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ELIG Calls on EU to Promote High-Quality Learning |
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Sestri Levante (I), March 2009 - Following the successful DECOM event held
in October 2008, the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) has launched
the DECOM Declaration: a summary of key recommendations that its members
and other experts in the field of learning-content production and learning
technology see as critical to ensuring equitable access to high-quality
learning for all European citizens.
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| Performance |
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Can You Be Master of All You Survey? |
 Bath (UK), March 2009 -
With at least 600,000 jobs forecast to be lost in 2009, there is intense
pressure on organisations to drive up productivity and performance. For
most organisations, improving the individual and team performance of
people is the clearest way to drive up the organisation’s productivity and
performance.
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| Credit Crunch |
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More for Less Report |
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Brighton (UK), March 2009 - There has never been a greater focus on
reducing costs than right now. All the surveys show greater pressure on
learning and development costs. Kineo has published a More-for-Less Report
that can be downloaded for free.
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| edu-sharing |
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CampusContent Launches New Repository Network |
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Hagen (GER), March 2009 – CampusContent, the DFG (German Research
Foundation) Center of Excellence for eLearning has launched "edu-sharing"
for the education sector. As opposed to other repository solutions
throughout the EU, CampusContent largely supports protected cooperation
among communities of colleagues and experts.
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| Intellectual Merits |
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Craig Barrett of Intel Receives Honorary Ph.D. in Bucharest |
Bucharest (RO), March 2009 – (by Elena Lita) Bucharest’s University
Politehnica (UPB), Romania's largest technical university, has awarded its
highest honor to Intel Corporation chairman, Craig Barrett. The honorary
Ph.D. was granted during a special ceremony held at the university to
recognize Barrett's intellectual merits. The recipient made a speech on
education to Romanian university students, telling them that education and
technology are key to creating an innovation economy.
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| Compliance Training |
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Wolters Kluwer Partners with Learn.com |
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Sunrise, FL (USA), March 2009 - Learn.com has announced that Wolters Kluwer
Financial Services has integrated the company's regulatory compliance
training courses for financial institutions into Learn.com's LearnCenter®
platform. This partnership is based on the terms of a joint-reseller
agreement.
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| Around the Globe |
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Section-508-Compliant eLearning Solutions |
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Warrenville, IL (USA), March 2009 - Plateau Systems and CourseAvenue now
provide Plateau’s iContent clients with Section-508-compliant eLearning
content. CourseAvenue’s Accessibility Player reduces the complications of
accessibility interpretation by embedding the standards’ requirements
directly into the eLearning course player.
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| Corporate Learning |
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On-demand Learning Software to Support Global Expansion |
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Sunrise, FL (USA), March 2009 - Learn.com has announced that BlueArc
Corporation has implemented an award-winning learning-management system to
help sustain its worldwide growth by accelerating sales-force effectiveness
and ramp-up.
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| New Leadership |
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Information Transfer: the Next Generation |
Cambridge (UK), March 2009 - Roger Mann has stepped down as Managing
Partner at the award-winning UK firm Information Transfer. The company’s
partners have appointed Owen Rose and Matthew Borg as the new joint
leaders of the business. Roger, who will continue as a partner with the
firm, explains that the choice of the two co-managing partners is a
natural step.
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| Flying High |
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LINE Delivers Air Power Training Programme to the RAF |
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London (UK), March 2009 - LINE Communications, a supplier of eLearning
content and consultancy, has developed and delivered the final part of the
RAF's Air Power Study Pack. The eLearning programme forms part of a larger
Air Power initiative that will enhance junior officers’ knowledge and
understanding of Air Power within the Royal Air Force.
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| Vocational Training |
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Mobile Learning Standards – 2009 Out Now! |
 Brisbane (AU), March
2009 - The key issues of affordability, accessibility, and
interoperability feature in the revised Mobile Learning Standards
(M-standards), as the vocational education and training (VET) sector seeks
to keep pace with rapid technological advances in m-learning.
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| Linux Certification |
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Pearson VUE to Launch New Computer-based ISEB Exam |
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London (UK), March 2009 - Pearson VUE will be the first testing company to
offer the new Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) Intermediate
Certificate in Software Testing for the British Computer Society (BCS).
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| Quality Assurance |
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Echelon Gains ISO 9001: 2008 Accreditation |
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London (UK), March 2009 – Following a process lasting almost two years, the
organizational-development consultancy Echelon has become one of the first
in its field to be awarded the internationally recognized ISO 9001: 2008
quality-assurance accreditation. Its work processes have been accredited,
making it one of the first service providers in the UK to achieve this
version of ISO 9001, which updates and replaces the 2000 version.
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| e-Gems series |
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Webconferences on Industry Integration of eLearning |
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Brisbane (AU), March 2009 - The e-Gems series of webconferencing sessions
offers learning and networking opportunities for people working in the
vocational education and training (VET) and business sectors. Provided by
the national training system’s eLearning strategy Framework, e-Gems
webconferences are free and require no registration.
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| ICT in Zambia |
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ELearning during a Health Emergency |
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Lusaka (ZM), March 2009 – (by Brenda Zulu) The first school term
this year in Zambia began with a directive from the Ministry of Education
that all schools in cholera-affected areas should remain closed until the
outbreak was fully under control. Brenda Zulu asks about the potentials of
eLearning in such a moment of crisis.
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| eLearning Africa |
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Major Pan-African eLearning Network to Convene in Senegal |
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Berlin (GER)/ Dakar (SN), March 2009 - eLearning Africa continues to expand
its network over the Continent. For the organisation of the conference 2009
in Senegal, eLearning Africa is cooperating with the Senegalese state IT
agency ADIE (Agence de l’Informatique de l’Etat). The fourth event in the
series of pan-African conferences on ICT for Development, Education and
Training will take place from May 27 - 29 in the Hotel Le Méridien in
Dakar.
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| Call for Papers |
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I-KNOW '09 Submission Deadline Extension |
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Graz (AT), March 2009 - Due to numerous requests from the scientific
community, the paper submission deadline for the I-KNOW '09 is now
extended to 06 April 2009. The
International Conference on Knowledge Management and Knowledge
Technologies takes place in Graz, Austria from 02-04 September 2009.
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| Conference |
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Schools - From Teaching Institutions to Learning Spaces |
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Tartu (EE), March 2009 – The conference looking at changes in teaching and
learning entitled "Schools – From Teaching Institutions to Learning
Spaces" will take place on 02-03 April 2009 at the Estonian University of
Life Science conference centre (Kreutzwaldi 1A, Tartu). Simultaneous
translation into English will be provided.
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| South Asia |
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Invitation to Join Worlddidac India |
 New Delhi (IN), January
2009 - Worlddidac India is the first and only event in the region for
educational material, training, and technology-based solutions for all
levels and sectors of the Indian education industry. It addresses the
growing demand for these products and solutions in the entire South Asian
region and is scheduled from 24-26 September 2009 at Pragati Maidan, New
Delhi, India.
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| WMSCI 2009 |
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Final Call for Papers and Invited Sessions Proposals |
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Orlando, FL (USA), March 2009 – The final set of deadlines for the
thirteenth World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and
Informatics WMSCI 2009 from 10-13 July 2009 has been published. WMSCI 2009
is an international forum for scientists and engineers, researchers and
consultants, theoreticians, and practitioners in the fields of Systemics,
Cybernetics and Informatics.
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