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Bristol (UK), August 2012 - With the recent rise in UK tuition fees to
£9,000 a year, the traditional route to a university degree has never been
more expensive for the student. "This market is now seeing an unprecedented
increase in the range of providers offering degrees, and this increase
brings new ways of delivering education", says Debbie Lawley, MD of online
learning company WillowDNA.
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From Training to Twitter - How to Link |
 West Yorkshire (UK),
August 2012 - Social media, smartphones, and tablets, the emergence of
content curators - these are some of the hot topics that HR and training
managers need to consider when evaluating the opportunities for social
learning within their organisation. But how can web-based learning
platforms meet these challenges?
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Konica Minolta Leverages Saba Centra |
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London (UK), August 2012 - As a leading provider of image information
products, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe strives to offer
products, services, and solutions that are essential to all areas of
digital imaging. A particular emphasis is placed on document management
and business solutions in both office and production environments,
especially in the field of colour output as well as related supplies. With
a workforce based across Europe, providing solely classroom-based training
was proving costly and inflexible.
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OCR Selects Surpass® to Deliver Skills Qualifications |
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Shipley (UK), August 2012 - OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) has
selected BTL’s Surpass® assessment platform to deliver their on-screen
Functional Skills qualifications. The two-year initial contract will focus
on delivering these qualifications in the UK, with the intention to further
extend the delivery to other qualifications in the future.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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Aussies sideline ePortfolios |
 London
(UK), August 2012 - (by Bob Little) CHECK.point eLearning has reported that the ePortfolios
Australia Conference 2012 will not be held this year. Apparently, this is
due to circumstances beyond the control of the organising committee, along
with the financial uncertainty within some Australian States as well as in
that Continent’s educational sector.
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Compliance Management and Employee Training |
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Saarbrücken (GER), August 2012 - In view of the ever-increasing number of
topics and laws, compliance measures require a clearly defined development
strategy. In the new Whitepaper entitled "Managing Compliance: Get the Best
out of Your LMS", IMC AG, in collaboration with ComCor Compliance Solutions
GmbH & Co. KG, provides an in-depth explanation of the background and
details regarding compliance training sessions, presents two practical
examples, and proposes solutions.
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| Call for Papers |
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Guest editors in demand |
 Barcelona (E), August
2012 - The Universities and Knowledge Society Journal "RUSC", published by
the Universitat Oberta de Catalunia, will publish a Dossier on Education
and Technology in Mexico and Latin America: Outlook and Challenges, in
collaboration with the National System of Distance Education (SINED),
Mexico. Guest editors are welcome.
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Docebo to Improve Its eLearning in Latin America |
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Milan (I), August 2012 - It was a great day for Docebo’s Global Partnership
Program: Empresa Web, based in Caracas, Venezuela, was announced as a
Docebo eLearning authorized partner for the Latin America region.
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ANCILE Releases Latest Version of ANCILE uPerform™ |
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Elkridge, MD (US), August 2012 - ANCILE Solutions, Inc., a global developer
of learning and performance software solutions, has announced the latest
release of its learning software products, ANCILE uPerform™ and ANCILE
uPerform™ Express. The new versions provides significant enhancements for
developing and viewing eLearning, documentation, and simulation content.
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| One from Europe |
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eXact learning LCMS Shortlisted for US Elearning! Awards |
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Sestri Levante (IT), August 2011 - The global vendor of online and mobile
learning content management and digital-repository solutions eXact
learning solutions has been shortlisted for the "Best Learning Content
Management System" at this year’s Best of Elearning! Awards.
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Cummins Mid-South LLC Selects CERTPOINT Systems |
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Roslyn NY (US), August 2012 - Cummins Mid-South LLC, part of global power
leader Cummins Inc , announced today that it will adopt the CERTPOINTVLS™
learning-management platform to deliver more effective and efficient
training across the enterprise.
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| Call for Papers |
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International Workshop on Cloud Education Environments |
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Antigua (GT), August 2012 - The workshop, which will be held on 15 and 16
November 2012 in the UNESCO world heritage site in Antigua, Guatemala,
will focus on the exchange of relevant trends and research results, as
well as the presentation of practical experience gained while developing
and testing cloud education environments, both from a teaching and a
learning perspective.
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| AFRICOMM 2012 |
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eInfrastructure and eServices for Developing Countries |
 Yaounde (CM), August
2012 - AFRICOMM’2012 is an annual conference that addresses information
and communication technologies for developing countries (ICT4DCs). It is
the fourth of the series that includes workshops, tutorials, demos, and a
student track. It will take place from 12–14 November 2012 in Yaounde,
Cameroon.
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| IEEE EDUCON 2013 |
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Classic and Future Engineering Education |
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Berlin (GER), August 2012 - The fourth annual global engineering-education
conference, IEEE EDUCON 2013, stops by in Europe again. It will be held in
Berlin, Germany on 13-15 March on the campus of the Technische Universität
Berlin. The Conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for academic,
government, and industrial collaboration on teaching methods, practical
experiences, and research toward improving the future of global
engineering education.
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| Gathering in Romania |
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Eleventh International Conference on Web-based Learning |
 Sinaia (RO), August 2012
- ICWL is an annual international conference on web-based learning. ICWL
2012 is the eleventh edition conference and will be held in Sinaia,
Romania, 02-04 September 2012. The programme features keynote addresses
and workshops in addition to technical presentations of refereed papers.
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Eye-Tracking Methodology in Behavioral Research |
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Leuven (BE), August 2012 - The second international eye-tracking methods
conference - EyeTrackBehavior 2012 - organized by Tobii, a leading vendor
of eye tracking and eye control. It will take place in Belgium from 9-10
October 2012. After last year’s experience, the organizers once again
invite academic researchers interested in the subject to this two-day
event to learn more about eye tracking as a technology and methodology.
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| International Links |
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Conference on Innovative Business in China and Europe |
 Beijing (CN), August
2012 - China is looking to shift from being the manufacturing powerhouse
of the world to becoming a centre of innovation and ideas. The 2012
CEIBS-EFMD conference in Beijing (29-30 November) will focus on innovative
business in China and Europe.
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