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'Little’s Britain': Plus ça change |
 London
(UK), November 2008 - (by Bob Little) While in Sestri Levante,
Italy, a few weeks ago – for three conferences, including the AGM of the
European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) – I was surprised to see, in an
Italian newspaper, a review of Matt Lucas and David Walliams' television
sketch show, 'Little Britain'. I had no idea that this show had an appeal
outside the confines of 'Anglo Saxonism'. However, since it obviously
does, it suggests an ideal title for these series of 'word sketches' which
offer a similarly individual perspective on Britain – but, in this case,
focusing on its elearning community.
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| Increasingly attractive |
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Economic Crisis Boosts ELearning |
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Berlin (GER), November 2008 - The present world’s economic woes are opening
up new opportunities for innovative forms of education and training such as
informal learning, elearning and blended learning. Faced with shrinking
budgets, the use of learning technologies is becoming increasingly
attractive for businesses: This was the appraisal articulated by the
consultants and training professionals who responded to an impromptu
survey undertaken by the international elearning conference Online Educa
Berlin.
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| Crisis Courses |
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Financial Sector Training Programme for 'Tough Times' |
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Oxford (UK), November 2008 - Adkins Matchett & Toy (AMT) has developed a
training programme for bankers and investment professionals. It focuses on
financial institutions clients and deals with the repercussions of the
recent turmoil in the financial sector.
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| Research Report |
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HR Leaders Are Overlooking eLearning Tools |
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Sevenoaks (UK), November 2008 - According to new independent research
released by eLearning and advanced content-solutions provider IMC (UK)
Learning Ltd, only 52% of HR professionals have invested in learning
management systems (LMS) or rapid authoring tools in their organisation,
even though 79% believe it is important to be able to produce in-house
training quickly and cost effectively.
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| Market Developments |
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Potential for Growth in the Romanian eLearning Sector |
 Bucharest (RO), November 2008 - (by Elena
Lita) Though some observers consider the Romanian eLearning market to
be at an early stage of development, it is actually enjoying rapid growth.
For 2008, sales estimates reach around five million euros, with
off-the-shelf courses, custom-made courses, and connected services
dominating the market. In the following interview, Mariuca Talpes, General
Manager INTUITEXT, gives a brief overview of the Romanian eLearning
industry, reflecting on areas she believes require change in order to
stimulate growth in this sector.
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| Middle East |
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TAG Academy Signs Agreement with Pearson VUE |
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Amman (JO), November 2008 - Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Academies (TAG-Academies) in
the Middle East, in cooperation with Pearson VUE, announces the launch of
its first Pearson VUE Authorised Testing Centre, which will provide
computer-based test delivery for ICT certification. This will be the first
of a number of test centres as part of this agreement.
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| Customer Satisfaction |
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Unique Training Initiative Targets Local Bus Drivers |
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London (UK), November 2008 - The 'You Are the Difference' campaign aims to
assist Metro and Ulsterbus staff in delivering high levels of customer
satisfaction by offering tips and techniques and using driver and
passenger feedback to boost service standards.
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| Airborne eLearning |
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Buckle up for a Flying Start! |
 Brighton (UK), November
2008 – the airline easyJet has partnered with blended-learning specialists
Epic to develop Buckle up!, an induction programme for all incoming cabin
crew staff. All new starters will need to complete the blended-learning
course in order to obtain their cabin-crew qualification for easyJet.
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| Growing Membership |
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The eLearning Network Signs up its 1,000th Member |
 London (UK), November
2008 - Monique Head, an American from Atlanta, Georgia, who is now living
in Antibes in the South of France, has become the 1,000th person to join
the eLearning Network (eLN), the UK’s foremost professional association of
users and developers of all forms of eLearning.
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| Higher Education |
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Oracle Positioned in Gartner's Leaders Quadrant |
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Orlando, FL (USA), November 2008 - Gartner Inc.’s October 2008 Magic
Quadrant for Higher Education Administrative Suites positions Oracle in
the Leaders Quadrant. The annual report evaluates higher-education
administrative-suite vendors based on the completeness of their vision and
their ability to implement it.
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| Blended Learning |
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OutStart ForceTen LCMS Registers eLearning Success |
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Boston, MA (USA)/Apeldoorn (NL), November 2008 - Kadaster, also known as
the Dutch national mapping and Cadaster agency, has decided to improve and
update the way it trains its 2,600 staff in line with its service
improvements by introducing the use of OutStart ForceTen™ Learning Content
Management Systems (LCMS).
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| Learning Connection |
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New Collaboration between Education and Industry |
 Orlando, FL (USA),
November 2008 – At Educause 2008 in October, the nonprofit IMS Global
Learning Consortium (IMS GLC) announced the Digital Learning Connection, a
new programme designed to make it easier for faculty, professors, teachers,
and IT staff to incorporate digital learning applications and content into
course web sites.
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| ICT in Schools |
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Business Partnerships for Education in Northern Ireland |
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Dublin (IE), November 2008 – C2k, the educational support system
constructed by HP for the Northern Ireland Department of Education,
reports to have generated significant interest from international
education authorities. The C2k system was implemented in 2003 and is not
only a world beater in terms of cost-effective innovation and success; it
is also the largest eLearning project ever implemented.
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| Shared eLearning |
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Four New Members to The Charity Learning Consortium |
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Stroud (UK), November 2008 - The Charity Learning Consortium (CLC), a
membership organisation dedicated to providing cost-effective eLearning in
the charity and voluntary sectors, has announced the addition of four new
members. CLC now has a membership of forty voluntary organisations and has
seen an increase in membership of over forty percent in the last six
months.
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| MEDEA 2008 |
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Award Ceremony during Online Educa in Berlin |
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Roosbeek (BE), November 2008 - The MEDEA Awards Organising Committee has
announced the finalists of the MEDEA Awards 2008, a competition that
recognizes and encourages the innovative and creative use of media in
education. The overall winner will be announced during the MEDEA Awards
ceremony on December 4, 2008 in the Hotel InterContinental in Berlin.
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| Eden Conference 2009 |
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Innovation, Learning, and Learning Innovation in Europe |
 Gdansk (PL), November
2008 – The 2009 EDEN Annual Conference will address the significance and
impact of learning innovation in Europe. Entitled What did you invent
for tomorrow?, the event welcomes European academic experts and
professional practitioners to Gdansk on June 10-13, 2009, to contribute
and share innovative experience.
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| Strategic Planning |
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Overview of Guinti Lab Events in October 2008 |
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Sestri Levante (IT), November 2008 – The end of October saw a busy week in
Sestri Levante. Three events were held within the same week – the DECOM
2008 Seminar on Digital Educational Publishing, the annual general meeting
(AGM) of ELIG, and Guinti Lab's User Conference.
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| EduMedia 2009 |
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Conference on E-creativity and E-innovation in Austria |
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Salzburg (AT), November 2008 - The Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft
and the St. Virgil Education and Conference Centre invite participation and
extend an open call for contributions for the inter- and multi-disciplinary
conference EduMedia 2009, entitled "Creativity and Innovation Competencies
in the Web".
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