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What Is Doing Nothing Costing Your Business? |
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London (UK), September 2011 – "It will be too expensive." "Far too
disruptive!" "We don't have the time." These are probably the top three
excuses training professionals come up against when trying to make the
case against learning and development programmes. But the answer to all of
them is "Well, how much time and money will you waste, and how much
disruption will you experience by doing nothing?"
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| Welcome to the Future |
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Social Networking Just Got Social with Debut of Blendr |
 Los Angeles, CA (USA),
September 2011 - The creators of Grindr have unveiled the name of the
highly anticipated "Project Amicus" app. Dubbed Blendr, the revolutionary
geo-social network aims to transform the way the world meets new people
based on common interests.
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| Shape up on Skills |
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Core Learning Services Fuels UK's Power Sector Workers |
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London (UK), September 2011 - The National Skills Academy for Power (the
Skills Academy), aided by Core Learning Services (CLS), a consultancy
providing eLearning-related products and services, is introducing online
learning materials as part of its strategy of skills development within
power companies.
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| Accounting |
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Leading Universities Take Higher Education to the Cloud |
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San Mateo, CA (USA), September 2011 - NetSuite Inc., a provider of
cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, has announced that thirteen
North American university accounting programmes have made the move to the
cloud by adopting NetSuite as a key component of their degree curricula.
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| Totara LMS |
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New Appointments for Europe and North America |
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Wellington (NZ), September 2011 - Totara Learning Solutions has announced
the appointment of Andy Kirk as Totara Channel Manager for Europe and
Willem Boom as Vice President - Partner Solutions for Totara Learning
Solutions in North America.
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| Workforce Management |
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Cornerstone Signs Purchase Agreement with U.S. Treasury |
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Santa Monica, CA (USA), September 2011 – Cornerstone OnDemand has announced
that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has selected the company’s
integrated learning and talent- management software solution, including
platforms for learning management, performance management, succession
planning, and enterprise social networking, to support its workforce
management and leadership development needs.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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Conflicting signals in eLearning |
 London
(UK), September 2011 - (by Bob Little) According to a report by
virtual learning worlds and serious games’ specialists Ambient, there is a
general slow down in spend on self-paced e-learning due to three market
factors: 1) The commoditisation of platforms and tools, which reduces
market price. 2) Pricing pressures in the corporate eLearning sector
caused by the slow economic recovery. 3) The growing tendency for buyers
to buy other types of learning technology products – such as virtual
classroom technology - rather than an eLearning module.
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| Language Training |
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Pearson to Open First PTE Academic Test Centre in Iraq |
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London (UK), September 2011 - Pearson has announced that a Pearson Test of
English (PTE) Academic will be delivered for the first time to students in
Iraq, with the opening of a new test centre in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
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| Partnership |
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eCom Scotland Signs Agreement with BiP Solutions |
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Dunfermline, Scotland (UK), September 2011 - eCom Scotland has announced a
new partnership agreement with BiP Solutions. The partnership will focus
on the launch of the new Procurement Advice and support Service (PASS)
eLearning Academy, which is already gaining momentum and interest.
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| TrainingEdge |
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Incorporating Informal, Social, and Mobile Learning |
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Boston, MA (USA), September 2011 - OutStart has announced the immediate
availability of OutStart TrainingEdge.com 2011 Edition, the latest version
of its affordable learning and knowledge suite that blends learning
management, content development and management, social business software,
and mobile capabilities.
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| Appointment |
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Roy Evans New Learning Consultant of LINE Defence |
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Sheffield (UK), September 2011 - LINE Communications, provider of learning
and development solutions to the defence sector, has appointed Roy Evans
as Defence Learning Consultant. Roy joins the Defence team and will add
new military context and currency as LINE seek to address the challenges
in optimising training post the Strategic Defence & Security Review
(SDSR).
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| eLearning Award |
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University of East London Shortlisted |
 Pleasanton, CA
(USA)/London (UK), September 2011 - The University of East London has been
shortlisted by the eLearning Awards for immersive learning environments
developed jointly with Toolwire. The University’s submission features data
on how immersive experiential learning impacts the student experience.
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| Documenting Experience |
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Migrants to Australia Embrace e-Portfolios |
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Brisbane (AU), September 2011 - Newly arrived migrants have participated in
an eLearning project that provided them with a method to record their
learning and employment experiences. The project, which was conducted by
AMES (Adult Multicultural Education Services), piloted the use of
e-portfolios by adult Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) learners.
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| New Updates |
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Blackboard Broadens Global Reach of CourseSites |
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Washington, DC (USA), September 2011 - CourseSites™ by Blackboard, the
company's free, fully hosted and supported online course system, has been
updated to include a range of new features and support for five additional
languages. CourseSites can now be accessed in Spanish, Dutch, French,
German, and Brazilian Portuguese.
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| Education |
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Establishment of Saudi Electronic University Approved |
 Riyadh (SA), September 2011 - The Custodian of
the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud,
who is also the Premier and the Chairman of Higher Education Council, has
approved the Council's decision on the establishment of Riyadh-based Saudi
Electronic University.
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| Video Lectures |
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Introducing the Next Generation of Online Learning |
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Phoenix, AZ (USA), September 2011 – The University of Phoenix, the largest
private university in the U.S., has introduced The Phoenix Lecture Series,
a video series that captures the insights from three of the most
influential business thinkers of our generation – Professor at the Harvard
Business School Clayton Christensen, London Business School's Gary Hamel,
and co-founder of MIT Media Lab Nicholas Negroponte.
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| Organisational Change |
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New Accredited Course in Management of Portfolios |
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London (UK), September 2011 – QA has launched its new Management of
Portfolios (MoP™) Practitioner level course, designed to advance skills of
those already qualified at MoP Foundation level and to help reduce risks
associated with organisational change.
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| Virtual Classroom |
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First Live Android Tutoring Application Is Ready |
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New York, NY (USA), September 2011 - Online tutoring provider TutaPoint.com
has released the first live tutoring application for the Android Market.
The application, "Live USA Tutoring," is the first application for Android
that allows students using a smartphone or tablet to connect, communicate,
and collaborate directly with a live tutor.
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| Coming Soon |
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David Guralnick's Online eLearning Design Course |
 New York, NY (USA), September 2010 - Dr. David Guralnick's eLearning
design course "Workplace eLearning: Creating an Effective eLearning User
Experience" will be offered again this autumn as an eight-week online
course. It focuses on the design of eLearning in workplace environments
from a perspective that looks to put academic research into practice.
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| Lectora |
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New Features Released in Version X.5 |
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Cincinnati, OH (USA), September 2011 - The new features and updates of
eLearning software Lectora X.5 include 22 new characters, 15 poses to
choose from, and over 300 photographs of real people for greater
interactivity and excitement. The latest release also features new Flash
games and enhanced 508 compliance and customization options.
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| Global Forum |
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Exchange 2011: Best Practices & Performance Management |
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Munich (GER), September 2011 – digital publishing (dp) has announced that
it will host the world’s first global best-practice forum on talent and
performance management, entitled "Exchange 2011". The theme of the forums
will be "The Future of Learning".
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| ECEL 2011 |
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International Networking Opportunity in Brighton |
Brighton (UK), September 2011 - The tenth European Conference on eLearning
(ECEL 2011) takes place in Brighton, UK on 10-11 November 2011. Profiting
from excellent relations with Latin America and Africa, it creates the
conditions to cross the European experience in eLearning with the research
and practice that has been growing very fast in those continents.
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| Programme Out |
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Harnessing the Power of Media to Support Learning |
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Brussels (BE), September 2011 - Aimed at practitioners and policy makers,
the Media & Learning Conference will take place in Brussels at the Flemish
Ministry of Education and Training Headquarters on 24-25 November 2011.
Discussion sessions begin online before the Conference, form part of the
programme, and continue online for several weeks after the event.
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| Workshop |
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Technology-Enhanced Learning in Mathematics and Science |
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Palermo (IT)/Saarbruecken (GER), September 2011 - The Centre for eLearning
Technology (CeLTech) is organising a workshop on the subject of
"Technology-Enhanced Learning for Mathematics and Science (TELMAS):
Landmark Research and New Contributions" as part of EC-TEL 2011, the sixth
European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning, to be held from 20 -
23 September in Palermo, Italy.
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| Never Waste a Crisis |
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EDEN Open Classroom Conference 2011 |
 Athens (GR)/Budapest
(HU), September 2011 - The next Open Classroom Conference, titled "Never
Waste a Crisis! - Inclusive Excellence, Innovative Technologies and
Transformed Schools as Autonomous Learning Organisations" will be held
27-29 October 2011 in Athens (Pallini), in Ellinogermaniki Agogi.
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| International Conference |
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Integration of Education, Technology, and Research |
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Rome (IT), September 2011 - The fifth GUIDE International Conference on
18–19 November in Rome will deal with key concepts and themes related to
the evolution of the knowledge-based society and the personalisation,
accessibility, and flexibility of the new eLearning models. Particular
attention will be paid to quality assurance in the online environment,
fostering the exchange of best practices, knowledge, and experiences.
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