google and Apple, the 6th
annual Irish Universities Association HR Conference held recently in
Trinity dealt with the importance of fourth-level education and building
an Irish knowledge economy through innovation and technology.
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| eLearning Africa 2008 |
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Call for Proposals Now Open |
 Berlin
(GER)/Accra (Ghana), October 2007 - The 3rd International Conference on
ICT for Development, Education and Training will take place from May 28 to
30, 2008 in Accra, Ghana under the Patronage of the Ghanaian Minister for
Education, Science and Sports, the Hon. Prof. Dominic K. Fobih.
Suggestions for the programme can be submitted until 7 December 2007.
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