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London (UK), February 2011 – For the annual Mobile World Congress, Analysys
Manson is offering a collection of expert opinion pieces and analysis
titled "Mobile Insight and the Connected Consumer". Some of the content is
based on results of the Connected Consumer survey conducted with consumers
across Europe and the USA, measuring trends in telecoms and media.
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| Learning and Development |
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UK Businesses Are Failing Employees on Training |
 London (UK), February 2011 –
Research commissioned by IT and business skills provider Global Knowledge
shows that businesses are failing to meet the career aspirations and
training needs of their employees. Despite 72% of employees viewing
learning and development opportunities as just as important as salary when
choosing their next job, many still face barriers from their employers in
getting the training they want.
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| Useful Insights |
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The Guardian Shares the Secret of eLearning |
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Brighton (UK), February 2011 - More and more organisations are turning to
eLearning and seeing the benefits, according to a recent article in The
Guardian. The piece highlights how businesses are making the most of
eLearning, including Cable & Wireless, one of Kineo's longstanding
clients.
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| Market Analysis |
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Elearnity Announces Vendor Perspectives |
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Cirencester (UK), February 2011 - Elearnity, an independent learning
industry analyst, has announced Elearnity Perspectives, a new tool for
assessing learning-technology vendor options and suitability for corporate
needs.
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| Agreement |
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TATA Interactive Systems Now Preferred Supplier of DHL |
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Tübingen (GER), February 2011 - In recent years TATA Interactive Systems
(TIS) and DHL have been working together on various successful projects
all over the world, ranging from an eLearning project centred around
on-boarding, to the development of the world’s largest online logistics
business simulation. Now the two organisations are going to intensify
their cooperation and, toward this end, have signed a Preferred Supplier
Agreement.
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| Ranking |
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Plateau Recognised for Market and Product Leadership |
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London (UK), February 2011 - Plateau has been named as a "Leader" in the
IDC MarketScape for Integrated Talent Management and ranked as a "Hot
Vendor" for Total Compensation Management in the latest Ventana Research
Value Index.
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| Supporting Communities |
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e-Government National Awards 2010 |
London (UK), February 2011 – The Belfast-based eLearning company Aurion
Learning is celebrating the award of a prestigious e-Government National
Award 2010 for their project EalingHELP. The project was honoured with
the "Building a fairer society with e-Government services" award in
recognition of its commitment to using ICT and e-government services to
improve social inclusion or improve lives and communities.
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| Growth Strategy |
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Atlas Interactive Expands its Middle Eastern Operation |
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Aberdeen (UK), February 2011 - International training and
learning-solutions provider Atlas Interactive is embarking on a
significant growth strategy in the Middle East. Atlas’ new office base in
Abu Dhabi will service clients across the Gulf with a focus on the UAE,
Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait. Furthermore, the addition of
three new hires demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to its
customers across the region.
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| Recognizing Excellence |
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IT Training Award Winners Announced |
 London/Coventry (UK),
February 2011 - The winners of the annual IT Training Awards were
announced in front of 400 top industry professionals at a gala ceremony. A
couple of standout categories included "Training Company of the Year",
which was won for the second year in a row by Verridian. In addition, the
category for "Training Department of the Year", which was dominated by a
host of household names including Boots, British Airways, and Bupa, was
won by Ricoh UK.
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| Strategic Partnership |
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Educating Future Chief Information Officers |
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Milton Keynes (UK), February 2011 - The Open University has licensed the
CIO Executive Council Pathways competency framework, which allows future
Chief Information Officers (CIOs) to follow a clearly devised learning
plan, from IT staff to Board level. The framework will be mapped to The
Open University's extensive online industry curriculum to provide future
CIOs with the essential skills required to reach Board status.
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| Open Source |
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TDM Becomes Totara LMS Partner |
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Wellington (NZ), February 2011 - TDM, UK specialists in helping
organisations to leverage open- source software solutions, has become a
Totara LMS Partner. Totara LMS, is an open-source LMS for the corporate
sector based on Moodle. Totara LMS has a range of enhancements over and
above the wide ranging functionality available in Moodle.
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| Learning Gateway |
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New Version of SaaS and Cloud-based LMS |
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Oslo (NO), February 2011 - Edvantage group, a European eLearning company,
has announced the release of version 5.6 of its SaaS and cloud-based
Learning Gateway learning-management system (LMS). This version focuses on
helping large and small organisations gain more effect from their blended
learning programmes with less administrative effort.
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| Non-Profit Sector |
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Save the Children Improves Employee Engagement |
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Santa Monica, CA (USA), February 2011 - Cornerstone OnDemand has announced
that global non-profit Save the Children is using Cornerstone’s
comprehensive talent-management software solution to better engage its
employees – and, in turn, further its mission of achieving breakthroughs
in how the world treats children.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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Sex, Italians, the US military, Obama - and mobile learning |
 London
(UK), February 2011 - (by Bob Little) Mobile learning is being put
to use to help alleviate the effects of an age-old human tragedy: human
trafficking. The Italy-based learning content management and digital
repository solution provider, eXact learning solutions, along with Achieve
Labs Inc; Intuition Publishing Inc; OnPoint Digital; OutStart, and
Trivantis, is providing mobile learning materials to US Department of
Defense (DoD) personnel to help them combat human trafficking.
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| Content and Authoring |
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EssentialSkillz Releases Library of Editable Courses |
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Milton Keynes (UK), February 2011 - eLearning provider EssentialSkillz has
released two new libraries of editable courses under their brand O-LAS
Content. Developed using their own authoring tool, O-LAS Author, each
course is editable by clients to ensure that the content is relevant to
their organisation.
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| Learning Management |
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South Yorkshire College Adopts Athena |
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Lingfield (UK), February 2011 - Doncaster College and University Centre has
over 20,000 people enrolled on more than 500 part and full-time courses.
The College’s management was challenged when they needed to review
students at an early enough stage in order to create individual action
plans. To tackle the problem, Doncaster turned to LB Solutions and set up
a pilot scheme using the Athena Learning Management System to standardise
and improve the quality of the review process.
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| Language Learning |
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goFLUENT’s New Appointment and Distribution Agreement |
 Geneva (CH)/ Seattle, WA (USA), February 2011 – goFLUENT, a
provider of distance business- English training, has appointed Jean Paul
Minarro as its new Vice President and General Manager of goFLUENT Europe.
It has also joined forces with Livemocha to provide community-enabled
English-language learning resources worldwide.
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| Social Media |
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LINE Launches YouTube Channel and Facebook Page |
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London (UK), February 2011 - LINE Communications, a provider of learning
and communications, has unveiled its latest social media sites: a
brand-new YouTube channel and a Facebook page. The social-media outlets
complement LINE’s core value of communicating with an increasingly
far-reaching and diverse audience. Members and subscribers to the networks
can view the latest at LINE: from viewpoints, presentations and interviews
to highly engaging examples of its work.
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| Assessment |
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Two White Papers from Questionmark |
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Norwalk, CT (USA), February 2011 - The increasing use of wikis, blogs, and
portals as learning environments has brought the use of embedded
assessments to the fore as a way to help learners remember more and forget
less. How can this new trend work for your organization? How will it impact
the way you use online surveys and quizzes? And how can it help improve
learning? Two free white papers from Questionmark offer insights and
practical tips about using assessments effectively in a fast-changing
world.
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| Medical Sector |
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SMART Training Mitigates Risk for Healthcare Providers |
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Dallas, TX (USA), February 2011 - Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a
subsidiary of Raytheon Company RTN, and Baptist Health have signed an
agreement to deliver Synergistic Medical and Resource Team (SMART)
training to healthcare systems. The training enables medical staff to
prevent or mitigate patient safety threats originating from human
interaction and systemic error.
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| Higher Education |
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HEXTLEARN Community Update |
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Budapest (HU), February 2011 - When the HEXTLEARN project ended in 2010,
the project partners decided to continue maintaining the community for the
future. The final research results are now online on the HEXTLEARN
community: The Good Practice Collection, the Virtual Peer Review Report,
and the Living Toolkit are fully accessible for free. Community members
may further request a Virtual Peer Review process from now on based on the
fully tested methodology.
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| Computer-based Testing |
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Annual Increase of 33% in Africa |
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London (UK), February 2011 - Pearson VUE, provider of computer-based
testing, has reported an increase of 33% in the number of exams delivered
via its extensive network of test centres across Africa in 2010. The
Pearson plc business also grew its test centre network across the
Continent last year by twenty percent and increased its catalogue of exams
by nineteen percent from 2009.
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| Registration Open |
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EDEN Conference 2011: Learning and Sustainability |
 Dublin (IE), February 2011
– In 2011, EDEN is not only celebrating twenty years of vibrant networking
and collaborative research on ICT-supported learning in Europe, but is
also hosting a conference. The event, which will foster better integration
of the concept of responsible and sustainable development within learning,
takes place 19 - 22 June 2011 at University College Dublin in Ireland.
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| eduhub days 2011 |
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The Challenge of Open Ideas |
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Lugano (CH), February 2011 - SWITCH invites participants to the eduhub days
2011, the national meeting of eLearning executives, support-centre leaders,
and members of the Swiss eLearning Community eduhub. The event takes place
23 – 24 March 2011, at the Hotel de la Paix in Lugano.
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| Global Event |
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International World Wide Web Conference |
 Hyderabad (IN), February
2011 - The Web has had a glorious existence of over two decades and has
revolutionized the way we work and live. It has been the catalyst for
proliferating information across boundaries, enabling effective
communication, and 24/7 service availability - all leading to the digital,
information-based economy that we have today.
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| Gauteng Online |
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Wyse Supports eLearning Africa with Platinum Sponsorship |
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Berlin (GER)/Dar es Salaam (TZ), February 2011 - Wyse, an expert in cloud
client computing, will be the major sponsor of this year's eLearning
Africa conference and exhibition. The sixth in the series of Africa's
largest international event on technology for development, education, and
training, eLearning Africa will take place from 25 - 27 May in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania.
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