Themen

Trends

eLearning Can Help Economies Remain Competitive

Sestri Levante (IT), December 2010 - Carin Martell, International Alliances Manager at the leading learning-content-management (LCMS) and digital-repository (DR) solution provider, eXact learning solutions, was one of the keynote speakers at the European eLearning Summit, held in Sheffield in November. Presenting "A European Perspective", Martell outlined world population and economic trends - to set a context for the future development - and value - of eLearning. » MORE

Rendez-Vous

iLearning Forum in Paris 2011

Paris (FR), December 2010 - iLearning Forum Paris 2011 will open its doors 01-02 February 2011 at Le Palais des Congrès in Paris to welcome professionals from the whole world. In 2011 the Forum will have more than forty countries represented and is expecting around 5000 visitors. » MORE

Submission

Call for the International eLearning Awards 2011

New York, NY (USA), December 2010 - The International eLearning Association (IELA) has announced that submissions are now open for the 2011 International eLearning Awards - Business Division. The Entry Submission Page is posted on the IELA site and the deadline for submission is 01 March 2011. » MORE

Further Education

Live Training Sessions in Leipzig in January 2011

Coventry (UK)/Leipzig (GER), December 2010 - After the second round of live training workshops offered to VETPROS in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, iEducate is preparing for the next workshop session - to be held in January 2011 in Leipzig, Germany. This time the thematic areas "Disabilities and Special Needs" and "Self-employment and Entrepreneurship" will be covered. » MORE

High Standards

Brightwave Wins Double Gold at eLearning Awards 2010

Brighton (UK), November 2010 - Brighton-based eLearning specialists Brightwave scooped up two gold awards at the annual prestigious ELearning Awards. This follows the company's holding the coveted ELearning Development Company of the Year accolade over the past year. » MORE

Swiss Conference

Rethinking Education in the Knowledge Society

Lugano/Ascona (CH), June 2010 - The New Media in Education Laboratory (NewMinE Lab) of the University of Lugano (USI) invites participants to the international conference entitled "Rethinking Education in the Knowledge Society" (RED) organised in collaboration with the Ecole Politechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and the University of Sankt Gallen. The event will take place at Centro Stefano Franscini, situated at Monte Verità, Switzerland, from 07-10 March 2011. » MORE

Middle East

Being at the Leading Edge

Dubai (UAE), November 2010 - Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University has announced its Annual Congress 2011 from 31 January- 03 February under the theme "Being at the Leading Edge - How to Give 'Quest for Excellence' a New Meaning". The Congress presents an international platform for three conferences on eLearning excellence, health and environment, and quality. » MORE

Funding

Almost Three Million Dollars Awarded for eLearning

Brisbane (AU), November 2010 - More than eighty projects have been awarded a share of $2.65 million to develop innovative eLearning training solutions across Australia in 2011. The funding, provided by the national training system's eLearning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), supports the Australian vocational education and training (VET) system to embed eLearning and tailor training to meet learners' needs. » MORE

Case Studies Wanted

Excellence in Practice Award 2011

Brussels (BE), November 2010 - The European Foundation in Management Development (EFMD) is inviting case studies that describe effective and impacting leadership and development intervention to enter its Excellence in Practice Award. The programmes can be deployed by an organisation (company, public sector, charity, etc.) either together with their in house L&D organisation or with an external L&D provider. » MORE

250 Speakers

Going Global 2011: Registration Now Open

Hong Kong (CN), November 2010 - Registration for the fifth Going Global conference is now open, and delegates who register before 10 December 2010 are eligible for an early-bird discount. Full details are available online, along with information about booking travel and accommodation. Last year's conference sold out, so booking early is advised. » MORE