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Car Industry Employees Learn with Pub Game |
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London (UK), August 2007 - Employees at UK car manufacturers now have two
interactive learning tools at their fingertips that help them to
understand the mathematics behind performance and productivity processes.
Researchers from the London Knowledge
Lab, UK, collaborated with the training staff of car manufacturers in
developing training tools for statistical process control (SPC), a method
that is used to monitor performance and productivity processes in the
automotive industry.
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| Speech |
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Towards Next-Generation Media for the Digital Age? |
 Lisbon (PT), August 2007 - Viviane
Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information
Society and Media, delivered an address at the Conference on the Future of
the Media, Lisbon on 17 July. The event was organised by the IMPRESA Group
and Radio Renascenca. Viviane Reding talked about media and the European
policies that support their future in the digital age.
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| Statistical Survey |
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ICT in Secondary Education in South-East Europe |
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Moscow (RU), August 207 – The survey "Indicators of ICT Application in
Secondary Education of South-East European Countries" aimed at
investigating the main factors, tendencies, problems, and solutions for
ICT applications in secondary schools of South-Eastern Europe. The survey
was conducted by the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in
Education.
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| Learning Planet |
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Tata Interactive Systems Launches Its Own LCMS |
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London (UK) / Mumbai (India), August 2007 - The global learning solutions
provider Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) has launched Learning Planet™, an
enterprise learning content management system (LCMS). Learning Planet™ is
based on TIS's business insights gained from some thirty custom-built
learning management system (LMS) implementations at clients including
McGraw-Hill and the Bank of Montreal.
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| Partnerships |
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Assima Goes for Growth in the Far East |
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London (UK), August 2007 - Assima Plc has taken a major step into the
training market in the Asia-Pacific region with the signing of partnership
deals with two leading training organisations based in China and Singapore.
The partnerships with eLearn Consult Ltd (ELC) and Knowledge Platform (KP)
will enable the companies to market and resell Assima products and
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Worlddidac Quality Charter Accreditation for Digital Publishing |
 Munich (GER)/Bern (CH) – August, 2007 – digital publishing, a
leading producer of interactive learning software, has received
certification under the Worlddidac Quality Charter (WQC). This prestigious
designation was presented by the Worlddidac Foundation, an independent,
international trade association for the education market with members in
nearly fifty countries. The Worlddidac Quality Charter is a quality
certification for companies who participate in educational projects
worldwide.
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| Interactivity Builder |
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New Release 4.5 Makes Raptivity More Flexible |
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Redmond, WA (USA), August 2007 - Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced
a major update of Raptivity - release 4.5. The significant highlights are
the increased ease and flexibility of deployment in a multi-user corporate
environment and more convenient integration with other tools. This release
also comes with a Spell Checker add-on and a learning interaction guide.
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| eCONTENTPLUS |
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New Call for Proposals 2007 Open for Participation |
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Brussels (BE), August 2007 – The European Commission, Information Society
and Media Directorate General has just published its Call for Proposals
for the eContentplus Programme. The deadline for submission is 4 October
2007.
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| Web 2.0 and Education |
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Seminar of the UOC UNESCO Chair in eLearning |
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Barcelona (ES), August 2007 – From 17 to 19 October 2007, the fourth
International Seminar of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) UNESCO
Chair in eLearning will take place in Barcelona, Spain. The workshop will
focus on the impact that the birth, development, and use of web 2.0 tools
have upon educational paradigms. New models of internet presence and
content publishing will also be covered.
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| Fifth World Congress |
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Educators Care about Quality and Social Justice |
 Berlin (GER), August 2007 - Educators from around the world
came together in Berlin to intensify their efforts to meet the needs of
every child and to uphold children’s fundamental rights to a quality
education in a more just world. About 1,700 teachers and education workers
attended the fifth World Congress of Education International (EI). EI’s
President Thulas Nxesi of South Africa opened the conference, summing up
the conference theme "Educators Joining Together for Quality Education and
Social Justice."
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| Call for Papers |
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Forum on eLearning for Defence and Security |
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Berlin (GER), August 2007 - The third international Forum on eLearning for
Defence and Security, organised by the New Security Foundation, will take
place on Wednesday, November 28. The session will be a vigorous prelude to
this year's Online Educa Berlin. The Call for Papers is now open and
continues until September 20.
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ePortfolio 2007 Conference Takes Place in Maastricht |
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Maastricht (NL), August 2007 - ePortfolio 2007 is the key international
event for professionals interested in, and working with, ePortfolios. This
year's theme is Employability and Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge
Society. The conference takes place from 17-19 October 2007 and is
organised by EifEL, European Institute for eLearning.
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| Business Simulation |
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MARGA Online Competition to Be Continued |
 Erftstadt (GER), August 2007 – MARGA, the long-established General
Management Business Simulation, is an integral part of the management
development activities of many companies. Deadline for teams to
participate in the next online competition is 5 October 2007.
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| Second Life |
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The slconference 2007 Is Cancelled |
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Berlin (GER), August 2007 – Cocoate, the organisers of the first
slconference have decided to cancel the event. The European conference
was scheduled to take place form 16 – 18 September 2007 in Berlin.
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| IADIS |
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Elearning in Portuguese |
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Lisbon (P)/Tübingen (GER), August 2007 – This year’s edition of the
international conference on eLearning organized by the International
Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) as part of
the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS)
took place in Lisbon in July.
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