| New EU Project |
| Assessment of Inquiry Learning in Science |
 Dublin (IE), February 2012 – The Irish Minister for Education and Science, Ruairí Quinn TD, has launched a €3.75m EU-funded initiative that aims to revolutionise the way science is taught and assessed in classrooms across Europe. The project, SAILS (Strategies for Assessment of Inquiry Learning in Science), is funded by the European Framework Programme (FP7) and is coordinated by a team from Dublin City University. It is led by Dr. Odilla Finlayson, Dr. Eilish McLoughlin, Dr. Paul van Kampen, Dr. Sarah Brady, and Dr. Deirdre McCabe of CASTeL at DCU.
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| Results Assessment |
| Evaluation System Partnership Opportunity |
| Basingstoke (UK), February 2012 – Results-assessment specialist Ceres Management has launched "Results Research 2012", a partnership opportunity for a small number of organisations that are committed to high-quality training-evaluation practice. [more...] |
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| Offer Your Expertise |
| What are Key Technologies to Support Educational Change? |
| Brussels (BE), February 2012 - MENON is conducting the study Mapping and Analysing Prospective Technologies for Learning (MATEL) on behalf of the European Commission - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS). People interested in contributing to this research are cordially invited to participate in the survey before 26 February 2012. [more...] |
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| Training News |
| Microsoft and IMC Join on Cloud 9 |
 Karlsruhe/Saarbrücken (GER), February 2012 - Microsoft Deutschland GmbH and IMC AG announced their future partnership in the cloud-computing sphere during a joint press conference at the international trade fair LEARNTEC. IMC also reported the production of new training content and modules for McDonalds. [more...] |
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| Educational Sector |
| Supporting the Use of ICT in the UK |
 Stafford (UK), February 2012 - Stone, an ICT-services provider to UK education, has announced the second Stone Group ICT in Education Report and a "Rent-a-PC" scheme that presents all levels of the education sector with a new ability to access funding for ICT hardware through revenue budget rather than the capital budget. [more...] |
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| Higher Education |
| Accredited Online Colleges on the Rise |
| London (UK), February 2012 - The Internet is revolutionizing higher education. Accredited online colleges are growing in size, traditional colleges are adopting online programmes, and all trends indicate that distance learning is not only here to stay, but that it will make an unprecedented impact on the educational systems currently in place today. CHECK.point eLearning offers a summary of Nick Johnson’s recent publication on the topic. [more...] |
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| Blended Learning |
| goFLUENT on Return on Investment (ROI) |
 Paris (FR), February 2012 - At the iLearning Forum Paris, Christophe Ferrandou, CEO of goFLUENT, outlined the key issues involved in determining the return on investment (ROI) in blended learning. Assessing results rather than the costs is fairer and more closely allied to the organisation’s goals, he argues. [more...] |
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| Cutting Edge |
| Asia-Pacific’s List of eLearning Movers and Shakers |
| St Albans (UK), February 2012 - Among the responses to the publication at the beginning of January of lists of the "top ten movers and shakers" in the eLearning field – in the world, Europe, and the UK – were a couple that argued for the publication of an Asia-Pacific list to complement the existing lists. [more...] |
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| Software Reselling |
| News from Lectora |
| Cincinnati, OH (USA), February 2012 – Lectora has several hot news items to share. It was selected as a 2012 Top Authoring Tools Company by the TrainingIndustry.com, has partnered with Canudo eLearning Agency to offer Lectora eLearning authoring tools in Germany, and the Lectora® User Conference will invite exhibitors to join for the first time ever. [more...] |
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
| A review of Learning Technologies 2012 |
 London (UK), February 2012 - (by Bob Little) Just when you were thinking that the Learning Technologies’ format was tried, tested and unchangeable, you found that, this year, things had changed. For one thing, the Learning Technologies exhibition – augmented for the first time last year by the Learning & Skills exhibition – was further augmented this year by the Learning Without Frontiers conference and exhibition and a related Cloud Computing exhibition. [more...] |
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| Online Curriculum |
| Leadership in Rapidly Growing K-12 Market Segment |
| Herndon, VA (USA), February 2012 - In an independent report on educational technologies, MDR's market-research service EdNET Insight ranked K12 Inc. the leading provider of online curriculum to school districts across the United States. K12 provides online curriculum and support for more than 2,000 school districts in all fifty states. [more...] |
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| Language Learning |
| Blended Solutions to Upskill Staff on the Rise |
 Munich (GER), February 2012 - dp has released findings from a new European survey entitled "Languages and Business Audit". The work reveals that 71 percent of organizations believe that they will be delivering more blended-learning content within the next two years. Furthermore, eight out of ten organizations regarded language learning to be a main focus in their workforce- development plans. [more...] |
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| Apply Now |
| Summer School for Technology-Enhanced Learning |
 Estoril (PT), February 2012 - The eighth Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning is taking place 21-25 May 2012. The event encourages participants to adopt a critical stance in thinking about the role of technologies for learners and the terms of learning. [more...] |
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| Intensive Course |
| Develop the Strategy to Succeed in eLearning |
| Orlando, FL (USA), February 2012 - This intensive educational event organized by the eLearning Foundation is for people leading an organization’s first eLearning project or trying to get existing eLearning efforts on the right track. [more...] |
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| Recognition |
| Bett Awards 2012 - Winners Announced |
| London (UK), February 2012 - The winners of the annual BETT Awards were recently announced at London’s prestigious Hilton Hotel. Around 600 guests saw comedian Patrick Monahan present the awards to the deserving winners. [more...] |
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