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LSIS Launches eCPD Programme |
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London (UK), March 2009 - The Learning and Skills Improvement Service
(LSIS) has launched its new eCPD Programme. The launch was attended in
person or remotely by almost 300 delegates and combined keynote speeches
with a choice of twenty workshops showcasing technologies and case
studies.
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| Benchmarking |
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Tool for Quality Assessment in eLearning |
 Heerlen (NL), March 2009
- E-xcellence is a web-based instrument focusing on eLearning in higher
education. It is the main product of a two-year project, undertaken under
the auspices of EADTU (The European Association of Distance Teaching
Universities) and involving a pool of experts from twelve European
institutions with a stake in eLearning developments.
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| Learning Gateway |
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Public-Private Partnership in Education |
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Bucharest (RO), March 2009 - (by Elena Lita) The Theoretical High
School Grigore Moisil in Bucharest has recently hosted the official launch
of the first Learning Gateway portal in Romania, an easy-to-use educational
resource for students, teachers, and parents. Over 95 percent of the
school’s 770 students; the majority of parents and teachers; local
community representatives; and authorities from the municipal and district
school inspectorates and the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation
have been involved with the project since its beginning.
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| Skills Development |
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Learn.com Announces Free Online Education |
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Sunrise FL (USA), March 2009 - Learn.com has announced the launch of their
Personal Edition in April 2009. The Learn.com Personal Edition (LPE) will
prepare the displaced workforce affected by the downturn in the world
economy to improve their hirability and competitive advantage.
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| New Appointment |
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JJ van Delsen Joins Giunti Labs as UK Sales Director |
 Richmond-upon-Thames (UK), March 2009 - Giunti Labs has
appointed Jan-Jilis ('JJ') van Delsen as its Sales Director in the UK. JJ
is a sales and marketing professional with over fifteen years’ experience
in technology-led multi-channel operations, covering software development,
consultancy, and Internet hardware.
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| Dial and Speak |
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Learnosity Connects Language Learners via Voxbone |
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Brussels (BE), March 2009 - Voxbone has been chosen by languageLearning
specialist Learnosity to connect language students around the world with
their teachers and each other. Through its global IP network, Voxbone
enables Learnosity’s students to share their native fluencies and accents
for the cost of local calls.
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| IT Award |
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Toolwire Wins "Innovation in Training Services of the Year" |
 Pleasanton, CA
(USA)/London (UK), March 2009 – Toolwire has been chosen by the Institute
of IT Training (IITT) as the gold winner for their highly acclaimed
"Innovation in Training Services" award for 2009. The Institute of IT
Training hosted the annual IT Training Awards ceremony in February to
recognize outstanding examples of high standards, best practice,
innovation, and excellence within IT training.
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| Business Merger |
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Redtray acquires Academy Internet |
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London (UK), March 2009 - Redtray, a blended-learning company, has expanded
its eLearning capabilities through a merger with Academy Internet, the
custom eLearning division of AI Digital Ltd based in Brighton. The terms
of the deal have not been disclosed.
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| Community Service |
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Reggie Smith Receives Black Engineer of the Year Award |
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Boston, MA (USA), March 2009 - The United States Distance Learning
Association (USDLA) announces that Reggie Smith III received national
recognition for "Community Service" during the 2009 Black Engineer of the
Year Awards (BEYA) Conference.
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| In-depth Information |
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ELearning Country Report for Portugal |
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Bonn (GER), March 2009 – An in-depth country report on eLearning in
Portugal is available through the European Project eUSER's website. The
research report was compiled by Gonçalo de Sousa Santinha of the
University of Aveiro in Portugal, who collected qualitative and
quantitative information from national sources.
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| Ranking |
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IT Training Awards 09 Celebrates Outstanding Achievement |
 London (UK), March 2009 -
The Institute of IT Training Awards for 2009 were presented in early
February at a gala dinner held at The Dorchester in London. Despite the
bad weather around the country, a capacity audience of over 450 people
attended this year's awards. The event included an address by Ann
Mogridge, a ChildLine counsellor, who spoke about her counselling work
with the ChildLine charity for children in trouble or danger, for which
the Institute raised £10,900 in its annual Charity Auction. This brought
the total raised by the Institute for the charity to £150,000.
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| Teacher Qualification |
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BTL's Involvement in the TDA QTS Tests |
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Shipley (UK), March 2009 - BTL Group Ltd has published a case study
covering their involvement in the QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) tests.
The study provides a detailed account of the requirements set by the TDA
(Training and Development Agency for Schools) for the QTS tests and how
these were met by BTL.
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| Special Needs |
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Tata Interactive's 3D Animation Film Wins FICCI BAF Award |
 Kolkata (IN), March 2009
- Tata Interactive Systems' (TIS) 3D animation film titled 'Special Deeds
for Special Needs' has won the top spot in the 'Best Animated Film on
Social Welfare' category at the FICCI Best Animated Frames Awards 2009.
The awards were announced at a ceremony in February 2009 in Mumbai.
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| Information Management |
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Giunti Labs Launches learn eXact for Asian Markets |
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Sestri Levante (IT), March 2009 - Giunti Labs has increased its presence at
the annual Global Learning Summit, held in Singapore from 24 - 27 of
February. In addition, at the event, Giunti Labs launched the new
Enterprise 2009 Edition of its learn eXact Online and Mobile Learning
Content Management Suite (LCMS).
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| Case Studies |
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New eLearning Research Addresses Skills Shortages |
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Brisbane (AU), March 2009 - New research confirms that eLearning is being
sought out by Australian business and industry looking to solve
significant skills shortages by curbing time-consuming off-the-job
training and speeding up apprenticeship-completion times.
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| DIVERSE 2009 |
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Join the Conference on the Use of Visual Media |
 Aberystwyth (UK), March
2009 - The DIVERSE Conference is an annual gathering of academics,
teachers, technologists, and students that engages participants in an
ongoing dialogue on the effective uses of visual media in education. This
year's DIVERSE is taking place in Aberystwhyth, Wales from 24 – 26 June
2009.
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| Cedefop |
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Europe’s Progress in Reforming Vocational Education |
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Thessaloniki (GR), March 2009 - A major conference organised by Cedefop
under the auspices of the Czech Presidency of the EU (Thessaloniki, March
16-17), Continuity, consolidation and change: towards a European era of
vocational education and training, is to be opened by Ján Figel’, European
Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, the Czech Minister
of Education Ondøej Liška and Greek Minister of Education Aris
Spiliotopoulos.
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