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Yes, but … ; No, but …! - The Future of eLearning |
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North Woodchester (UK), February 2011 – A recent report on the state of the
eLearning industry predicts a continued rise in demand, but at a slower
pace, and not as great as for the UK’s European counterparts. Ian Ross,
Learning Technology Manager at leadership and management online-learning
specialists LMMatters, shares his view in this article that there is no
room for complacency amongst providers, and the pressure is on to provide
"more for less".
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| At the Forefront |
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Festo and Corporate Educational Responsibility (CER) |
 Esslingen (GER),
February 2011 – Festo promotes technical skills among young people,
supports international training standards, and encourages outstanding
technical achievements. It achieves success in these undertakings by
means of its Festo Education Fund; involvement in the European
(EuroSkills) and international (WorldSkills) vocational-skills
championships for Mechatronics and Mobile Robotics; as well as through
participation in many international, national, and regional projects.
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| Mobile Learning |
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eXact Backs Obama’s Plea to Prevent Human Trafficking |
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Sestri Levante (IT), February 2011 - The learning-content management and
digital-repository solution provider, eXact learning solutions, is among a
number of companies that have combined their expertise and products to
provide mobile learning materials to US Department of Defense (DoD)
personnel to help them combat human trafficking.
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| Learning & Development |
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Looking Ahead to a New Decade of Learning |
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North Woodchester (UK), February 2011 – The British Charity Learning
Consortium has collected comments from some of its members about the
challenges they've faced in the last decade in learning and development
(L&D) and invited them to indulge in a little crystal-ball gazing on the
industry's future. Read on to find out what Martin Baker, Laura Overton,
Peter Honey, Ian Ross, and the charity L&D managers think is in store for
a new decade of learning.
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| Enrolment-Based Pricing |
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Course-Source Outlines a New Way of Buying eLearning |
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London (UK), February 2011 - Course-Source has an unconventional but
extremely cost- effective approach to providing eLearning materials. It
guarantees its customers no initial set-up costs in terms of IT hardware,
no software or maintenance overheads, and no costs for installing
additional servers on the customers’ company intranets.
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| NHS Learning Portal |
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Aurion Learning Wins Deal for Scotland |
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Belfast (UK), February 2011 - The Belfast-based online-learning company
Aurion has been awarded a new contract to develop online learning
resources for NHS Education for Scotland (NES). They will be working in
partnership with the Scottish Special Health Board to design and build an
online learning portal.
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| Data Security |
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Throwing the Dice with IMC in the "Jungle Game" |
Saarbrucken (GER)/Kuala Lumpur (MY), February 2011 – Data protection and
IT security are becoming the main priority in almost all companies.
Besides deliberate misuse, it is above all individuals who handle data
with too little caution that can cost companies money and image.
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| Slips, Trips, and Falls |
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DuPont Sustainable Solutions Releases New Training |
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Virginia Beach, VA (USA), February 2011 - DuPont Sustainable Solutions has
released the new training programme "Slips, Trips and Falls: Educate
Yourself" to raise awareness among school faculty and staff about the
risks of slips, trips, and falls and to help them avoid the injuries these
mishaps can cause.
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| Strengthened Position |
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e2train Acquires Intraventure |
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Cirencester (UK), February 2011 - e2train, a provider of learning and
performance-management systems and services, has announced its acquisition
of Intraventure, a provider of succession-planning and
talent-and-performance-management software and services. e2train's
takeover of Intraventure brings together two of the UK's leading-edge HR
and learning software providers.
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| Growth |
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Edvantage Launches Channel Partner Programme |
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Brighton (UK), February 2011 – In January, the eLearning company Edvantage
group formally launched its Channel Partner Programme at Learning
Technologies in London. After a very successful 2010, the company is
seeking to extend its services within its current markets (UK and
Nordics), whilst expanding into additional territories in Europe and the
rest of the world.
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| New Features |
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Saba Publisher 10.0 Powers Social Learning |
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Redwood Shores, CA (USA), February 2011 – Saba, a provider of people
systems, has announced the availability of Saba Publisher 10.0, the latest
version of its content-creation and publishing tool. Saba Publisher 10.0
includes new capabilities that let any author create and publish
compelling, media-rich content, particularly content focused on video and
gaming.
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| Collaboration |
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Intellego Announces Partnership with DIA |
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London (UK), February 2011 - Intellego has announced a partnership with DIA
to provide its Zenosis library of eLearning modules to professionals from
around the world who are involved in the discovery, development, and life
cycle management of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, and
related healthcare products.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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Towards more benchmarking |
 London
(UK), February 2011 - (by Bob Little) Towards Maturity, the
benchmarking and best practice organisation which aims to improve the
impact of learning technologies at work, has launched a new benchmarking
service. Called the Head Start Programme, Towards Maturity claims that
this 12 month blended support programme will use benchmarking to help
users find the most effective implementation path to enable them to
improve performance and overcome barriers.
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| Asian Market |
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dp Expands Global Presence into China |
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Munich (GER)/Shanghai (CN), February 2011 - digital publishing, a European
provider of online language training, has announced the opening of a new
office in Shanghai, China. The Shanghai office establishes a permanent
presence in Asia and expands digital publishing's global reach.
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| IT Training Companies |
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New Horizons Named among the World's Top 20 |
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Conshohocken, PA (USA)/London (UK), February 2011 - New Horizons Computer
Learning Centres has announced that it has again earned a spot among the
Top 20 Information Technology (IT) educational companies in the world for
the third straight year. The recognition comes from TrainingIndustry.com, a leading industry website.
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| Future Pathways |
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Changing Teaching through 3D Technology |
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Reading (UK)/Dallas, TX (USA), February 2011 – Two UK schools are using
Texas Instruments DLP® 3D-ready technology to bring science lessons to
life and turn two-dimensional topics into engaging 3D learning
experiences. The result is an improvement in the pupils’ understanding of
difficult topics. Participating schools are The Abbey School, an
independent girls’ day school of over 1,000 pupils, and the Emmbrook
School, a mixed comprehensive school of 1,200 pupils.
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| Promotional Programme |
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Linux Professionals Scheme in Academic Organisations |
 London (UK), February 2011
- The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) and Pearson VUE, a leader in
computer-based testing, have announced a special promotional programme in
select European countries for LPI Approved Academic Partners (LPI-AAP).
Under the new initiative, LPI-AAPs will be able to purchase discounted
vouchers for their students who are expected to take LPI's certification
exams.
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| Transforming Education |
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Fusion Universal to Launch 'Virtual School' Programme |
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London (UK), February 2011 - Fusion Universal has announced the launch of
its "Virtual School" programme. The Virtual School is set to transform
education by providing access to digital learning resources to anyone,
anywhere, at any time.
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| Higher Education |
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"Virtual Internships" Bring Law to Life |
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Pleasanton, CA (USA)/London, UK, February 2011 - Toolwire, Inc. and the
University of East London (UEL) are collaborating to provide an immersive
online-learning experience to UEL law students. The venture is the first
of its kind to take place simultaneously within the UK higher education
sector and general legal education.
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| Learning Platforms |
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Curatr Launches "Set to Rock the Industry" |
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Wheatley (UK), February 2011 - Curatr, a new platform to deliver online
learning was officially launched at the Learning Technologies conference
and exhibition in London. Curatr, designed and developed by HT2 and in
beta since August, enables organisations to transform their existing
learning content into a social game, increasing engagement and harnessing
the power of collective knowledge to deliver exceptional learning
outcomes.
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| Flexible Service |
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British Gas Services Chooses Content Master |
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Bristol (UK), February 2011 - British Gas Services - Central Heating
Installations, the UK's leading installations and home-services provider,
has selected Content Master, part of CM Group, to create and deliver its
latest onboarding sales training programme.
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| Expansion |
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IMC Opens French Office |
 Saarbrücken (GER)/Paris (FR), February 2011 - IMC has
announced the opening of an office in Paris. IMC will be focussing on its
learning and talent suite CLIX as a cloud-based SaaS model. This, combined
with the POWERTRAINER authoring tool and individual and standardised
content services, offers a packet of services that is unique in France.
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| End-to-End Integration |
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EssentialSkillz New O-LAS eLearning Suite |
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Milton Keynes (UK), February 2011 - EssentialSkillz, a global eLearning
solutions provider, has launched a new eLearning package called O-LAS.
This suite of tools has four modules that can work together or
independently. Combined, O-LAS LMS, O-LAS Author, O-LAS Assess, and O-LAS
Content create a unique and unrivalled online eLearning system with the
power and flexibility of systems many times more expensive.
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| TIGA Awards 2011 |
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Celebrating Excellence in eGovernment |
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Dar es Salaam (TZ)/Berlin (GER), February 2011 - The competition for the
third TIGA Technology in Government Awards 2011 has opened. The awards are
organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and
supported by the government of Finland. This biennial event recognises
African governments' effective use of ICTs for public services and raises
awareness of the role of ICTs for the development process. The deadline
for entries is 28 February 2011. The awards will be granted at this year’s
eLearning Africa event in Tanzania.
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| Latest Trends |
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Third Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and Online Learning |
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(GP/FR), February 2011 - The Third International Conference on Mobile,
Hybrid, and Online Learning (eL&mL 2011) is being held from 23-28 Feb 2011
in Guadeloupe. The event will provide an overview of current technologies,
approaches, and trends. It focuses on the latest trends in eLearning and
also on the latest IT alternatives that are poised to become mainstream
strategies in the near future and will influence the eLearning
environment.
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| Baltic Focus |
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Invitation to Join eLearning Baltics |
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Rostock (GER), February 2011 – This year’s eLearning Baltics (eLBa) takes
place on 26-27 May 2011 in Rostock at the Radisson Blu Hotel. Now in its
fourth year, this international conference brings together researchers,
practitioners, and scientists; those using eLearning products and
services; as well as those producing them.
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| Follow the Sun |
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Learning Futures Festival Online 2011 |
 Leicester (UK)/Brisbane
(AUS), February 2011 - The Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the
University of Leicester is collaborating with the Australian Digital
Futures Institute at the University of Southern Queensland to offer a
non-stop, two-day global online conference on the future of
technology-enhanced learning. Registration is now open for the Conference,
to be held 13–15 April 2011, and ICDE members are eligible for a discounted
registration rate.
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| Global Learn Asia Pacific |
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Global Conference on Learning and Technology |
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Melbourne (AU), February 2011 - Global Learn is an international conference
organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
(AACE). Held in Melbourne, Australia from 28 Mar - 01 Apr 2011, its
mission is to further the advancement and innovation in learning and
technology.
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| Call for Participation |
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Join the ED-MEDIA Multi-Disciplinary Forum in Portugal |
 Lisbon (PT), February
2011 - ED-MEDIA-World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia &
Telecommunications is being held 27 June – 01 July 2011 in Lisbon,
Portugal. This international conference is organized by the Association
for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), and the submission
of proposals is invited until 12 April.
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| Shared Knowledge |
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Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds |
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Prague (CZ), February 2011 - Held at the held at the Mamaison Riverside
Hotel in Prague from 20 - 22 March 2011, the aim of this conference is to
examine learning – both formal and informal - in virtual worlds in an
attempt to explore both its essential characteristics and its future
possibilities.
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