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| Wanted: Europe’s Most Innovative Games |
 Darmstadt (GER), May 2008 – In the last few years, the games sector has turned into a driving force for the whole IT and learning sector. The Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transport, Urban and Regional Development wants to encourage the development of innovative games and therefore offers the European Innovative Games Award (EIGA), which includes prize money of €35,000, in cooperation with the European Commission. In the context of the award, both technology and content are considered. [more...] |
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| Quality in Adult Learning |
| Nynäshamn (SE), May 2008 – The Nordic Network for Adult Learning (NVL) and the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning (EFQUEL) are organizing a Nordic-European workshop in Nynäshamn, near Stockholm (Sweden), 15 to 16 May 2008. The key theme of the seminar is "Quality in Adult Learning". [more...] |
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| Fast Adoption |
| 2008 Learning Technologist of the Year Award |
| Oxford (UK), May 2008 - Entries for the 2008 Learning Technologist of the Year award are open. This is the second year that the Association for Learning Technology has run the awards, which celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field - the broad range of communication, information, and related technologies that can be used to support learning, teaching, and assessment. [more...] |
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| Online Educa Berlin 2008 |
| Michael Wesch: A Look at Digital Ethnography |
 Berlin (GER), May 2008 – Online Educa Berlin 2008 welcomes Michael Wesch as a keynote speaker. The event is the largest global eLearning conference for the corporate, education, and public service sectors and will take place from 03 - 05 December at the Hotel InterContinential in Berlin. [more...] |
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| Call for Papers |
| Social Networks Conference in Italy in September |
| Munich (GER)/ Turku (FI)/ Bordeaux (FR), May 2008 – An international conference, organized by the partners of the European Project "Social Networks and promotion of knowledge construction in eLearning contexts" will be held in Cesena, Italy, 01 - 02 September, 2008. [more...] |
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| Sharing the Cost |
| Conference Looks at Strategies across Europe |
| Thessaloniki (GR), April 2008 – Cedefop, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, is organising a conference with a focus on financing for continuing training. Investing in people: Strategies for financing vocational education and training will be held on 19-20 May at the Cedefop Conference Centre in Thessaloniki. [more...] |
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| European Voice Debate |
| "What Do Languages Mean for Business?" |
| Brussels (BE), April 2007 – European Voice is a weekly newspaper with an independent view of the European Union. In a debate in Brussels – sponsored by Educational Testing Service (ETS) Europe – about the statement 'Being multilingual is essential and not just an advantage anymore'. [more...] |
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| World Forum |
| International Meeting of University Administrators |
| Vancouver (CA), April 2008 – University managers and administrators should not miss the sixteenth International Meeting of University Administrators (IMUA), organised by the University of British Columbia, in conjunction with the UK Association of University Administrators and the Association of Heads of University Administration. The 2008 conference will be held from 17 - 21 August, 2008, in Vancouver, Canada. [more...] |
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| Highly Interactive |
| ELearning Africa Announces 2008 Conference Programme |
| Berlin (GER)/Accra (GH), April 2008 – eLearning Africa has made its conference programme available online. The third International Conference on ICT for Development, Education, and Training will take place from May 28 - 30, 2008, in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. [more...] |
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| Annual Conference |
| The Bild: Engagement in Learning |
 London (UK), April 2008 - The BILD Annual Conference: Engagement in Learning, is the authoritative event on engaging work-based learners. This one-day event on Thursday, 12 June 2008 in the CBI Conference Centre, London WC1, features top experts and practitioners from leading organisations such as the Institute of Directors, Becta, National Grid, and the University for Industry (Ufi). [more...] |
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| Localisation |
| European eLearning Award for PHM’s CELT |
 London (UK), April 2008 – The Content Editing and Localisation Tool (CELT) produced by the business consultancy PHM has been awarded the European eLearning Award 2008 for Best Practice in eLearning at CeBIT in Hanover. In making the Award, the jury emphasised that the award specifically recognised the CELT technology and its process that allows the fast and efficient content adaptation of multinational applications. [more...] |
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| EDEN |
| New Learning Cultures: How Do We Learn? |
| Lisbon (P), April 2008 – More than 200 contributions have been submitted for the EDEN Annual Conference, 2008 on the 11th - 14th of June, 2008. The host, Universidade Aberta, the Portuguese Open University will share the celebration of their twentieth anniversary with European academic and professional practitioners and in particular, with the EDEN community. [more...] |
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| Call for Papers |
| Conference: ELearning Baltics – eLBa 2008 |
 Rostock, (GER), April 2008 - The International Scientific eLearning Conference "eLBa-Science" will take place from 18 - 19 June, at the Civic Center in Rostock. It will address all aspects of teaching and learning with digital media and present the scientific aspects of eLearning. The event was initiated by both representatives from science and business. [more...] |
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| EiFEL |
| EPortfolio & Digital Identity |
 Montreal (CA), April 2008 – The second Pan-American and Francophone ePortfolio conference will take place at Concordia University on 5-7 May 2008. It focuses on ePortfolio and digital identity, extending the concept of the ePortfolio, and exploring the link between the records and services that contribute to the emergence of a digital identity. [more...] |
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| Third SCIL Congress |
| The Changing Face of Learning |
| St. Gallen (CH), April 2008 – SCIL – the "Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning" will be holding its third international congress on 22-23 May, 2008. The event revolves around the central themes of "the changing face of learning". [more...] |
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