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ALT and Ascilite Sign Agreement
Oxford (UK)/Melbourne (AUS), October 2008 - The UK's Association for Learning Technology (ALT) has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite). The two organisations have complementary aims and seek to learn from experiences in the different geographical territories they cover. » MORE
Key to Working and Learning beyond Fifty
Thessaloniki (GR), October 2008 - The Cedefop workshop "Working at old age: Emerging theories and empirical perspectives on ageing and work" was held in Thessaloniki 29-30 September 2008. During the presentations it was shown that a continuous above-average performance requires experience and expertise. The value of that expertise, however, depends on the ability to keep it current. » MORE
Giunti Labs' CEO joins the IMS Global Learning Consortium
Lake Mary, FL (USA), October 2008 - Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of learning and mobile content management solution provider Giunti Labs and co-chair of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), has been appointed to the Board of Directors of IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC). » MORE
Training Cycles for China Mobile
Shanghai (CN), October 2008 - John Bryce Training, the Training and Deployment Division of Matrix, has won a project to conduct several dozen training cycles to qualify employees of the Chinese telecom firm Shanghai Mobile in the field of Cisco telephony solutions. The courses will be conducted at the John Bryce Training Centre in Shanghai over several months. » MORE
Alaska Railroad Corporation Collaborates with Learn.com
Sunrise, FL (USA), October 2008 - Learn.com®, a provider of workforce development and productivity solutions, has announced that the Alaska Railroad Corporation, a full-service railroad serving ports and communities from the Gulf of Alaska to Fairbanks, has selected the LearnCenter® platform to automate blended learning. » MORE
Swiss Computing Certificate Switches to Online Testing
Glattbrugg (CH), September 2008 - The Swiss Computing Certificate (SIZ), established in 1991, examines professional information and communication technology (ICT) skills in three languages. With around 150,000 diplomas and more than half a million module examinations, the SIZ diploma has become established among employers as a recognized certificate of qualification. » MORE
Echelon Appoints Alistair Morrison as CEO
London (UK), September 2008 - The consultancy-led publishing house Echelon Learning has appointed Alistair Morrison as its CEO. David Hill, who has headed up Echelon Learning since its inception in 1986, will becomes the company's Chairman, while retaining the role of Services Director to support key clients. Jenny Hill continues to lead the company's consultancy division. » MORE
A New Application for Collaborative Learning
Paris (FR), September 2008 - Momindum launches Momindum K-base 2.0, a knowledge-management application based on "deep-tagging" technology. It manages rich-media learning resources and facilitates collaborative knowledge sharing between presenters and audience. » MORE
Analysis of the Merger of OutStart and EEDO
Oakland, CA (USA), September 2008 - Chris Howard, Principal Analyst of Bersin & Associates, writes about the evolution of the LCMS Market toward Learning On-Demand in Merger of OutStart and EEDO: Learning Content Management Comes of Age in Bersin & Associates Research Bulletin Vol. 3, No. 19, 2008. CHECK.point eLearning is providing here an excerpt of the article; the full version is available through Bersin.com (membership required). » MORE
UK-wide Accredited Health and Safety Training Portal
Norwich (UK), September 2008 - Norwich Union Risk Services, an integral part of Norwich Union, is helping its customers improve the standard of health and safety in the workplace with a new online training portal. It was launched in July 2008 and uses Cobent Learning Compliance Suite (LCS). » MORE
