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Norway Sets Examples in eLearning Activities |
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Stavanger (NO), July 2008 - The University of Finance and Management in
Bialystok, Poland, is currently in discussions with the Norwegian RKK
concerning possible collaboration on the transfer of Norwegian eLearning
models to Poland. A system for covering management training programs for
the Republic of Kazakhstan is also in planning.
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| New Opportunities |
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Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning |
Bangor (WAL)/ Bremen (GER), July 2008 - (by Kirsten Seegmüller) The
new generation of eLearning will combine social networks with context-based
services. Even though formal content will not vanish, modern technology
will support user-generated informal content. And teachers have to adapt
to a new role as facilitator instead of a pure information transmitter.
CHECK.point eLearning spoke with Graham Attwell, founder and senior
researcher of Pontydysgu, about this current progression.
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| Lifelong Learning |
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Adult education – Pathway to the Future |
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Athens (GR), July 2008 - Adult education took a backseat in Greece until
recently, although the educational level of the population has been pushed
substantially upwards in the last half century as a result of rapid
economic development – and following EU membership, it has accelerated
enormously. Now, adult education has become an important part of a drive
for improved conditions and services in the country.
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| Swiss Quality Deployed |
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Medical Center to Use Swiss Software for Training |
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Baar (CH), July 2008 - King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland,
Kentucky, has opted for the i-qbox Human Performance Suite as strategic
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| Mobile Learning |
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Mohive: First in Europe to Offer eLearning by iPhone |
 Oslo (NO), July 2008 -
Training on the go is about to get a whole lot easier thanks to Mohive's
decision this month to incorporate the possibility to export into the
iPhone into its award-winning platform, the company announced recently.
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| New Release |
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Xyleme Unveils Xyleme LCMS 3.2 |
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Boulder, CO (USA), July 2008 - Xyleme® Inc., a provider of 100% XML,
SCORM-2004-certified learning content management systems, has announced
the release of Xyleme LCMS 3.2. This is Xyleme’s newest version of its
single-source solution for learning content management: fully integrated,
highly scalable, and truly collaborative.
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| Higher Bandwidth |
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Speed and Space for eLearning in the City University |
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London (UK), July 2008 - City University in London has upgraded its data
network to support high bandwidth eLearning technologies such as video
podcasts of lectures. The University selected ntl:Telewest Business to
replace its WAN with a high-speed metro Ethernet VPN network, which
connects its main building and central campus at Northampton Square in
Clerkenwell to ten remote sites, including Cass Business School, City
Community and Health Sciences, and The City Law School.
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| QTS Skills Tests |
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Pearson VUE Extends Partnership with TDA |
 London (UK), July 2008 -
Pearson VUE is helping to raise England's teaching standards through its
delivery of the Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) skills tests for the
Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA). This new three-year
partnership will see the specialist provider of Computer-Based-Testing
(CBT) solutions, who deliver electronic tests to over 35,000 trainee
teachers each year, helping the Government ensure greater measurability
and performance in the profession.
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| Cedefop Reports |
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Informal and Non-formal Learning under the Loop |
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Thessaloniki (GR), July 2008 - Learning acquired outside schools - whether
at the workplace, at leisure, or even at home - is increasingly becoming
an accepted route toward acquiring formal qualifications. The expansion of
systems validating such learning is partly due to the rapid development of
National Qualifications Frameworks across Europe.
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| Commonwealth of Learning |
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Record Attendance Expected for PCF5 |
 London (UK), July 2008 -
More than 600 people representing educational institutions, governments,
and development agencies will attend the fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on
Open Learning (PCF5) from 13-17 July in London. The Forum has grown to
become one of the world's leading conferences on learning and global
development.
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| eLearning Markets |
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Online Educa Berlin Launches 1st Iberoamérica Forum |
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Berlin (GER), July 2008 - Online Educa Berlin announces the launch of the
1st Iberoamérica Forum at this year's conference. The largest global
eLearning conference for the corporate, education and public service
sectors will host the forum on Wednesday, December 3rd. The 14th
International Conference on Technology Supported Learning & Training is
taking place in Berlin from December 3rd - 5th.
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| Call for Papers |
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Fifth International Austrian Moodle Conference |
 Klagenfurt (AU), July
2008 - Lifelong learning, teaching, and (further) education are central
cornerstones of a knowledge-based society that are increasingly
electronically supported. The aim of the fifth International Moodle
Conference, being held September 18-19, 2008, at the Alpen-Adria
University in Klagenfurt, is to present and discuss the potential of
electronic learning.
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