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| CEDEFOP’S Forecast on Future Demand for Skills |
| Thessaloniki (GR), April 2008 - Cedefop’s study on the medium-term demand for skills, Future skill needs in Europe, the conclusions of which were presented in a high-profile conference at Cedefop, is now available free of charge. The publication reveals the employment impact of structural change across sectors and occupations. [more...] |
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| Community |
| New MASIE Social Network for Learning Experts |
| New York (USA), April 2008 - Elliot Masie, the American eLearning expert and director of the Masie Center, has recently formed an online community. It is called "LearningTown!", and its organizer describes is as a "vendor-neutral learning focused network". The "village for learning professionals" is sub-divided into special-interest groups such as mobile learning, nextgen learning, women and learning, boomer learning, and others. [more...] |
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| Research Report |
| A Learning Management System for Any Budget |
| Sunnyvale, CA (USA), March 2008 - Many people have the impression that only large, affluent corporations can afford an LMS, but Brandon Hall Research says this is not true. In the 2008 edition of its Low-Cost Learning Management Systems Report, 31 systems were profiled and reviewed that are priced below average for small, medium, large, and very large implementations. [more...] |
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| Australian Reports |
| New eLearning Research Debunks "eMyths" |
| Brisbane, QLB (AUS), March 2008 - The national training system's eLearning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework has published three new reports with some unexpected findings. The research has revealed "eMyths" about mature-aged workers and technology; the uptake of eLearning in registered training organisations (RTOs); and why employers are "eSmitten" with flexible learning. [more...] |
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| EU Forecast |
| What Skills Will Europeans Need in the Years to Come? |
| Thessaloniki (GR), March 2008 - CEDEFOP, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, presents its first forecast of skill needs up to the year 2015. The study "Future skill needs in Europe: medium-term forecast" concludes that demand for skills and qualifications is being driven upwards in most occupations, including in so-called elementary jobs, by the continuing rise of the service sector and sweeping technological and organisational changes. [more...] |
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| Horizon Report 2008 |
| Six Key Emerging Technologies Profiled |
| Austin, TX/ Boulder, CO (USA), February 2008 - The New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) recently released the 2008 Horizon Report at the ELI Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the NMC’s Horizon Project, a research-oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have considerable impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression within higher education. [more...] |
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| Review |
| O'Reilly Releases Using Moodle - Second Edition |
 Sebastopol, CA (USA), January 2008 – "Extending the Chalk-and-Talk Classroom with the Open Source CMS" is the subtitle of the newly published second edition of Jason Cole’s and Helen Foster’s Using Moodle, a book published by the O'Reilly Community Press. The book is written for teachers who use Moodle to teach or enhance their courses. It covers Moodle 1.8 and is tied to the Moodle Teacher Certification standards, making it the ideal reference for teachers interested in the popular eLearning platform. [more...] |
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| Survey |
| Characteristics of Arab Learners |
 Cairo (EG), November 2007 - To add value to the various research dealing with eLearning for Arab learners, Prof. Dr. Sahar Abdel Bary, Mona Younis, Dina Orieby, and Amr El Menshawy from Media International, Cairo, Egypt conducted a study on learners’ characteristics. Prof. Dr.Sahar Abdel Bary spoke with CHECK.point-eLearning about the outcome. [more...] |
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| 'To Buy or To Build' |
| Insight into the eLearning Industry |
| Hampshire (UK), June 2007 - Bourne Training, a provider of bespoke eLearning to the corporate and adult education markets, has published the results of "To Buy or To Build", an industry-wide survey to help understand the practitioner's view of eLearning today.
Undertaken over a three-month period, the survey reviewed three areas: How eLearning is currently being used across a range of organisations; the relative benefits of outsourcing development and in-house authoring; and views on eLearning in the future. [more...] |
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| New Volume Published |
| Paper on "Emerging Technologies for Learning" |
| London (UK), May 2007 – Becta, the UK government's lead partner in the strategic development and delivery of its eStrategy, is publishing the second volume of its 'Emerging Technologies for Education' paper. This document considers how emerging technologies may impact education in the medium term. [more...] |
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| New Publication |
| Best Practices for Learning & Talent Development |
 Hilversum (NL), May 2007 – Nick van Dam, Global Chief Learning Officer for Deloitte and advisor for Deloitte Consulting, has recently self-published a book called "25 Best Practices for Learning & Talent Development". In the work, Van Dam reveals the transition from a traditional classroom-based training function to a modern, strategy-enabling learning organisation. All royalties from the book will be donated to the non-profit foundation eLearning For Kids. [more...] |
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| USDLA |
| Participants Wanted for Global Survey |
| Boston, MA (US), May 2007 – The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) is inviting existing and future members to participate in an online survey. The association’s goal is to enhance the benefits and services that it offers. The survey will examine the ways in which USDLA can better meet its members’ needs. [more...] |
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| Podcasting Tips |
| Free Beginner’s Guide from Ufi and Kineo |
| Sheffield (UK) / Brighton (UK), April 2007 – Getting the best from podcasting – and where and when it can be used to maximum effect – is the focus of a free beginner’s guide that can be downloaded from the Internet. It has been published in a joint venture between UK’s leading online learning organisations, Ufi and Kineo. [more...] |
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| New Publication |
| Study Explores Training and Development |
 London (UK), April 2007 – The findings of a new study into learning, training, and development based on 58 case studies of learning and development across nineteen countries are published in 'The Changing World of the Trainer – Emerging Good Practice', written by Martyn Sloman. [more...] |
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| Cooperation |
| Food for Thought |
 Hannover (GER), December 2006 - Quality and standardisation in eLearning have become crucial success factors for organisations in learning, education, and training: Handbook on Quality and Standardisation in ELearning
Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, Jan Martin Pawlowski (Eds.).
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