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$33 Million to Expand the Personalization of Education |
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New York, NY (USA), October 2011 – Educational-technology innovator Knewton
has announced the completion of a $33 million round of funding led by
Founders Fund and Pearson. Returning investors include Accel Partners,
Bessemer Venture Partners, and FirstMark Capital.
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Ten Years of SwissVBS: a Different Growth Strategy |
 St. Gallen (CH), October
2011 – Creating web-based educational solutions in both St. Gallen and
Toronto, SwissVBS has become a successful player in the eLearning industry
over the past ten years. In addition to developing customized training
programs, SwissVBS offers a library of management courses for individual
education developed in cooperation with professors from leading
universities. In the following text, Dr. Sebastian Frankenberger,
Executive Director EMEA in Europe, reflects on the market and business
development.
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| Social Learning |
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Online Community Transforms the Face of eLearning |
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Atlanta, GA (USA), October 2011 - Peach New Media has announced the release
of Freestone Social LMS™, an online community platform integrated with a
learning- management system. Freestone enables individuals in
organizations to collaborate and learn at all levels, internal and
external. In the emerging movement to social learning online, Freestone
offers organizations the ability to advance online learning in
unprecedented ways.
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| Global Access |
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New Language-Learning Platform Launched |
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Munich (GER), October 2011 – dp, a provider of corporate language training
(CLT), has announced its newly created language-product portfolio and
learning platform. The language-learning suite Speexx sets new standards
for excellence in language training. Armin Hopp, Founder and President of
dp, comments, "Speexx will give our customers global access to an exciting
blend of learning solutions to help their staff learn a new language and
use it in a business environment."
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Language Learning Goes Social on Mobile |
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Washington, DC (USA), October 2011 - Hello-Hello, a mobile
language-learning company, has announced the launch of Hello-Hello World,
a free application for the iPad that helps people learn a new language by
connecting them with native speakers through social networking.
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| Educational Games |
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Douglas Stewart EDU and MediaSpark Team Up |
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Fleet (UK)/Sydney, NS (CA), October 2011 - Douglas Stewart EDU, a
distributor specializing in educational products, is now the exclusive
European distributor of MediaSpark's award-winning GoVenture educational
games and simulations. Topics are entrepreneurship, financial literacy,
and health and wellness skills.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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ISMM accredits 'unique' training initiative |
 London
(UK), October 2011 - (by Bob Little) A major sales training scheme
by leading construction products supplier, SIG plc, has been accredited by
the UK’s Institute of Sales & Marketing Management (ISMM). SIG’s sales
training courses – which range from internal sales and key account
management through to senior sales executive development programmes and
are available to the company’s 1,500 or so people in its UK sales force –
have been accredited by the UK’s leading professional body for
salespeople. This means that SIG’s training graduates will now be awarded
ISMM qualifications accredited under the Qualifications and Credit
Framework (QCF).
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| Retaining Knowledge |
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Quasar Online Videos Act as Performance Support Tools |
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Kings Langley (UK), October 2011 - Even in today’s increasingly
technology-influenced society, there are many people who prefer to learn
in a traditional way: in a group, led by an instructor, for example. Those
attending Quasar’s instructor-led IT training courses now also have free
access to performance support via the range of Quasar Anytime online
videos.
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Cloud-Computing Companies Urged to Tackle Security |
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London (UK), October 2011 - Concerns over Internet bandwidth and online
security are the two biggest fears that suppliers of cloud-based work
solutions should be addressing now according to a study released this
month.
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| Workforce Training |
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Innovative Learning Approaches Without Excessive Costs |
 London (UK), October 2011
- Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a provider of customised learning
solutions, is calling for organisations to review how training is
delivered to their workforce and consider taking a fresh approach to
eLearning in order to improve results. According to TIS, employees can
significantly improve their skills, knowledge, and retention of
information if the content is delivered in an interesting and compelling
format.
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| Learning Zone |
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Insurance Company Collaborates with Cornerstone |
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London (UK), October 2011 – Cornerstone OnDemand has announced that RSA
Insurance Group plc is using Cornerstone’s software-as-a-service
(SaaS)-based learning and talent- management solution to power their
global training and development portal. RSA is thus able to closely align
employee development to organisational growth and help to close skill and
knowledge gaps across the company.
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| Intercultural Skills |
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A Game-Changer for International Assignees |
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New York (NY), October 2011 - Everyone agrees that cultural preparation is
crucial to a successful international assignment, but there have been
realistic barriers. RW3 CultureWizard, has announced the formation of a
new division called CulturalTraining.com; its task is to provide online,
country-specific information to expats and their families that prepares
them to live and work effectively in a foreign culture.
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| Instructional Design |
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Lectora Expands to Mobile Learning - and New York |
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Cincinnati, OH (USA), October 2011 – Lectora® eLearning software has
announced its exclusive capability to publish to mobile devices from both
its desktop and web-enabled eLearning development tools. If has further
announced a new Instructional Design Training for the Everyday Developer
to be offered in New York City on 16 December 2011.
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| Performance Management |
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Learning Solutions for Sun International |
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Roslyn, NY (USA), October 2011 - CERTPOINT Systems™ has announced that it
is providing its CERTPOINTVLS™ learning-management system to hotel and
casino operator Sun International. Sun International operates in several
countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho,
Swaziland, Zambia, and Chile.
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| Chinese Market |
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International Conference for the eIndustry in Hong Kong |
 Hong Kong (CN), October
2011 - IC4E is an international forum for state-of-the-art research in
eEducation, eBusiness, eManagement, and eLearning. It will be held in Hong
Kong from 05 -07 January 2012. IC4E is an international conference for
presenting novel and fundamental advances in the eIndustry and serves to
foster communication among researchers and practitioners working in a wide
variety of scientific areas.
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| Mastering Challenges |
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Student Success Gets Boost from Resiliency Education App |
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Arlington, VA/San Francisco, CA (USA), October 2011 - Teen Wellness, an
online app that helps students improve resiliency skills, is now
integrated into Naviance, the leading provider of measurable
student-success solutions for K-12 schools and districts, through Naviance
Succeed®. This integration will allow school staff and administrators to
provide holistic academic, career, and emotional support to students using
a single, integrated platform.
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Fifth Annual Global Learning Summit 2012 |
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Singapore (SG), October 2011 – Learning & Development – where it stands
today and where it’s headed for tomorrow. The fifth Annual Global Learning
Summit is being held in Singapore on 22-24 February 2012 and will feature
ground-breaking presentations, workshops, and high-profile case studies.
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| Going Global |
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Internationalising Higher Education Conference |
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London (UK), October 2011 – Going Global 12 will take place at the QEII
Conference Centre in London from 13 – 15 March 2012. It attracts a diverse
audience of policy makers, professionals, and practitioners from the
diverse landscape of international education.
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| Virtual Learning |
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First European Immersive Education Summit |
 Madrid (ES), October 2011
– There is a growing interest in the use of virtual and mixed-reality
environments for online teaching and learning. The first European
Immersive Education Summit is being held 28- 29 November 2011 in Leganes
(Madrid, Spain).
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| Call for Contributions |
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International ePortfolio and Identity Conference 2012 |
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London (UK), October 2011 - ePIC 2012 will be 09-11 July in London and will
host the ePortfolio World Summit. The event will also celebrate the tenth
anniversary of the International ePortfolio & Identity Conference. The
call for contributions is now open, with a deadline of 05 March 2012.
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| Share Your Research |
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Eighth International Conference on Networked Learning |
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Maastricht (NL), October 2011 - The Networked Learning Conference is an
international, research-based conference on networked learning in higher
education and lifelong learning. Being held 02 – 04 April 2012, it is
hosted by Open University in The Netherlands at the Maastricht School of
Management.
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| Exchange Ideas |
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International Conference on eLearning in the Workplace |
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New York (NY), October 2011 - ICELW is an international conference focused
specifically on eLearning in the workplace. In 2012 it will be held from
13-15 June at Columbia University in New York. The call for proposals is
now open; the deadline is 19 December.
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