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UK Education Funding Falls at Fastest Rate Since 1950s |
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London (UK), November 2011 - Public spending on education in the UK is
falling at the fastest rate since the 1950s, according to a report
released by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). The report says the
biggest challenges ahead are for early-years education, youth services,
and sixteen-nineteen education, where spending is set to fall by around
twenty percent in real terms.
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| Expanding Sales |
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Certpoint Systems Secures $3.75 Million Growth Round |
 Roslyn, NY (USA), November 2011 - On the cusp of releasing
its most innovative global mobile-enabled learning platform, CERTPOINT
Systems raised $3.75 million in growth capital from existing shareholders,
lead by Wheatley Partners. This capital will be used to expand CERTPOINT's
sales operations in North America and Europe.
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| Authoring |
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iSpring Introduces New eLearning Toolkit |
 New York, NY (USA),
November 2011 - iSpring Solutions has announced the release of the new
iSpring 6.0 product line. iSpring Suite is a comprehensive
eLearning-authoring toolkit that provides every feature required for
course development.
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| Study |
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Increased Investments in Learning Technologies |
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London (UK), November 2011 - A UK learning-technology benchmark study shows
how organisations are increasing their investment in learning technologies
to help them respond faster to changing business conditions and build
talent. The in-depth Towards Maturity Benchmark Study is in its eighth
year and includes the data of 1,800 organisations in the private, public,
and not-for-profit sectors. A record 600 organisations participated in
this year's study.
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| Email Etiquette |
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Training Offers Cure to Information Overload |
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London (UK), November 2011 - An email-etiquette course that saves employees
31 minutes each day, cuts inboxes by 40%, and reduces unnecessary email
traffic by 25% is being offered as a behavioural solution to email
overload.
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| Language Learning |
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dp Wins Prestigious BOOAOO Awards in China |
 Munich (GER), November 2011 –
digital publishing (dp), a provider of corporate language training (CLT),
has received the prestigious BOOAOO eLearning Award in China for
excellence in education for its innovative language courses called Speexx.
The platform was selected out of more than forty competing training
solutions.
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| Recognition |
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Toolwire Named as a 2011 Finalist Red Herring Global 100 |
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Pleasanton, CA (USA), November 2011 - Toolwire, a provider of
experiential-learning technologies, has announced that it has been named a
finalist for the Red Herring Global 100, a prestigious list honoring the
world's most promising private information-technology companies.
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| Electronic Behaviour |
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New eLearning Course in Social Media Policy |
 Milton Keynes (UK)/Galway
(IE), November 2011 - EssentialSkillz adds a new Social Media Policy Course
to its suite of interactive eLearning solutions aimed at the
health-and-safety and human-resource industries. The course is fully
editable using a built-in authoring tool.
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| Knowledge Transfer |
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Didactical Materials, Tools, and Training by U&I Learning |
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Gent (BE), November 2011 – The Ghent-based firm U&I Learning provides
vertical mission-critical knowledge transfer solutions to the European
market. The company is currently developing instructional movie clips for
Belgium’s Scientific Institute of Public Health and optimising training
through eLearning for Acerta, a leading Belgian HR-services provider.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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The trouble with training |
 London
(UK), November 2011 - (by Bob Little) A recently-published report by
the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) estimates that the Civil Service
wastes hundreds of millions of pounds every year - some £275m in the last
year alone - putting staff through training courses that "do not work".
Less than half of the staff questioned by the NAO felt the training they
received in the past 12 months had helped them to do their job better.
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| Content Library |
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Using Data to Inform Teaching Practices |
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San Francisco, CA (USA), November 2011 - To help educators and
administrators improve how they interpret and use learning assessment data
to increase student achievement, Teachscape has developed the Data-Driven
Instruction Series content library.
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| Olympic Achievers |
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Non-Traditional Education for Non-Traditional Students |
 Norcross, GA (USA),
November 2011 - With the hope of becoming the best in the world,
world-class amateur athletes are devoted to their sport. So when do these
athletes plan for life after sports, and what happens when it's time to
turn in the uniform or hang up the skates?
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| Trends |
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The Future of Workplace Learning |
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London (UK)/Berlin (GER), November 2011 – Learning Technology Adoption in
European Businesses 2011, the Europe-wide study carried out by Towards
Maturity in partnership with ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN (OEB), has found that a
growing number of organisations are turning to new learning technologies
to help them increase their business agility.
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| Stress Management |
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Training to Improve Educator Effectiveness |
 Duluth, GA (USA),
November 2011 - ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), an IACET-approved,
nationally accredited, distance-training institution dedicated exclusively
to the child care and education workforce, offers educators a new course
for stress management.
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| Distance Learning |
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UDSLA Award Nominations for 2012 Now Open |
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Boston, MA (USA), November 2011 - The United States Distance Learning
Association (UDSLA) has announced its open call for the 2012 International
Distance Learning Awards. The awards were created to acknowledge major
accomplishments and extraordinary achievements in the use of online,
videoconferencing, and satellite/video delivery technologies globally.
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| Trends |
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Latest Developments in Mobile and Hybrid Learning |
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Valencia (ES), November 2011 – The fourth International Conference on
Mobile, Hybrid, and Online Learning - eL&mL 2012 – will be held 30
January–04 February in Valencia, Spain. eL&mL 2012 is dedicated to
educators, eLearning experts, and students and will present outstanding
opportunities to exchange ideas, experiences, and lessons learnt in
various facets of modern learning.
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| Expert Meeting |
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Security & Defence Learning 2011 in Berlin |
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Berlin (GER), November 2011 – Security-training experts, including two
Generals, an Air Vice Marshal, and a former defence minister who
discovered the benefit of online learning during a spell in prison, will
be the keynote speakers at this year's "Security & Defence Learning" in
Berlin on 30 November 2011.
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| Establishing Partnerships |
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Southern African ICT for Education Summit |
 London (UK)/Victoria Falls
(ZW), November 2011 - Under the patronage of the Zimbabwean Ministry of
Education, Sport, Arts & Culture, AfricanBrains has announced the launch
of The Southern African ICT for Education Summit 2012, being held at the
Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on 26-27 January 2012.
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| Symposium |
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The Impact of Learning Technologies in the Humanities |
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Southampton (UK), November 2011 – Join the Centre for Languages,
Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) of Southampton University on 26-27
January, 2012 for a two-day eLearning symposium that combines practical
activities and guidance with inspiring ideas to fuel the imagination.
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| Spaces & Possibilities |
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Conference on Open and Distance eLearning in Manila |
 Manila (PH), November
2011 – The first international Conference on Open and Distance eLearning
(ICODEL) is to be held in Manila, the Philippines, on 22-24 February 2012.
It provides a forum for distance education and eLearning scholars,
practitioners, and policy makers to share and reflect on experiences, and
collaboratively create and explore spaces and possibilities for open and
distance eLearning for development.
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| Business Speed |
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Docebo Exports Inter-Company Workshop to Oman |
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Milano (IT), November, 2011 – Docebo, a provider of mobile and cloud
eLearning solutions and Ajyal-HR, an HR company based in the Sultanate of
Oman, are organizing an inter-company workshop dedicated to the challenges
of business-related training, on 28 Nov 2011 at the InterContinental Muscat
Hotel.
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| Middle East |
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Three-Tier Congress Focusing on Innovation in Dubai |
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Dubai (UAE), July 2011 – Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University has announced the
2012 edition of its Annual Congress, to be held 30 January – 02 February in
Dubai under the theme "Innovation-based Competitiveness". The Congress
presents an international platform for three conferences on eLearning
excellence, health and environment, and quality management.
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