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| 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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| EFQUEL |
| "Fostering Quality in Creative Learnscapes" |
| Brussels, November 2009 - Around eighty participants accepted EFQUEL’s invitation and took part in the recent Innovation Forum 2009. The extremely high esteem for EFQUEL expressed by the participants was impressive, and a pleasant surprise for the core organizers. The Innovation Forum’s main achievement, however, was surely the overall degree of satisfaction with the event that the participants and keynote speakers articulated. [more...] |
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| Cedefop |
| Reports from Two Recent Conferences |
| Thessaloniki (GR), October 2009 – Cedefop, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, has reported the results of two recent conferences – one on "Qualifications for lifelong learning and employability" (05-06 October 2009) and the other - in the form of a publication - on "Sharing the costs of training in the newer EU Member States" (15-16 October 2009). [more...] |
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| Activities |
| How EFQUEL Defines Quality |
 Brussels (BE), September 2009 – Rolf Reinhardt is Executive Manager of the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning (EFQUEL). He is in charge of the operative work of the Foundation, including networking, marketing, and European projects. In an interview with CHECK.point eLearning, Reinhardt explains the Foundation’s activities and the meaning of networking on an international level. [more...] |
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| InfoEducatie 2009 |
| IT Learning for the Romanian Educational System |
| Bucharest (RO), August 2009 – (by Elena Lita) The local branch of the German ITC services and consultancy provider MATERNA Information & Communications was a partner of the Romanian national web and software development contest InfoEducatie 2009. This year’s event, the sixteenth edition, was organized in Galaciuc, Vrancea by the School Inspectorate of Vrancea County with the support of the Romanian Ministry of Education, Development and Innovation (MECI). [more...] |
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| New Markets |
| Presentation for Educational Systems in Moscow |
| Moscow (RU)/Berne (CH), July 2009 – Marput, the International Association of Developers and Manufacturers of Educational Equipment located in Moscow, and Worlddidac, a Swiss-based global trade association for companies providing products for education and training at all levels, have held a competition and presentation in the Russian capital related to education systems. Barbara Köchli reports the results. [more...] |
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| Stakeholders Forum |
| Agenda for Change in Education and Lifelong Learning |
 Brussels (BE), June 2009 - The Learnovation Open Forum entitled "Removing the barriers to creativity and innovation? Listening to stakeholders’ voice", was held on 27 May 2009 in Brussels, gathering the main European networks in the field of innovation and ICT for education and training. [more...] |
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| Radical Change |
| President Outlines Vision for African Education
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 Dakar (SN), June 2009 - The President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade, outlined his vision for radical change in African education and criticised European governments for restricting access for African students. In a wide-ranging and controversial speech at "eLearning Africa", the continent's major conference on online education, the 85-year old President said that technology now allowed African students unlimited access to the best universities in the world. [more...] |
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| e-Gems series |
| Webconferences on Industry Integration of eLearning |
| Brisbane (AU), March 2009 - The e-Gems series of webconferencing sessions offers learning and networking opportunities for people working in the vocational education and training (VET) and business sectors. Provided by the national training system’s eLearning strategy Framework, e-Gems webconferences are free and require no registration. [more...] |
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| Community Service |
| Reggie Smith Receives Black Engineer of the Year Award |
| Boston, MA (USA), March 2009 - The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) announces that Reggie Smith III received national recognition for "Community Service" during the 2009 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Conference. [more...] |
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| Ranking |
| IT Training Awards 09 Celebrates Outstanding Achievement |
 London (UK), March 2009 - The Institute of IT Training Awards for 2009 were presented in early February at a gala dinner held at The Dorchester in London. Despite the bad weather around the country, a capacity audience of over 450 people attended this year's awards. The event included an address by Ann Mogridge, a ChildLine counsellor, who spoke about her counselling work with the ChildLine charity for children in trouble or danger, for which the Institute raised £10,900 in its annual Charity Auction. This brought the total raised by the Institute for the charity to £150,000. [more...] |
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| Special Needs |
| Tata Interactive's 3D Animation Film Wins FICCI BAF Award |
 Kolkata (IN), March 2009 - Tata Interactive Systems' (TIS) 3D animation film titled 'Special Deeds for Special Needs' has won the top spot in the 'Best Animated Film on Social Welfare' category at the FICCI Best Animated Frames Awards 2009. The awards were announced at a ceremony in February 2009 in Mumbai. [more...] |
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