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. » more
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! » more
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. » more
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. » more
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. » more
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. » more
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