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Creating a 25,000-member Community within Ninety Days |
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New York, NY (US), August 2011 - Appsbar has announced that its unique
app-building tool has grown to a 25,000-member community within ninety
days of launching the beta version of the cost-free and simple way for
anyone to build and publish professional-quality apps. To mark the
milestone, appsbar is thanking the appsbar community with the launch of
the appsbar Gallery and an iPad giveaway based on a review of the best new
appsbar apps posted to appsbar's Facebook page.
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| Second Leonardo |
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Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Follows Jacques Delors |
Cologne (GER), August 2011 - An invaluable collection of knowledge on the
internet that is easy to access and to which everyone can contribute – ten
years ago skeptics mocked the whole idea of the Wikipedia project. But the
online encyclopedia has proved its critics wrong: hundreds of thousands of
volunteers have helped make Wikipedia the largest repository of knowledge
known to man; it has revolutionized knowledge creation in the worlds of
education and business and in society in general. It is for this
achievement that Wikipedia’s founder Jimmy Wales is to be awarded the
Leonardo – European Corporate Learning Award.
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| Employee Engagement |
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Infosys Unveils Integrated Talent Management Platform |
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Bangalore (IN) / London (UK), August 2011 - Infosys has unveiled Infosys
TalentEdge, a comprehensive talent-management platform that deepens
employee engagement. Infosys TalentEdge addresses the entire HR lifecycle,
helping companies streamline their HR processes and reduce operational
costs. The platform is built on state-of-the-art technology and is
delivered in the cloud on an outcome-based pricing model.
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| American Office |
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Hello Chicago! The Test Factory Goes Global |
 Durham (UK), August 2011
- The Durham-based software firm The Test Factory, which develops online
assessment solutions, will open their first American office - in Chicago -
this month. The company has seen its staff numbers grow to more than thirty
in a little over three years and already boasts a client list including
Microsoft, HSBC, and the BBC. Strong and growing US demand for the
company's services has led to the decision to open a permanent presence in
the country.
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| U&I Learning |
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New Contract at the European Commission |
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Ghent (BE), August 2011 - U&I Learning, an eLearning integrator with
headquarters in Ghent, has reeled in a new contract at the European
Commission, with an estimated value of one million euros. The
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission
wants to lower the threshold for European SMEs wanting to participate in,
e.g. framework programs for research and technological development.
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| LearnX 2011 |
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Kaplan Learning Technologies Win Three Awards |
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Reading (UK), August 2011 - Kaplan Learning Technologies’ (KLT) position as
a global provider of collaborative eLearning was further solidified upon
receiving three awards at the 2011 LearnX eLearning & Training Awards.
Both STT Trainer and Atlantic Link were Platinum Winners in their
respective categories.
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| Bite-sized Learning |
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Aurion Learning Launches 2 Day Rapid eLearning Training |
 Belfast (IE), June 2011 -
Aurion Learning has launched a new rapid eLearning training course. This
intense two-day training course is specifically designed for in-house
trainers / subject-matter experts who want to design and build their own
rapid eLearning programmes. Dr. Maureen Murphy, Managing Director of
Aurion Learning talks about the course in more detail.
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| Toolwire Releases |
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Learning Solution Increases Workforce Readiness |
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Pleasanton, CA (US), August 2011 – Toolwire, which offers experiential
learning technologies, has added Microsoft Windows 7 to its CompTIA A+
InteractiveScenarios. Toolwire’s move is in lock-step with a decision by
the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), an international
vendor neutral certification organization, to include Windows 7 in its
CompTIA A+ Certification Exam.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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Mobile learning: from theory to practice |
 London
(UK), August 2011 - (by Bob Little) At the eMadrid Workshop on e-learning, held at
Ciudad Universitaria in Madrid, Fabrizio Cardinali - Vice President of
Global Business Development at eXact learning solutions – along with other
mobile learning specialists including Marcus Specht of the Open University
of the Netherlands, explored trends in mobile learning relating to both
the corporate and the academic sectors.
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| 'Perfect Project' |
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ELearning Materials on Project Planning and More |
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London (UK), August 2011 - Project management training and development
specialists Project Agency has extended its range of eLearning materials
devoted to project management. These two new eLearning modules complement
Project Agency’s basic eLearning programme on project management – known
as "Perfect Project", which was launched earlier this year. The standalone
eLearning modules, each costing £25, cover Stakeholder and Risk Management,
and Project Planning.
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| Eurogamer Expo |
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OnLive's Revolutionary Cloud Gaming Service |
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London (UK), August 2011 - OnLive, the pioneer of cloud gaming, has
announced that its breakthrough instant-play video game service will
launch on 22 September at the opening of the 2011 Eurogamer Expo London.
Over 100 top-tier games will instantly be available for play via almost
any broadband Internet connection throughout the UK on HDTV, PC, Mac, and
iPad and Android tablets.
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| Alternative Medicine |
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Sharing Knowledge That Can Help Make People Wiser |
 Orlando, FL (US), August
2011 - The online community information website from Alternative Medicine
Info, LLC has gone live. The group that created AltMeds.com has spent two years beta testing the site
and building the database of more than 8,000 pages, creating a
comprehensive, go-to location for information on alternative medicine
philosophies, practices, products, and services.
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| WOLCE Seminar |
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What Learning Methods Do Leaders and Managers Prefer? |
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London (UK), August 2011 - Do you think you know the learning methods
leaders and managers like best? Results of independent research may
surprise you, with "the classroom" not appearing in the top three
learning-delivery methods for all levels of executives. James Reed, MD of
leadership and management online learning specialists LMMatters, will be
talking about these results and what they mean for L&D professionals at a
seminar at the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition (WOLCE) at
4:15pm on 27 September.
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| European Schoolnet |
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Come Closer, Neighbour! |
.gif) Brussels (BE), August
2011 - In Europe there are roughly seventy country borders of which 25 are
also language borders. Through eTwinning, many schools are crossing these
frontiers by learning each other’s languages. eTwinning is part of
Comenius, the EU programme for schools.
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| Global Network |
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Kineo Expands to South Africa and Announces UK Event |
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Brighton (UK), August 2011 – Kineo is celebrating the opening of an office
in South Africa, the latest in its growing number of global
representatives, and is pleased to showcase an Articulate Storyline on 26
September at the British Medical Association in London.
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| Registration Opens |
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Social Media Conference Announced |
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Westchester, PA (US), August 2011 - Human Capital Solutions, LLC, has
announced the official opening of SocialMediaPlus 2011, a
one-and-a-half-day Web 2.0 and social media business summit exploring
practical ideas for the use of social media in business. The event, being
held on 15-16 November at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in
Philadelphia, is expected to attract nationally recognized speakers and
presenters from the social media industry.
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| General Assembly |
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EFQUEL Innovation Forum news |
 Oeiras (PT), August 2011
- In 2011, the EFQUEL Innovation Forum will take place for the sixth time;
the event has grown fast over the years. Headliners this year are Wayne
Mackintosh, Paul Bacsish, Steve Wheeler, Yves Punie, and Asha Kanwar. The
focus will be on innovative models for accreditation and certification in
our new learning world, in which open- educational resources and practices
play a prominent role.
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| Media & Learning |
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Closing Date of the MEDEA Awards 2011 on 16 September |
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Roosbeek (BE), August 2011 - The deadline for receipt of entries for the
fourth annual MEDEA Awards is 16 September 2011. This year there will be
two main awards; the MEDEA Award for User-Generated Educational Media 2011
and the MEDEA Award for Professionally Produced Educational Media 2011.
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| Virtual Mobility |
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International Conference on Student Mobility and ICT |
 Vienna (A), August 2011 -
The fourth S-ICT Conference "Student Mobility and ICT: Virtual Mobility"
will be held on 03-04 November 2011 in Vienna, Austria. The Conference is
organised by the VIRQUAL project (Virtual Mobility and European
Qualification Framework in HE and CE Institutions) in co-operation with
Vienna University of Technology and Maastricht University.
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| Closing a Glaring Gap |
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Tickets Now Available for Learning at the Moment of Need |
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Amsterdam (NL), August 2011 - Tickets are now available for Learning at the
Moment of Need, a two-day workshop taking place in Amsterdam on 19 - 20
September 2011. As a result of a series of successful workshops in the
United States, LearningGuide Solutions’ Dr. Conrad Gottfredson and Bob
Mosher are looking forward to conducting this Performance Support Workshop
in Europe for the first time.
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