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| ELearning Conference in the Southern Caucasus Region |
 Tbilisi (GE), August 2010 - The first eLearning conference in the Caucasus region was organized by the Austrian eLearning and training consultants common sense on behalf of the German development organization InWEnt in Tbilisi. The "eLearning Caucasus Conference" was the closing event of the first phase of the successful project "Institution Building and Human Resource Development in the Southern Caucasus". [more...] |
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| Roundtable Discussion |
| Could Technical Barriers Hold Back M-learning? |
| Zurich (CH), August 2010 - A forum of European business leaders has expressed concern that technology and cultural barriers could slow the adoption of mobile and cross-platform learning within their organizations despite the great potential they see for its use. This worry emerged from a roundtable discussion event organized by LINE Communications, the leading provider of learning and communications solutions, on the theme of mobile and multiplatform learning. [more...] |
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| Five Point Plan |
| Economic Competitiveness through Worker Competency |
 Florence (IT), July 2010 - Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of Giunti Labs and chair of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), presented a five-point plan to ensure economic competitiveness through worker competency at the recent Training Transformation Symposium, held at the Royal School of Mechanical Engineering (RSME) in Chatham, Kent. [more...] |
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| eLearning Africa |
| How ICTs Can Help Build Peace, Security, and Stability |
 Lusaka (ZM), June 2010 – "Information and communication technologies can play a major role in building peace, security, and stability in some of the most troubled places on the planet", says New Security Foundation Chairman, Dr Harold Elletson. Dr Elletson was speaking at the eLearning Africa conference in Lusaka, Zambia during a session hosted by the New Security Foundation that involved participants from all over Africa. [more...] |
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| Social Inclusion |
| The Benefits of Training and Upskilling |
| Thessaloniki (GR)/Florence (IT), June 2010 - Our societies need to do more to communicate the benefits of training, upskilling, and qualifications to citizens. This was the message of Cedefop Director Aviana Bulgarelli at the conference of the Economic and Social Committee "Education to Combat Social Exclusion", held in Florence on 20-22 May. [more...] |
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| Fast Learning |
| LINE Forum Lunch Discusses Mobile Learning |
| London (UK), June 2010 - LINE Forum Lunch at L’Escargot in London was well attended. The wide range of private and public sector organisations were keen to hear the two keynote presenters, David Saunders, Head of Dealer Training at Jaguar Land Rover and Paul Goundry, Learning Design Manager at LINE. [more...] |
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| European Market |
| Plateau Systems Conference Provides Insights |
| London (UK), June 2010 - Led by speakers including talent-management industry expert Charles Jennings and former Formula One racing-car driver Derek Daly, who is now a businessman and television sports personality, delegates at Plateau Systems’ first European user conference – held in Barcelona – discussed current talent management trends, technology, and best practices in Europe. [more...] |
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| Health Care |
| A Virtual Approach to Catheter-Care Education |
 Leeds (UK), May 2010 - Kath Wilkinson, nurse consultant and continence-service manager with NHS Bradford and Airedale, was a keynote speaker at a groundbreaking conference in Barcelona targeting urinary-incontinence healthcare professionals from Spain and the UK. [more...] |
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| Recognition |
| Governor Bob Riley Receives Distance-Learning Award 2010 |
 Boston, MA (USA), May 2010 - The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) presented the 2010 USDLA Eagle Award in conjunction with its 2010 national conference in St. Louis, Missouri on May 4, 2010. This year’s honor went to Bob Riley, Governor of the American State of Alabama. [more...] |
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| Letter from UK |
| 'Little’s Britain': Sending the wrong learning message |
 London (UK), March 2010 - (by Bob Little) While it has not been announced with a great fanfare of publicity there is, nonetheless, a strong rumour that National Learning at Work Day 2010 in the UK will take place on 20th May as part of Adult Learners' Week. Apparently, the Day is about workplaces making a commitment to learning and skills by holding events and activities for their employees. [more...] |
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| Hot Topics |
| Easy LMS, Mobile Learning and the eLearning Guild |
 Hemel Hempstead (UK), March 2010 - Migrating to easier-to-use learning management systems and mobile learning are the two 'hottest topics' in the learning technologies world at present, according to research by Omniplex. Matthew Lloyd, Omniplex’s managing director, speaks at the eLearning Gulid's annual conference, to be held on 24-25 March, in Orlando (FL) USA, giving a 'guided tour of knowledge theory and its practical implications.' [more...] |
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| Networking |
| Forum on eLearning Excellence in the Middle-East |
| Dubai (UAE), February 2010 - The third annual Forum on eLearning Excellence in the Middle East took place at Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University Dubai from 01–03 February 2010. Bringing Global Quality to Local Context was the theme chosen for this year’s event. [more...] |
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| European Participation |
| Know IT All Wins Overall MEDEA Award 2009 |
 Berlin (GER), December 2009 - The overall winner of the MEDEA Awards 2009 was announced by Maruja Gutierrez-Diaz, Advisor to the Director of the Lifelong Learning Programme, European Commission, during a reception held recently in Berlin. The recipient of the honor is Know IT All for Primary Schools by Childnet International (UK), which was represented at the award ceremony by Lucinda Fell, Policy and Communications Manager, who graciously accepted the bronze MEDEA statuette, as well as hardware and software sponsored by Avid and Adobe. [more...] |
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| Online Educa Berlin 2009 |
| A Highly Successful eLearning Conference |
 Berlin (GER), December 2009 - 2,078 delegates from 92 countries convened at this year’s Online Educa Berlin, the largest global eLearning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors. From December 2nd – 4th, the participants discussed the latest developments and trends in the field of technology-supported learning and training at Hotel InterContinental in Berlin. [more...] |
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| Taking Inventory |
| What Has eLearning Delivered? |
| Berlin (GER), December 2009 - (by Angelika Eckert) Some researchers contend that the difference between traditional learning and eLearning is negligible. So - if this is the case - what has the decade of eLearning’s development yielded in the corporate environment? At Online Educa Berlin, three eLearning experts, Marc Niemes of the Australian eLearning Association, Laura Overton, head of the British firm Towards Maturity, and Dr. Gale Parchoma, an academic from Britain’s Lancaster University, exchanged views on the topic. On the agenda were two questions: What has eLearning altered, and where does the future of corporate eLearning lie? [more...] |
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