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From Offshore Banking to Offshore Hosting
Zurich (CH), May 2013 - Switzerland has long been famous for its discreet, trustworthy banks. True, bank secrecy has come under fire around the world in the wake of the global economic crisis – and the Alpine nation has not escaped. However, Swiss banking is unlikely to disappear any time soon. Tough bank secrecy laws – based on a deep-seated respect for privacy – are only one of the reasons behind the strength of Switzerland's financial industry. The country's political neutrality, economic stability, and rule of law are all key factors. » moreLMS 2.4
Totara Launches Ground-breaking Open Badges
Wellington (NZ), May 2013 - The release of Totara 2.4 means Totara and Moodle will be the world’s first learning-management systems to include Open Badges functionality. Last month Mozilla, the free software community, announced the release of Open Badges version 1.0. Mozilla’s Open Badges project aims to provide a technically smart, web savvy, open-access framework through which any organization can offer tangible recognition to learners who demonstrate achievement in a given area, whether that be a soft or hard skill. » moreStresses and strains
Employees Read Work Email during Family Occasions
London (UK), May 2013 – The conventional 9am–5pm working day and five-day working week is a thing of the past for the overwhelming majority of workers at small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a new survey on work-related email habits. Due to the widespread availability and use of smartphones and tablets, email is more accessible than ever. As a result, it has become deeply embedded in the daily workplace and personal lives of most employees. » moree-Learning for Kids
Professional Instructional Design Volunteers Needed
Ardmore, PA (USA), May 2013 - Do you have time to volunteer your instructional design skills over a three-month period? If so, e-Learning for Kids, a global non-profit foundation that reached over 4.5 million children in 190 countries in 2012 (with approximately fifty percent usage in the US) with its free courseware, needs your help! The goal is to finish twenty-plus lessons for Mathworld - a virtual world for learning math in the context of different countries and continents - and to begin the development of 200+ courses for Scienceworld. To date, more than 300 lessons have been launched from volunteers who have similarly contributed in the past! » moreWhite Paper
Questionmark: Five Steps to Better Tests
London (UK), May 2013 - "What’s the first thing the author of a test should do? If you think that writing the first question is a good way to start, think again," explains Questionmark's Doug Peterson. A new white paper from assessment technologies and services provider Questionmark offers instructional designers, test authors, and other learning professionals valuable tips for creating high-quality tests efficiently – starting with careful planning rather than writing any test items. » morePre-launch
Schoolfy Free Platform for Educators
Sunnyvale, CA (USA), May 2013 - Schoolfy, Inc. has announced the summer launch of its long-awaited educational-technology platform. Touted as a revolutionary classroom management system, the Schoolfy platform builds upon social-networking technology to facilitate teacher planning, support online grading, and otherwise enhance educators' time management. » moreLittle’s Britain
Insoluble opportunities
London (UK), May 2013 - (by Bob Little) We’re all encouraged to see problems and challenges as opportunities. The only thing is, though, that sometimes there are insoluble opportunities. After more than 20 years, the HRD conference and exhibition – held, this year, at Olympia in London at the end of April – appears to be presenting its organisers, CIPD Enterprises, a division of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), with some of these insoluble opportunities. » moreBenchmarking
Germany’s Most Successful mHealth Apps
Berlin (GER) / Linz (A), May 2013 - The majority of successful mHealth apps in Germany help users to track their exercises and their weight loss. Android and iOS users might generally choose other apps, but they still prefer the same mobile use case for mHealth apps. The preference for diet and exercise also does not change according to the business model. About 71% of the most-downloaded free and 63% of the paid mHealth apps are exercise and diet apps. » moreHelp for Tutors
Pebble Learning’s Book Now Free to Download
Telford (UK), May 2013 - Pebble Learning, founders of the online personal learning space PebblePad, have now made their latest book, "Pebblegogy", available for free download. Bridging the gap between technology and learning, Pebblegogy aims to help tutors and learning designers create meaningful activities that will support their curricula. » moreUser Friendliness
The Next-generation "Learning Suite 2013"
Saarbruecken (GER), May 2013 - IMC has launched the new release of its Learning Suite. With the Learning Compass the leading European learning-management system offers a novel and adaptive learning environment that adjusts the operating elements to the requirements of the users, enables modern social learning, and supports administrators with tailor-made reporting for decision making. » moreEd-app Development
Consortium Launch the LTI App Bounty
San Diego, CA (USA), May 2013 - Instructure, maker of the Canvas learning platform, announced at the IMS Global Conference that it is partnering with Blackboard, Desire2Learn, and the IMS Global Learning Consortium to encourage development of new LTI® apps for education. As part of the "LTI App Bounty," Instructure is offering a $250 reward for each qualifying LTI app submitted by 10 June, plus an additional $1,000 for the best apps selected by an expert panel of judges from Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Remote-Learner, IMS Global, Brown University, The University of Texas at Austin, and Hack Education. » moreManaging Complexity
Drucker Challenge Essay and Video Contest
Vienna (A), May 2013 - Introduced in 2010, the Drucker Challenge was conceived as an essay contest to raise awareness of the works and ideas of Peter Drucker among young people – the new generation poised to build on a management philosophy that puts the human being at its center. In 2013 the Drucker Challenge is expanding with a new option: The Drucker Challenge Video Contest. The hope is that submissions in this lively format will bring a fresh infusion of energy and inspiration, as well as new clarity to what can be complex and abstract concepts. » moreEncouraging Innovation
MEDEA Awards for 2013 Categories Announced
Brussels (BE), May 2013 - The time has come to consider entering this year’s MEDEA Awards with the announcement of the categories for 2013 by the MEDEA Awards Secretariat. The aim of this awards scheme is to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics and animation) in education. The awards also recognise and promote excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media-rich learning resources and are particularly open to entries from European practitioners, organisations and production facilities. » more