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eLearning Joins the iPhone App Race |
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Brisbane (AU), March 2010 - Gaining nearly a fifth of the total global
smartphone market, Apple’s iPhone has now cemented itself as a leader in
mobile devices. And it seems to have an application for just about
anything. Now the question arises for teachers and trainers as to whether
the iPhone is just a bit of fun or if it can be used for real teaching and
learning.
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| Hot Topics |
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Easy LMS, Mobile Learning and the eLearning Guild |
 Hemel Hempstead (UK),
March 2010 - Migrating to easier-to-use learning management systems and
mobile learning are the two 'hottest topics' in the learning technologies
world at present, according to research by Omniplex. Matthew Lloyd,
Omniplex’s managing director, speaks at the eLearning Gulid's annual
conference, to be held on 24-25 March, in Orlando (FL) USA, giving a
'guided tour of knowledge theory and its practical implications.'
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| Benchmarks |
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Quality Standards for eLearning in Capacity Building |
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Brussels (BE), March 2010 - Open ECBCheck, the first international quality
standard for ELearning programmes and institutions in international
Capacity Building is now available. Initiated by Germany’s
InWent – Capacity Building International and EFQUEL, Open ECBCheck has
been developed through a unique interagency collaboration of about 25
international capacity-building agencies and their partners, amongst them
eight UN agencies.
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| Cross-cutting Priority |
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Europe Must Integrate Education and Employment Policies |
 Thessaloniki (GR), March
2010 - The need to develop fully integrated skills policies for education
and training, employment, and innovation at all levels was a dominant
theme in the workshop Skills and competence to overcome the crisis, which
Cedefop co-organised with MEP Ole Christensen on 02 March at the European
Parliament in Brussels.
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| Learning in Europe |
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ELIG and MENON Strengthen Their Collaboration |
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Paris (FR), March 2010 - The European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), and
the MENON Network (MENON) have announced the signing of a Document of
Understanding enabling them to work closely together to foster innovation
of European Education and Training (E&T).
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| Personal Learning |
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PebblePad Launches iPhone App |
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Telford (UK), March 2010 - Pebble Learning has launched an iPhone app for
its PebblePad online personal learning system. Users can now record their
thoughts or upload photos straight from their iPhones to their online
personal learning space, wherever they are.
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| Successes |
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KTM Advance Shares Top News |
 Paris (FR), March 2010 –
KTM Advance has announced that they are now officially one of France’s
fifty fastest-growing technology companies, having earned a place on the
Deloitte Technology Fast 50. This is attributed to a growing demand for
serious games, increased involvement in eLearning, and an expanding
international presence.
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| Broad Horizon |
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Kineo Offers Shots of Theory |
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Brighton (UK), March 2010 – Kineo suggests that a little theory doesn’t
hurt. To practice instructional design with intention, practitioners need
to know what instructional strategies to use and why, in order to help
maximize the learning. This means knowing a bit about learning theory and
instructional-design theory.
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| Growth |
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Record Core Sale Figures in 2009 for LINE Communications |
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London (UK), March 2010 – LINE's core sales results rose by almost ten
percent on the previous record achieved in 2008. Sales were particularly
strong in the defence and corporate sectors. LINE attributes this success
to a number of factors, including greater recognition in both the public
and private sectors of the effectiveness of technology-led learning and
communications solutions.
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| Handbook |
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Reviewing the Virtual Campus Phenomenon |
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Heverlee, (BE), March 2010 - This handbook provides a glimpse into the
complex world of rising large-scale eLearning initiatives and how
institutions are experimenting with the set-up of virtual campuses. It
gathers the outcomes and experiences of the European Re.ViCa project,
which aimed to undertake a systematic and extensive review of virtual
campuses in higher education from 2007 - 2009.
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| Company Updates |
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Saffron Announces Silverlight Team and New Collaboration |
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London (UK), March 2010 - Saffron Interactive is putting together a
Microsoft Silverlight development team for eLearning and has announced the
first collaboration with Heathrow Express for a sub-surface fire awareness
eLearning course.
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| Assessment |
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HAAD Develops New Professional Exams with Pearson VUE |
 London (UK), March 2010
- The Health Authority of Abu Dhabi (HAAD) has signed a contract with
computer-based testing and assessment company Pearson VUE for item
development for its Pharmacy and Nursing Licensure programmes. The new
agreement follows HAAD’s awarding a contract to Pearson VUE in mid-2009
for transitioning HAAD's licensure examination programme to computer-based
delivery.
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| Access |
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One Laptop per Child – the Global Case Challenge |
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Boston, MA (USA), March 2010 - One Laptop per Child (OLPC), in partnership
with Hult International Business School, TalentCastr.com, and the Center
for Innovation, Excellence, and Leadership (IXL Center) is hosting MBA and
other university students from across the globe to compete simultaneously
in four locations in the inaugural Global Case Challenge.
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| Interoperability |
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ELENA - Creating a Smart Space for Learning |
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Vienna (AT), February 2010 - ELENA demonstrates the feasibility of smart
learning spaces. These are platforms that allow the consumption of
heterogeneous learning services via assessment tools, learning management
systems, educational (meta) repositories, and live delivery systems such
as videoconferencing.
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| Increased Presence |
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QuickLessons Continues to Expand in Latin America |
 Miami, FL (USA), March
2010 - QuickLessons LLC has announced the expansion of its sales and
product-support network with two new authorized resellers in the Americas.
The global presence of its online Rapid eLearning platform now includes
Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.
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| Data Traffic |
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Mobile Operators Try to Avoid 'Backhaul Crunch' |
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London (UK), February 2010 - Data traffic is surging on many mobile
networks as a result of mobile broadband sales and the iPhone phenomenon.
But operators urgently need to deal with the resulting backhaul crunch by
offloading data traffic onto WiFi hotspots and femtocells, as well as by
finding economical ways to expand capacity at macrocell and microcell
sites, according to Philip Bates, Senior Manager at global telecoms
adviser Analysys Mason.
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| Updates |
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John Bryce Training Holds Seminar in Technology Learning |
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Peking, (CN), March 2010 - John Bryce Training China invited the managers
of human resources and training departments of the leading organizations
in China to a seminar entitled "Modern organizational learning techniques
and updates in the field of technology education for 2010".
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| Longstanding Tradition |
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Tenth IEEE International Conference |
 Sousse (TN), March 2010
- The tenth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning
Technologies (ICALT2010) will be held in Sousse, Tunisia, a city with rich
culture and a longstanding tradition in computer-based learning on 05-07
July 2010. The technical program will feature keynote address, workshops,
and tutorials in addition to presentations of refereed papers.
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| New Directions |
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ELearning in a Time of Change |
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Plymouth (UK), March 2010 - The fifth Plymouth e-Learning Conference will
challenge notions of traditional boundaries, learning spaces, and roles.
The focus is on new practices, new technologies, new environments, and new
learning. The event is being held at the University of Plymouth on 08–09
April 2010.
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| Current Trends |
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Media Inspirations for Learning – EDEN Annual Conference |
 Valencia (ES), March 2010
- EDEN invites the European professional community of learning to
contribute to the development of future mindsets for media in learning at
the 2010 Annual Conference in Valencia on 09-12 June 2010. The event
highlights the emerging trends and perspectives and serves to collect,
analyse, and spread good practice in the field.
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| Call for Papers |
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Sixth International Conference on Education 2010 |
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Athens (GR), March 2010 - The Steering Committee invites participants to
the sixth International Conference on Education from 08-10 July 2010 on
the Greek Island Samos. ICE SAMOS 2010 will facilitate the discussion of
the problems of education internationally providing a forum for scientific
debate and constructive interaction in a multi-cultural environment.
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