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Keeping and Gaining Customers in an Economic Downturn |
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London (UK), January 2009 - In an attempt to provide practical advice and
guidance to organisations in the current economic climate, the
organisational- development consultancy Echelon is offering its customers
free access to a paper on 'retaining customers in an economic downturn'.
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| Serious Games |
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Pioneers of 3D eLearning Technology |
 Sunderland (UK), January
2009 - Gaming is no longer the preserve of adolescents, but has entered the
corporate and education mainstream for web-based learning. Caspian Learning
explains multiple applications of serious gaming and shows synergies that
stem from working with Adobe Systems.
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| Building for 55+ |
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Best Examples From Over Twenty Countries on DVD |
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Berverly Hills, CA (USA), January 2009 – A new series of educational DVDs
on new trends in nursing homes and retirement villages is now available
for nursing home and retirement village executives, developers, builders,
designers, town planners, government officials, and anyone with an
interest in providing housing to the over- 55 market.
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| Administration Tool |
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Software Available to Support Train to Gain Programmes |
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Coventry (UK), January 2009 - The £350 million expansion of British
government funding made available through the "Train to Gain" programme
has significantly changed the categories of training providers eligible to
deliver software through this effort.
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| Business Cooperation |
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Cegos Group and dp Sign Cooperation Contract |
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Munich (GER)/Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR), January 2009 - Cegos Group, the
European leader in professional development, and German language-training
experts digital publishing have signed an agreement to promote their
respective eLearning training courses. From now on, Cegos is offering its
customers language training and, for its part, digital publishing is
becoming an official partner for the "eLearning Solutions by Cegos" range.
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| Open Source |
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Non-Specialist Tools for Specialist Content |
 Vienna (AT), January
2009 – Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) offers impressive
possibilities in the area of rapid content development. The eLearning
specialists at common sense - eLearning & training consultants in Vienna
support client teams worldwide in the implementation and instructional use
o FOSS tools.
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| Collaboration |
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New eLearning Training for Cisco TelePresence System |
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Irvine, CA/Warrenville, IL (USA), January 2009 – Ascolta, a provider of
information-technology training and learning services, and CourseAvenue,
developer of learning-content authoring systems and learning-integration
services, have announced the availability of end-user training on Cisco’s
TelePresence System in a convenient eLearning format.
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| Online Developments |
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The Future of Business Video on the Internet |
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Corby (UK), January 2009 – The use of videos inserted into web pages is
gaining new speed. One example is the use of a virtual presenter that is
similar to a TV that guides the user towards specific pages or content.
This idea has been professionalised by the company of the same name:
Virtualpresenter.
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| Online Tutorials |
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Useful Tools for Students |
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Washington, DC (USA), January 2009 - Independent research has determined
that Smarthinking’s online tutoring services increase student achievement
and assist in improving student retention.
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| Distance Learning |
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Economic Downturn Not Bad News for All Universities |
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Milton Keynes (UK), January 2009 - The British Council fears the economic
downturn may deter international students from coming to the UK to study,
but it's not bad news for all. The Open University Business School is
defying the trend through offering relevant and responsive business and
management education to around 43,000 students in nearly seventy
countries.
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| Higher Education |
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Barnsley College Paves the Way for Enhanced eLearning |
 Barnsley (UK), January
2009 - Barnsley College is adopting Unified Communications technology
provided by NEC Philips Unified Solutions. The solution incorporates
Microsoft’s Office Communications Server (OCS), Unified Messaging (UM),
Live Meeting, and IP telephony and will help the College to streamline
business processes by improving the reachability and presence information
of staff.
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| Virtual Classroom |
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Wimba to Deliver Online Dental Training Worldwide |
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New York, NY (USA)/Cambridge (UK), January 2009 - Wimba has announced that
the International Virtual Dental School (IVIDENT) has licensed Wimba
Classroom™ for its global, online dental training program. IVIDENT aims to
bridge the gap between skills development for dentists and the availability
of expert teachers, particularly in specialised niche fields of training.
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| Accessibility |
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Fresh Approach to Section 508-Compliant eLearning |
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Warrenville, IL (USA), January 2009 – Section 508 was enacted by the US
government to eliminate barriers in information technology and to make new
opportunities for people with disabilities available. CourseAvenue now
announces the availability of their Accessibility Player, a new technology
that builds Section 508 compliance into the core of eLearning content.
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| Teaching Skills |
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Best Practices Made Available throughout the UK |
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London (UK), January 2009 - The Learning and Skills Network (LSN) - an
independent not-for-profit organisation committed to making a difference
to education and training - has concluded a deal to distribute Echelon
Learning’s series of nine, online, interactive, video-rich
teacher-training programmes throughout the UK.
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| Letter from UK |
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'Little’s Britain': Mutual discovery |
 London
(UK), January 2009 - (by Bob Little) The UK can be proud of many
things - including the fact that it is separated from mainland Europe by
sea. This geographical detail has worked in the UK’s favour over the
centuries but, if Britain’s coastline marks the limits of Britain’s
vision, there is a danger that the UK will become isolated from exposure
to important issues, opportunities and markets.
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Samaritans Adopts eLearning |
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Stirling (UK), January 2009 - The national emotional support charity, the
Samaritans, is introducing eLearning to its volunteers across the UK and
Ireland. The delivery of cost-effective, face-to-face training is
essential for Samaritans, with 17,000 volunteers throughout UK, the
Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and Republic of Ireland.
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| Language Skills |
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Intelligent Solution for Learning English |
Bucharest (RO), January 2009 - (by Elena Lita) TNT Games has
launched the Romanian version of the English-language-learning program
Tell Me More. First launched by Auralog in 1998, Tell Me More is
distributed in over sixty countries; more than five million copies have
been sold.
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| Cedefop Papers |
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EU Research Materials on Vocational Education and Training |
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Thessaloniki (GR), January 2009 – European cooperation on vocational
education and training and lifelong learning made considerable progress
last year, both in terms of implementing common European tools and
political decisions. Cedefop provided much of the expertise for the
Bordeaux Communiqué and the Council Resolution on Lifelong Guidance.
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| WMSCI 2009 |
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Call for Papers and Invited Session Proposals |
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Orlando, FL (USA), January 2009 – The thirteenth World Multi-Conference on
Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics is being held 10-13 July 2009 in
Orlando, Florida. A new deadline, 22 January, has been announced for
submissions of papers and abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals for
WMSCI 2009.
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| EXPOELEARNING '09 |
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Invitation to Attend a Major eLearning Event in Barcelona |
 Barcelona (ES), January
2009 – The ninth edition of EXPOELEARNING, the most important business
opportunity for the Spanish-speaking eLearning market, is being held on
19-20 March in Barcelona. This year’s event focuses on "The image of
eLearning" and will explore new methods and applications in the field,
including videogames, virtual worlds, and mobility.
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| Network Event |
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OutStart Announces 2009 Global User Conference |
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Boston, MA (USA), January 2009 – OutStart will host its 2009 global user
conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Miami, Florida, on 29-30 April
2009. OutStart has designed its two-day conference for senior-level
executives as well as day-to-day users of OutStart’s software.
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| I-KNOW '09 |
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Contribute Your Expertise in Knowledge Management |
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Graz (AT), January 2009 - I-KNOW '09, the ninth International Conference on
Knowledge Management and Knowledge Technologies will take place 2-4
September 2009 in Graz, Austria. Opening and closing keynotes, an
international cooperation event, and a conference-wide exhibition complete
the I-KNOW conference program.
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