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UK Business Missing Out on Efficiency Gains |
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London (UK), May 2011 - Heads of UK learning companies contend that as
cuts-ridden Britain emerges from recession, it is missing out on a
potential source of significant cost savings and efficiency gains because
of outdated attitudes to training among top management.
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| Informal Learning |
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Shortlist of Five Myths |
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Bosch (NL), May 2011 - Bob Mosher, Chief Learning and Strategy Evangelist
at LearningGuide Solutions, is helping L&D professionals to understand how
to approach implementing the right informal learning strategy for their
workplace. "I'd like to share some myths I've encountered when trying to
intentionally implement a successful informal learning strategy", says
Mosher.
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| Business Competitiveness |
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Learning Technologies Must Play Crucial Role |
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Brighton (UK), May 2011 - Brightwave has launched a new series of videos
featuring leading figures from the world of workplace learning to share
success stories and lessons learned. The videos also explore how learning
technologies can support fast-changing business practices in the next
decade.
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| Research Findings |
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Further Education Boosts Economy by £75 Billion |
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London (UK), May 2011 - Further education participants generate an
additional £75bn for the economy over their lifetimes, with
apprenticeships generating around £40 for each pound of government
investment, new research shows. The study, commissioned by the Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills, examines the economic value generated
by Government-funded post-nineteen qualifications.
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| Merger |
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SuccessFactors Acquires Plateau |
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San Mateo, CA (USA), May 2011 – SuccessFactors has entered into a
definitive agreement to acquire Plateau, the leading learning-management
system (LMS), a Next Generation Portal technology, and CaaS - content as a
service. This acquisition forms a symbiotic combination with
SuccessFactors‘ acquisition of social video mobile learning provider
Jambok.
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| New Management Team |
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e2020 Inc. Expands Business Offerings |
 Scottsdale (AZ), May 2011 – education2020 (e2020), a provider of core
and elective instruction in a virtual setting for students in grades 6-12,
has announced a restructuring of its executive team. The aim is to offer
the highest level of innovation, service, and results as the company
expands its business into other strategic arenas including virtual schools
and mobile platforms.
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| New Executive Committee |
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ELIG’s Leaders Represent a Diverse Learning Industry |
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Paris (FR), May 2011 - The drive to continually raise the profile of
learning on the European political and commercial agendas has been given
greater impetus with a newly expanded Executive Committee for the European
Learning Industry Group (ELIG).
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| Fit4Age |
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Older People Learn Differently, Not Worse |
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Bremen (GER), May 2011 - Numerous project partners from industry and
science developed solutions for the challenges of demographic change in
the "Fit4Age" research association, which has been working for the last
three years. Together with the University of Applied Sciences in Munich
and the University of Regensburg, szenaris GmbH looked at the conditions
under which older people can be successfully qualified with eLearning.
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| Talent Management |
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Totara Announces Roadmap for New Features |
 Wellington (NZ), May 2011
– The roadmap of Totara LMS, the open source LMS for the corporate sector
based on Moodle, is now out for consultation with partners and subscribers
and includes new talent-management modules to manage appraisals. It also
includes 360 feedback and an exciting new program-management feature to
create learning paths, mandatory learning, and recurring learning
requirements.
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| Growth |
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GP Strategies Acquires Ultra Training |
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Elkridge, MD (USA), May 2011 - GP Strategies Corporation, the corporate
parent of global performance-improvement solutions provider General
Physics Corporation (GP), has announced that GP's wholly owned subsidiary
General Physics (UK) Ltd. has acquired Ultra Training Ltd, an independent
skills-training provider located in the United Kingdom.
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| Expansion |
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digital publishing Launches New Office in London |
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Munich (GER)/London (UK), May 2011 - digital publishing, a provider of
online language-training courseware, has announced the opening of a new
office in London that will offer the full range of dp's corporate language
training services throughout the UK. digital publishing's expansion into
the UK market is a natural step in the company's continuing international
growth.
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Questionmark Adds New Analytics Solutions |
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Norwalk, CT (USA), May 2011 – New tools for analyzing and reporting on
assessment results top the list of new features in the latest release of
Questionmark On Demand assessment- management solutions. Questionmark
Analytics, a new module within Questionmark Perception, enables users to
generate reports on assessment items and results.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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The UK’s sports world embraces eLearning |
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(UK), May 2011 - (by Bob Little) We’re used to industries such as
financial services and pharmaceuticals using eLearning to reduce the cost
of staff learning and development; make it more available on demand; help
meet regulatory/compliance obligations, and even help maintain competitive
advantage through improved product knowledge and efficiency.
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| Project Management |
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Maven Offers Innovations and Training |
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London (UK), May 2011 - As part of the continuous drive to support the
learning experience of project managers, Maven has launched its new
corporate learning-management system, MavenNet using IMC's CLIX System.
Maven is also extending an open invitation to a free event on the
effectiveness of change management, presented by Melanie Franklin, the
company’s CEO.
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| Youngsters |
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New Child-Friendly Website on Animal Health |
 Denver, CO (USA), May 2011
– The new website launched by the Morris Animal Foundation features dogs,
cats, horses, llamas, and lots of wildlife species - and the scientists
who are working to keep them healthy.
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| Put to Good Use |
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Articulate Suite Training and Absorb LMS Widely Adopted |
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Hemel Hempstead (UK)/Montreal, QC (CA), May 2011 – Omniplex, a provider of
eLearning solutions, has reported rising levels of demand for its training
courses on the use of Articulate rapid authoring tools. Omniplex has
further announced the success of the Absorb LMS, employed by the academy
of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) to help satisfy
road-transport training needs around the world.
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| Higher Education |
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Investment and Autonomy Needed to Develop Talent |
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Aarhus (DK), May 2011 - Around 450 university leaders and other
higher-education stakeholders gathered in April at Aarhus University,
Denmark for the European University Association (EUA) Annual Conference on
the theme "Investing Today in Talent for Tomorrow". This is a short report
from the meeting, provided by the EUA.
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| Growing Investigation |
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UNESCO Chair in OER: Building Higher-ed Networks |
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(NL), May 2011 - ICDE member institutions Athabasca University, Canada,
and Open Universiteit, the Netherlands, were recently awarded the UNESCO
Chair in open educational resources (OER). The UNESCO Chair in OER is a
network that focuses on capacity building on an institutional, national,
and international level and undertakes research that will contribute to
the growing investigation of the OER phenomenon.
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| Academic Division |
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The 2011 International eLearning Awards |
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New York, NY (USA), May 2011 - The International ELearning Association
(IELA) is pleased to remind everyone that submissions are open for the
Academic Division of the 2011 International ELearning Awards. The
entry-submission page is posted on the IELA site, and the deadline for
submission is 01 June 2011. Only entries in the academic division are
still being accepted; the 2011 deadline for business entries has passed.
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| Free Access |
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World Leading Leadership and Management Resources |
 Stroud (UK), May 2011 - LMMatters is offering organisations
free access to its leadership and management online resources for the
whole of Adult Learners' Week, starting Monday, 16 May. Organisations will
be able to access the Harvard ManageMentor alongside LMKnowledge (LMK) with
more than 10,000 articles, videos, and podcasts from worldwide sources.
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| Interactive Workshops |
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LINE Sponsors TrainingZone Live |
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London (UK), May 2011 - LINE Communications, a provider of learning and
communications solutions, confirms its sponsorship of TrainingZone Live on
16 May in London. TrainingZone Live is aimed to banish traditional
PowerPoint presentations and instead offer delegates the chance to take
part in small expert-led interactive workshops.
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Erasmus EuroMedia Awards 2011 |
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Vienna (AT), May 2011 - The call for applications for the Erasmus EuroMedia
Awards 2011 is now open; the deadline is 10 June. This year’s award
ceremony will be held in Istanbul on 14 October. Join the competition
honouring excellent media in Europe!
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| eLearning Africa |
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Focus on Youth, OERs, and Sectoral Training |
 Dar es
Salaam (TZ), Berlin (GER), May 2011 - eLearning Africa 2011 has set its
sights on unlocking the potential of young Africans, the innovative use of
open educational resources (OERs) and training for teaching, healthcare,
farming, and banking professionals in Africa. The event is the largest
pan-African conference about information and communication technologies
(ICTs) for development, education, and training; this year’s edition takes
place 25-27 May in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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| Behavioral Research |
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Tobii Eye Tracking Conference in Germany |
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Frankfurt (GER), May 2011 – EyeTrackBehavior is the first international
eye-tracking behavior conference. The event will be held 04-05 October
2011, at the Clinical Centre of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in
Frankfurt-Main. The principal goal of this conference is to serve as a
meeting point for researchers who use or are considering using eye
tracking in behavioral research.
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| Call for Papers |
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Mixed Realities, Virtual Worlds, and Gaming |
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Barcelona (ES), May 2011 - eLearning Papers invites the submission of
articles pertaining to the thematic field of "mixed realities, virtual
worlds and gaming". Deadline is 27 May 2011. The publication is part of
the European Commission's portal, elearningeuropa.info, which promotes the
innovative use of ICT in education and training.
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| eLearnExpo 2011 |
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Eighth International Exhibition and Conference in Moscow |
 Moscow (RU), May 2011 –
eLearnExpo, to be held in Moscow 07-08 June 2011, brings together market
participants from every region of Russia, the CIS, and abroad. The Russian
distance-learning market is developing rapidly, and participation in this
exhibition offers the opportunity of contacting a large number of decision
makers and demonstrating products to a specialised target audience.
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| African Education Summit |
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Ministers of Education Confirm Participation |
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Rabat (MA), May 2011 - The African Education Summit takes place just south
of Rabat, Morocco on 12-13 July. It is held under the patronage of the
Moroccan Ministry for National Education, Higher Education, Staff Training
and Scientific Research and is organised by the international company
AfricanBrains.
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| Call for Papers |
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Innovations in the Environmental Sector |
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Brussels (BE), May 2011 - All experts from the environmental sector, human
resources development, and competence modelling are invited to present
their own related professional or academic efforts at the European
Conference "Innovations in the Environmental Sector". The Conference takes
place in Brussels on 21 September 2011, organized by the European
consortium for water competences WACOM.
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| Deadline Extended |
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Ninth International ePortfolio & Identity Conference |
 London (UK), May 2011 –
The ninth ePortfolio and Identity Conference (ePIC), held 11-13 July 2011,
brings together policy-makers, researchers, teachers, trainers, human
resource managers, and technologists. While the first round of submissions
is being reviewed, authors are still welcome to submit contributions until
20 May. Early-bird registration is open until 15 May.
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| Writers Wanted |
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Peter Drucker Society Launches Essay Contest |
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Vienna (AT), May 2011 - The Peter Drucker Society Europe (PDSE) has
launched the "Second Global Peter Drucker Challenge", an essay contest for
young managers, entrepreneurs, and students until the age of 35. The essay
contest has the overarching theme MANAGEMENT, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
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