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| Appointment |
| Albert Lilly: New Vice President of Marketing at Cobent |
 Oxfordshire (UK), February 2010 – Cobent has announced the appointment of Albert Lilly as the new Vice President of Marketing. Reporting to CEO Howard Sears, Lilly will be responsible for spearheading Cobent's global marketing, branding, and demand-generation efforts for enterprise learning and compliance-training software solutions. [more...] |
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| Survey |
| UK Employers Satisfied with Employee Training |
| Macclesfield (UK), February 2010 - QDP Services has revealed employer satisfaction figures based on opinions of 5,469 employers from 56 education and training providers nationwide. The results show that most employers are very happy with the training services available to them and their employees. [more...] |
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| Learning Industry |
| Work and Salary Survey 2009 |
| Bromsgrove (UK), February 2010 - Blue Eskimo, a recruitment company for professionals in the areas of training, learning, and eLearning, has published its 2009 work and salary survey. It shows that learning professionals are working harder than before and are being paid less, but there are signs that the worse may now be over. The intent of the survey was to gather and publish information about key aspects of employment in the learning industry. Over 500 learning professionals participated during the fourth quarter of 2009. [more...] |
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| Good for You |
| Recipe for eLearning Success |
 Ilkley (UK), February 2010 - A new eLearning menu is being served up to the food, drink, and hospitality sectors. Offering a variety of courses, it comes courtesy of the newly established Food, Drink & Hospitality e-Academy and is the latest 'dish of the day' from online-training pioneer Virtual College, based in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. [more...] |
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| Up and Coming |
| Giunti Labs among Thirty Companies to Watch |
| Florence (IT), February 2010 – In a recent report, Outsell, Inc. - a research and advisory firm for the publishing and information industries - named Giunti Labs as one of thirty companies in the world "to watch" because of its potential impact on the publishing and information-provider community. Others mentioned include Apple, Blackboard, Bloomberg, E Ink, Kaplan, National Public Radio and TechCrunch. [more...] |
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| Accreditation |
| Brightwave Appointed as Supplier for the Public Sector |
| Brighton (UK), February 2010 - ELearning Development Company of the Year, Brightwave, has been selected as an approved supplier for the public-sector eLearning framework, Buying Solutions, which aims to improve value for money and efficiencies. This means that UK public-sector organisations can commission eLearning without having to repeat burdensome procurement and assessment exercises, with the assurance that Brightwave meets the highest standards and delivers excellent value.
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| Letter from UK |
| Helping government officials get it right |
 London (UK), February 2010 - (by Bob Little) Last year in the UK, there were lots of stories about embarrassing data loss – mostly involving the Government. These stories led to government reviews including the Poynter Review, the Cabinet Office Data Handling Review and a cross-government review of data handling procedures. These highlighted 'systemic, rather than individual failures', due to 'woefully inadequate systems' and that 'data rules had not been adequately communicated, raising serious questions of governance and accountability'. [more...] |
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| Age-Diversity |
| The mature@eu eLearning Platform Is Here |
| Vienna (AT), February 2010 – The mature@eu eLearning platform has been custom designed to provide clear guidance and practical support on all aspects of age diversity in recruitment. It offers a self-directed learning experience, is FREE of charge, and is available in sixteen languages. [more...] |
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| Rapid eLearning |
| Mohive Introduces Partner Integration |
| Oslo (NO), February 2010 – Mohive has launches "ProAssist", a brand-new capability that enables subject-matter experts (SMEs) to rapidly create content and at the same time, leverage expertise from professional developers. Subject-matter experts can use ProAssist to connect and collaborate with their extended eLearning partner network live and in real time whenever help is required. [more...] |
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| IT Training Awards |
| Global Knowledge UK Crowned Innovators |
.gif) London (UK), February 2010 – Global Knowledge, provider of IT and business-skills training, has won the Innovation in Training Services award sponsored by the IT Service Management Team at the IT industry’s prestigious Training Awards. Global Knowledge was also named a finalist for the External Training Project of the Year and Training Company of the Year awards sponsored by Prometric and Ricoh, respectively. [more...] |
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| Home Access |
| Stone Group Supplies Laptops to Low-Income Families |
| London (UK), February 2010 - Stone Group has been appointed as one of Becta’s provisional "approved suppliers" for the Home Access programme. The government-funded programme underpins the government’s vision for more children to have access to technology at home to support learning. [more...] |
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| Higher Education |
| Why Do Students (Not) Blog? |
| Leeds (UK), February 2010 – Positive impacts on learning through blogging, such as active knowledge construction and reflective writing, have been reported. However, not many students use weblogs, even when appropriate facilities are offered by their universities. Researchers Monika Andergassen, Reinhold Behringer, Janet Finlay, Andrea Gorra, and David Moore from Leeds Metropolitan University, UK have introduced their findings on the reasons for this apparent aversion. [more...] |
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| Win a Camera! |
| eLearning Africa Launches Online Photo Competition |
 Berlin (GER)/Lusaka (ZM), February 2010 - How have mobile phones, the Internet, computers and the audiovisual media changed people’s lives on the African continent? To find out, eLearning Africa has launched an online photography contest. The organisers are inviting people from Africa to submit images that show how they live, learn and work with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). [more...] |
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| Business Platform |
| Global Learning Academy 2010 South Africa |
| Johannesburg (ZA), February 2010 – The SALVO Global Learning Academy 2010 will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 10–12 May. It is themed around "Expanding horizons of human intellect and sustaining a learning culture"; global learning executives from across all major industry sectors are invited to attend. [more...] |
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| BILD Conference 2010 |
| Learning and Development: The Next Five Years |
| Bristol/Milton Keynes (UK), February 2010 – The British Institute for Learning and Development (BILD) is to hold its annual conference on 10 June 2010 at the Open University in Milton Keynes. The conference provides an opportunity for L&D professionals to update their knowledge of a range of initiatives to better equip and engage learners and increase the impact of learning. [more...] |
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an eLearning Platform | | 3D simulations and serious games are attaining ever-increasing significance for the learning world. A special case of its own is the virtual world Second Life. The CHECK.point eLearning Whitepaper "Second Life as an eLearning Platform" seeks to contribute to the discussion about Second Life’s suitability as a technological platform for education and training. The study answers questions like "For which application scenarios is Second Life suitable?" and "Which topics can be implemented successfully in Second Life?"
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