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Corporate eLearning
Top eLearning Group to Help Industry
Paris (F)/Berlin (GER), May 2009 - A powerful group of experts has been appointed by Europe's top eLearning advocacy group to help modern industry develop vital skills. Senior executives from IBM, Elsevier, and Cambridge University Press are to join colleagues from Blackboard, IMD, PAU Education, Giunti Labs, and Intel on the Executive Committee of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG). » MORE
How to Embrace Full Potential of eLearning?
Saarbrücken (GER)/Sevenoaks (UK), May 2009 - An independent study recently launched by eLearning and advanced-content-solutions provider IMC (UK) Learning Ltd revealed that although three quarters (74%) of universities have virtual learning environments (VLE) to support teaching and learning, only 14% of lecturers publish their recorded lectures on them. » MORE
'Little's Britain': People problems
London (UK), May 2009 - (by Bob Little) Originally funded by the UK's Learning and Skills Council (LSC), Towards Maturity is an e-skills UK project aimed at helping organisations improve the impact of learning technologies at work. Intended to discover how employers are making use of learning technologies, the project currently supports a community of over 1,000 organisations with research , case studies and contributions of from an ever increasing virtual advisory network. » MORE
ADL Continues as "Steward of SCORM"
Piscataway, NJ (USA), May 2009 - Rather than transfer stewardship to LETSI (The International Federation for Learning, Education, and Training Systems Interoperability), the U.S. Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL) will continue to develop and maintain SCORM and will assign certain rights to use SCORM to external organizations on a non-exclusive basis. » MORE
IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Sponsors
Barcelona (ES)/Sestri Levante (IT), May 2009 - The IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC) announced at its annual Learning Impact conference that several of its member organisations have committed to funding the development of a shared web catalogue of learning resources. » MORE
Improving Security Consciousness
London (UK), May 2009 - Information security is critical to the smooth functioning of British Airways' business, and creating employee awareness about information security is a vital organizational requirement. In a project for BA, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) used its proprietary Story-based Learning Objects™ (StoBLs™) approach to create a product that set the learning in the context of a realistic and pertinent narrative. » MORE
TATCOT: Spinal Orthotics by Blended Learning
Vienna (AU), May 2009 - (by Arndt Bubenzer) Since 2008, TATCOT, the Tanzania Training Centre for Orthopedic Technologists in Moshi, has been offering a substantial continuing- education eLearning course program on "Spinal Orthotics" for orthopedic technicians across Africa. The development of the program has been supported by the Health Division of InWEnt, Capacity Building International in Bonn, Germany. » MORE
The Africa Mundus Project
London (UK), May 2009 - AFRICA MUNDUS is a programme to support professional and entrepreneurial training and skills in Africa within the framework of the Commission for Africa, the Millennium Development Goals, ODA (Official Development Assistance), and the Recommendations to the G8 Summit 2006 in favour of the education sector. An effort to create a network, the programme will be presented by Prof. Emmanuel Argo at the eLearning Africa Conference in Dakar. » MORE
ELearning: Professional Chef Discovery Series
New York (NY), Sigüenza (ES), May 2009 - The Culinary Institute of America is collaborating with the Instituto Español de Gastronimía (IEG) to offer online courses on Spanish and Mediterranean cuisine. On "Worlds of Flavor Spain", the best of Spanish food, wine, and cooking can now be explored. Through broadcast-quality digital streaming video and digital still photography, food lovers can delve deeply inside top restaurant kitchens, wineries, agriculture and food production, markets, festivals, and more. » MORE
Red Cross Offering Pandemic Preparedness Course Online
Statesville, NC (USA), May 2009 - As reports of cases of swine flu continue to grow, many people in the US are taking measures to ensure they are protected. The American Red Cross Greater Carolinas Chapter is offering online courses in Pandemic Preparedness. » MORE
