| Ed Bott’s e-Book |
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Get a "Head Start" with Microsoft Windows 8 |
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Birmingham (UK), September 2012 - Windows 8 is just around the corner,
packed with the latest updates, new features and bolstered usability. To
get users prepared for this, C.B Learning is offering the unique
opportunity to get a head start on the new features by offering 100 copies
of Ed Bott’s e-book: Windows 8 Head Start.
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| Learning Suite |
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Kenexa Releases the Industry’s First Social LMS |
 Wayne, PA (US), September 2012 - The learning
space is reinventing itself as formal training for the workforce moves
toward collaborative, social-learning-based solutions, according to a
recent Bersin & Associates research report. Kenexa has released the first
learning suite that incorporates an enterprise-grade social-learning
management system (LMS).
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| Social Storytelling |
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New applications for eBooks by Apps |
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Hamburg (GER), September 2012 - With their first iPad app, the German
start-up company Frankbooks enables users to communicate with other
readers, as well as with the author or a particular character from the
novel via an integrated Facebook plugin. Users can take part in the story
and in return join a global reader's circle within the app - which allows
them direct access to the novel's author.
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| Progression |
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e2train Changes Company Name to Kallidus |
 Cirencester (UK),
September 2012 - e2train has announced that it is changing its name to
Kallidus. The name change, which comes into effect at the end of
September, is part of a rebranding effort that reflects the company’s
growth and transformation. The new name conveys the firm’s learning,
performance, and talent-management capabilities and solutions approach to
consultancy, technology, and service excellence.
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| Educational content |
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Verum Group and Docebo Signed Strategic eLearning Alliance |
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Milan (I) / New York, NY (US) / Montevideo (UY), September 2012 - Following
the rapid international growth and channel strategy, Docebo has signed a
brand-new collaboration agreement with Verum Group, a Uruguayan education
and hi-tech company.
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| TARGET Project |
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eXact learning solutions Concludes Major R&D Project |
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Sestri Levante (IT), September 2012 - The research and development
department of eXact learning solutions, a leading online and
mobile-learning content-management solutions provider, is working on a
state-of-the-art technology-enhanced learning (TEL) environment based on
serious games that supports individuals’ rapid competence development
within the domain of project management.
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| Fourth Time in a Row |
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Top Global Worlddidac Award for Speexx |
 Munich (GER), September 2012 – dp
(digital publishing), the global provider of award-winning corporate
language training Speexx, has announced that it has been awarded the
prestigious Worlddidac Award for the category "Information and
Communication Technologies." The renowned Worlddidac Association’s
international expert jury described the Speexx learning platform as
particularly "innovative and valuable for education." The official award
presentation ceremony took place in Bern, Switzerland.
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| Talent Management |
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Indra Rolls Out NetDimensions Talent Suite |
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Rocky Hill, CT (US), September 2012 - NetDimensions, a global provider of
performance, knowledge, and learning-management systems, has announced
that Indra, a global technology, innovation, and talent company, has
successfully rolled out NetDimensions Talent Suite to its employees around
the world.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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"E" gets the elbow |
 London
(UK), September 2012 - (by Bob Little) According to a report from
Elliott Masie, the world renowned e-learning guru, the "e" in eLearning
seems to be vanishing. Masie’s The Masie Center, in Saratoga Springs, New
York state, has noticed that there’s been a 20 per cent decrease this year
in advertised "eLearning" job vacancies. Apparently, "eLearning developers"
are now more likely to be called "learning developers" or "designers"...
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| Webinar |
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goFLUENT Reveals the Importance of Vocabulary |
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Geneva (CH), September 2012 - With the business world becoming increasingly
"global" and with English now well established as the international
business language, learning English as a second language is becoming vital
for those who want to further their careers.
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| Emergencies |
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Red Cross Poll Shows How to Motivate People to Prepare |
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Washington, DC (US), September 2012 - Americans are becoming increasingly
reliant on mobile devices during emergencies to provide information,
useful tools, and a way to let loved ones know they are safe, according to
a new survey conducted by the American Red Cross.
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| ImREAL FP7 |
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Simulations: Augmented Virtuality Gets Real! |
 Milano (I), September
2012 - Training needs more and more tools and applications that are able
to adapt, not only to the user, but also to the context. Both can change
rapidly, and being able to design an instrument that follows these changes
in a short timeframe represents an investment that can save time and
resources. Furthermore, using standard methods that are detached from
users’ personal experiences and from the working context is not only
obsolete but also ineffective.
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| Easy to Build |
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Enterprise-Wide Mobile Apps with LINEstream |
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London (UK), September 2012 - The LINEstream software platform enables
organisations to quickly create, publish, manage, and update
cross-platform mobile applications to deliver immediate targeted knowledge
to their people. LINEstream puts the power of creating smartphone and
tablet apps into the hands of staff, subject-matter experts, and partner
agencies across global organisations.
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| Perspectives |
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Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy |
 London (UK), September
2012 - The internationally renowned Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
(LKY School) has launched a book entitled "Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy: Building a Global Policy School in Asia" published by World
Scientific Publishing. Eight years into the School’s establishment,
Kishore Mahbubani, Stavros N. Yiannouka, Scott A. Fritzen, Astrid S.
Tuminez, and Kenneth Paul Tan, who have been with the School since its
inception, have collaborated in this project to provide insights into the
challenges faced in guiding the School during its formative years.
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| Testing |
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edX Announces Option of Proctored Exam Testing |
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Cambridge, MA (US), September 2012 – Online-learning venture edX continues
to transform higher education by announcing its agreement with Pearson VUE
to offer learners the option of taking a proctored final exam.
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| ChildCare Education |
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More than Just Knowledge of the Subject Matter |
 Duluth, MN (US),
September 2012 - ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), an accredited
online childcare training institution, offers new users the opportunity to
try distance learning in September by taking the trial course "PROF101:
Adult Learning Theories and Strategies" at no cost, in recognition of
Self-Improvement Month.
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| Online Community |
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LEARNING LIVE Hits #1 in UK Trends |
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Coventry (UK), September 2012 - LEARNING LIVE 2012 entertained over 400
delegates in London, but thousands worldwide were able to join in via
social media. According to an online report from PeopleBrowser,
#LEARNINGLIVE was mentioned over 3,500 times across the two-day event,
with participants interacting worldwide.
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| Student Centered |
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EDEN Workshop: Learners in the Driver’s Seat |
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Leuven (BE), September 2012 - On 22-23 October 2012, EDEN is pleased to
announce its seventh Research Workshop, organised in collaboration with KU
Leuven. This year's Workshop scope reflects on how students are driving
teachers and instructors in the fields where new learning technologies
play important role.
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| Evolving Learning |
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Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age 2012 |
.jpg) Madrid (E), September
2012 - The IADIS CELDA 2012 conference will take part on 19 - 21 October
in Madrid, Spain. It addresses the main issues concerned with evolving
learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the
digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive psychology and
computing that have affected the educational arena.
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| LINQ Conference 2012 |
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Innovations and Quality: How do they fit together? |
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Brussels (BE), September 2012 - LINQ 2012, the first European conference on
learning innovations, and quality, has published its programme and is now
open for registration until 30 September. LINQ 2012 has announced several
high-level speakers who will contribute their ideas to the event’s
dialogue on learning innovations and quality.
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| IADIS |
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Focus on International Higher Education |
 Perth (AU), September
2012 - Technology like transport, communication, and media-based learning
have increased the ambitions to make education more global and
international. Higher education has gradually felt more affinity towards
the exchange of students. Diversity and the study of different cultures
have been identified as components of the educational road map for the
coming decades. These and other topics will be discussed at the IADIS
International Conference on International Higher Education from 28 – 30
November 2012, in Perth, Australia.
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| Science of Motivation |
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Which Is Better - Carrot or Stick? |
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London (UK), September 2012 - What fuels motivation, the stick or the
carrot? The answer is neither. A new science of motivation has identified
exciting and effective alternatives to the traditional ways that people
have been motivated in the workplace, alternatives that drive employed
engagement, innovation, and profit.
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