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Tax Incentives for Education and Training |
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Thessaloniki (GR), October 2009 - Cedefop has announced the publication of
their recent study 'The use of tax incentives to support education and
training in six selected Member States' (Germany, France, Ireland,
Austria, the Netherlands and Finland). The study shows that there is
considerable scope for tax incentives to cover a greater share of
investment in education and training than they do today.
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| High Achievers |
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ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award 2009 |
 Oxford (UK), October
2009 - The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) Learning Technologist
of the Year Award is now in its third year of operation. It celebrates and
rewards excellent practice and learning in the learning technology field
and is this year sponsored by Pearson eCollege.
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| Evaluation |
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IMC Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant |
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Saarbruecken (GER), October 2009 - IMC AG, a provider of learning
technologies, has announced that it has been positioned in the Visionaries
quadrant of the 2009 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems
(CLS). This year’s Magic Quadrant evaluated seventeen CLS providers
worldwide according to their completeness of vision and their ability to
execute that vision.
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| Social Media |
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Trust No Barrier to Web 2.0 in Organizations |
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Zurich (CH), October 2009 - Trust issues surrounding wikis, blogs, and
other Web 2.0 forms of communication should not delay adoption within
organizations, according to European business leaders. Delegates to a
roundtable discussion organised by LINE, a provider of learning and
communications solutions, on the theme of 'Transforming Learning in the
21st Century' were strongly opposed to the idea that organizations should
create specific rules to govern how employees use social media within the
workplace.
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| Cooperation |
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Giunti Labs Partners with Banca d’Italia |
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Sestri Levante (IT), October 2009 - Giunti Labs, a learning and mobile
content management solution provider, has agreed a framework agreement
with Italy’s central bank, Banca d’Italia, to establish a catalogue of
web-based training (WBT) materials that the Bank’s staff can access.
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| Letter from UK |
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Executives opt for low tech training tools |
 London
(UK), October 2009 - (by Bob Little) Despite the alleged popularity
of electronic performance support systems (EPSS) software among the UK’s
eLearning community, new independent research - commissioned by IMC (UK)
Learning - shows that many executives are unaware of both what this EPSS
software can do and its benefits for individuals and organisations.
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| Content Management |
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XML-based Learning Solutions on EMC Documentum |
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Boulder CO (USA), October 2009 – Xyleme, a provider of 100% XML, SCORM
2004-certified learning content management solutions and Flatirons
Solutions, a developer of enterprise and XML content management solutions,
have announced their alliance to offer EMC Documentum services to training
organizations in order to meet comprehensive, global learning
requirements.
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| Talent Management |
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Turn Succession Planning on Its Head |
 Santa Monica CA (USA),
October 2009 – Career Centre is designed to help organizations engage,
motivate, and retain talented people, while also empowering employees to
take a more active role in managing their career within a company. By
aligning employee career aspirations and development plans with the
strategic needs of the business, companies are able to maximize their
current workforce and maintain valuable corporate knowledge.
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| Health Care |
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Vertically Focused Learning Solutions |
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Mumbai (IN), October 2009 - Learning-solutions provider Tata Interactive
Systems (TIS) has announced the launch of its first business vertically
focused learning solutions for organizations in the healthcare industry.
TIS formally launched this initiative with the appointment of Candida
Chandorkar as Vice President - Global Healthcare Solutions, a move from
her earlier position as Vice President - ANZ.
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| Informal Learning |
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High-Impact Practices for Corporate Training |
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Oakland, CA (USA), October 2009 – Bersin & Associates has published a new
research report - a guide to modernising corporate training strategies
through social and informal learning. The study contains data-driven
research, best practices, tools, and examples to help adapt learning
processes to the realities of business, available technologies, and
today’s new learning styles.
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| Standardisation |
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Dutch Business School wins ISO Award for HE |
 Cape Town (ZA)/Rotterdam (NL), October 2009 - The Rotterdam
School of Management of the Netherlands’ renowned Erasmus University has
been declared the winner of this year's ISO Award for Higher Education in
Standardisation. The award was presented at the 32nd ISO General Assembly
in Cape Town, South Africa.
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| Training Standards |
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New Appointment Reinforces QA's ITIL Credentials |
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Slough (UK), October 2009 - Jeff Payne, Director of Professional Best
Practice at QA, a provider of learning services, has been nominated by
ISEB as the representative for Europe to the ITIL V3 ATO Sub-Group. In
this role, Payne represents all Accredited Training Organizations (ATOs)
across Europe as well as QA.
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| Education |
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Interactive Books for Science Students Published |
 Oslo (NO), October 2009
- Edvantage group, an eLearning company and managed-learning service
provider, in partnership with Greenbook Digital Publishing AS, a Norwegian
all-digital publishing house, have released their first digital multi-book
for use by science students. By using video, animation, sound, and various
exercises, multi-books enhance learning and make it more enjoyable for
students. Users don't have to be online to access the information, and the
feedback from students and teachers has been positive.
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| Call For Cases |
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Book on Innovations in Educational Marketing |
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Riyadh (SA), October 2009 – A case book on education marketing, edited by
Dr. Purnendu Tripathi and Dr. Siran Mukerji from the Arab Open University
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, published by IGI Global, is currently inviting
contributions. Authors are encouraged to send cases on their institutional
experiences in educational marketing from the technological and
transnational perspectives.
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| European Tour |
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Meet the Expert - Develop Your Network |
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London (UK)/Paris (FR), October 2009 – CrossKnowledge, partner in the
development of managerial and leadership skills through new technologies,
has announced its "European Breakfast Meetings Tour". The first UK event
will take place at Galvin at Windows in London on 09 October 2009.
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| Free Seminar |
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Functional Skills and Initial Assessments |
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Shipley/London (UK), October 2009 - BTL Group Ltd, a provider of
e-Assessment solutions, will be hosting a free half-day seminar exploring
skills assessments created using eAssessment tools. The seminar will take
place on 29 October 2009 in London and will focus on functional skills and
initial assessments.
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| New Publication |
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Distance and eLearning in Transition |
 Budapest (HU), October 2009 - EDEN Online has
announced a new joint publication by ISTE and Wiley, "Distance and
eLearning in Transition – Learning Innovation, Technology and Social
Challenges". The book is a selection of the strongest EDEN conference
papers from the past few years, revisiting research, innovation, and
professional practice in distance and eLearning.
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| SE@M 2009 |
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Making Content Standards Work for You! |
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Budapest (HU), October 2009 - SE@M 2009, the third international workshop
on Search and Exchange of e-le@rning Materials Budapest, Hotel Benczúr,
04-05 November 2009 will bring together a wide range of people whose work
involves learning resources. One day of the workshop will be especially
aimed at publishers and professionals.
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| ICBL |
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Join Interactive Computer-Aided Blended Learning |
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Florianópolis (BR), October 2009 – ICBL 2009 is to be held from 5-7
November 2009, at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, in
Florianópolis, Brazil, together with the Brazilian National Conference on
Hypermedia Environments for Learning.
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| BILD Event |
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Using Technology to Achieve Return on Investment |
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Glasgow (UK), October 2009 - Each year, the British Institute for Learning
and Development (BILD) organises and runs six free member events. Each is
based on a different learning and development topic or theme and takes
place in different regions of the UK.
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