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Department for Work and Pensions Chooses Eedo |
 London (UK), February 2008 - Eedo Knowledgeware
has recently announced that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is
standardising its learning content management system (LCMS). The decision
follows the largest eLearning pilot programme within the UK government, at
Jobcentre Plus. CHECK.point eLearning spoke with John Hudson, President and
CEO of Eedo, about this project and how ForceTen™ helps to equip employees
with the knowledge they need to realise their full potential and meet the
government’s business goals.
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| Tata Interactive Systems |
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Torbay Opts for Integrated Working Programme |
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London (UK), February 2008 - Torbay Children’s Services has commissioned
the global learning provider Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) to develop an
eLearning course in Integrated Working. The modular programme enables
those working across children’s services to understand how to work
together more effectively in order to improve outcomes for children and
young people.
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| Romania |
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New Policy on ICT Use in Education |
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Bucharest (RO), February 2008 - (by Elena Lita) The Romanian
Ministry of Education, Research and Youth and the Romanian Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology have recently launched a new
public policy proposal called "The integration of Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) into the pre-college education system in
Romania". The aim of this policy is to increase the quality and the access
to the educational process through the integration of the ICTs, and for
the first time in such a high-level directive, open educational resources,
collaborative technologies, open source software, and online courses are
taken into account.
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| Int. Telecomunication |
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Lerneffekt Implements Full eLearning Solution |
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Hamburg (GER), February 2008 – The International Telecommunications Union
(ITU) is the leading United Nations agency for information and
communication technologies. Its membership includes 191 Member States and
more than 700 Sector Members and Associates. As the demand for eLearning
is growing, ITU has decided to engage Lerneffekt to implement a new
eLearning infrastructure.
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| Cultural Awareness |
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LINE Wins Major Institute of IT Training Award |
 London (UK), February 2008 - LINE Communications, provider
of learning and communications solutions, has won a major UK award for one
of its bespoke online learning programmes. At a ceremony held at the
Dorchester Hotel in London, LINE collected the Institute of IT Training
gold award for eLearning Project of the Year for the cultural awareness
training programme the company developed for the British Ministry of
Defence (MOD). The programme is a key element of the pre-deployment
training that service personnel undertake prior to active duty in Iraq or
Afghanistan.
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| Expansion Continues |
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Giunti Labs Enters the Nordic Learning Markets |
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Sestri Levante (IT)/Lund (Sweden), February 2008 - Having opened offices in
North America, the UK, and Germany, Giunti Labs - a leading European vendor
of eLearning and mobile learning content management solutions - has
expanded its international presence still further by establishing an
office in Lund, Sweden to cover the Nordic countries.
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| The EuroPACE Approach |
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European Networking and Learning for the Future |
 Heverlee (BE), February
2008 - EuroPACE is a European nonprofit association of universities and
their partners in education and training. Its main objective is to foster
networked eLearning for virtual mobility, internationalisation of higher
education, knowledge creation and sharing, and for lifelong learning. The
book "European Networking and Learning for the Future", edited by Annemie
Bonen and Wim Van Petegem, collects articles from various authors involved
in the development of the EuroPACE network.
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| Multi-year Contract |
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Microsoft Selects Security Innovation |
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Wilmington, MA (USA) - February 2008 - Security Innovation, an authority
on application security and a leading independent provider of risk
assessment, risk mitigation, and training services, has announced that it
has been selected by Microsoft to develop and conduct fourteen eLearning
courses on Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). The firm was
chosen from among many professional eLearning vendors. Terms of the
multi-year contract were not disclosed.
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| Unified Communications |
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Tandberg Delivers Video Interoperability |
 New
York, NY (USA)/Oslo (N) February 2008 - Tandberg®, a global provider of
telepresence, high-definition videoconferencing and mobile video
solutions, has announced interoperability with Microsoft Office
Communications Server 2007, a unified communications platform. Microsoft
users can seamlessly connect face to face with other team members that use
Tandberg room-based video and telepresence systems. This enables
organizations to easily interoperate existing videoconferencing systems
with their Office Communications Server 2007-based unified communications
platform.
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| Children’s Charity |
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eLearning Awareness Programmes Developed |
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Ilford/London (UK), February 2008 - Leading children's charity Barnardo's,
working in partnership with online learning developers Nelson Croom, has
released two new elearning programmes that inform professionals about
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and behaviour in schools.
The training courses form part of a new training, learning, and
consultancy service called Barnardo's tlc.
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| Monitoring Students |
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Danware Launches New Version of NetOp School |
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Birkerød (DK), February 2008 - The Danish IT company Danware is launching
version 5.5 of NetOp School, one of the world’s leading programmes for
managing and running computer-based classrooms. NetOp School 5.5 supports
all Windows platforms, including Vista. At the same time, Danware is
introducing a new technology that makes it much easier for teachers to
oversee students' use of the Internet.
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| Document Camera |
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SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard Enriches Lessons |
 Calgary, Alberta (CA), February 2008 - SMART Technologies
has announced the SMART document camera, the latest addition to its
21st-century classroom solution. This easy-to-use product enables teachers
to display detailed images and video of any physical object and instantly
incorporate that material into digital lessons using a SMART Board™
interactive whiteboard and Notebook™ collaborative learning software.
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| Knowledge Platform |
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Endsleigh Insurance Chooses NetDimensions |
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Hong Kong (CN), February 2008 - NetDimensions, a global provider of
learning, knowledge, and performance-management systems, has announced
that Endsleigh Insurance Services Limited has chosen NetDimensions'
Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) as its learning management system
(LMS) foundation. EKP will provide Endsleigh with a single point of focus
for all learning-related information and also help with the organization
of learning activities.
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| Call for Workshops |
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Third EC-TEL to Take Place in Maastricht |
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Maastricht (NL), February 2008 - The European Conference Series on
Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL) provides a unique opportunity and
forum for researchers of all relevant disciplines to come together and
discuss recent achievements and future challenges in TEL. EC-TEL 2008
invites all researchers involved in the various fields of TEL - education,
psychology, computer science, and economics, etc. - to contribute to the
scientific landscape of technology-enhanced learning. The third edition of
the conference takes place in Maastricht, the Netherlands from 17 to 19
September, 2008.
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| Call for Participation |
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Micro-learning and Capacity Building |
 Innsbruck (AT), February
2008 - For the fourth time, Microlearning 2008 presents a platform for
international experts and practitioners from a wide range of fields to
discuss the latest developments in digital technologies and practices
induced by micro-content. The conference will be held June 25th – 27th,
2008 in Innsbruck, Austria; the venue is the University of Innsbruck, and
the title for 2008 is Micro-learning & Capacity Building.
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| EduMedia Conference |
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Self-organised Learning in the Interactive Web |
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Salzburg (AT), February 2008 – Self-organised learning covers ways of
learning that allow learners a major dimension of self-determination and
self-regulation in comparison to traditional educational scenarios. The
Internet itself can be seen as the future location of "informal learning".
The organisers of the fourth EduMedia Conference seek to discuss whether
this is a change in learning culture with all participants; the event is
being held 2 - 3 June 2008 in Salzburg.
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| Call for Papers |
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Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning |
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Orlando, FL (USA), February 2008 - "The Power of Online Learning: Improving
Learning in a Networked World" is the theme of the fourteenth Sloan-C
International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN). The
conference takes place in Orlando, Florida from 5 to 7 November, 2008. The
call for papers is now open and the conference committee strongly
encourages the submission of proposals that reflect the implications for
the field of specific eLearning experience and practices.
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