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Galway (IE), June 2010 - The UK government's decision to abolish the
education ICT agency Becta by November has been met with mixed views. The
scrapping is part of cuts worth £6.2 billion in what Chancellor George
Osbourne has called "wasteful" public spending. While up to 240 jobs will
go and its services cut, many are asking if Becta will truly be missed.
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| Join In |
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Public Consultation on Open Educational Resources |
 Brussels (BE), June 2010
– The Open Educational Quality Initiative (OPAL) invites participation in a
consultation process about Open Educational Practices (OEP). The OPAL
project is a new international initiative to promote innovation and better
quality in education and training through the use of open educational
resources.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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Learning technologies blogs and 'free learning resources' |
 London
(UK), June 2010 - (by Bob Little) The internet has prompted many
changes to our way of life. Within the 'eLearning' world in particular, it
has made access to learning materials, information and performance support
easier than ever. The downside is that there are so many of these
materials available in a myriad of locations that it is often difficult to
find them and/or to find the most appropriate ones for our needs.
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| Instructional Design |
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Six Steps to Creating High-quality Video Training |
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Santa Rosa, CA (USA), June 2010 –Video is the fastest means currently
available to create engaging online learning experiences, especially for
the masses. With this in mind, in the following article, Jeremy Vest of
Learning Solutions Magazine explains how to best use video as a rapid
instructional design and development tool. He provides a step-by-step
guide for creating great instructional video design and producing such
experiences.
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| Open Source |
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eLML Wins IMS Learning Impact Award 2010 Silver Medal |
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Zurich (CH), June 2010 - The eLML team received the silver medal at the IMS
Learning Impact Awards 2010 in Long Beach, California in the category
"New/Research and Development". The Learning Impact Awards are designed to
recognize the most impactful use of technology worldwide in support of
learning.
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| Success |
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Intrepid Recognized as Top Training Outsourcing Company |
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Seattle, WA (USA), June 2010 - Intrepid Learning Solutions, provider of
learning and performance solutions, has been selected for the seventh
consecutive year to the industry’s foremost list of the Top Training
Outsourcing Companies.
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| Tips |
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Value for Money eLearning Solutions |
 Hemel Hempstead (UK), June 2010 - Matthew Lloyd,
managing director of the eLearning-solutions provider Omniplex contributed
to the recent discussion in London on "Value-for-Money eLearning
Solutions", organised by eLearning Network (eLN) - a non-profit
organisation run by the eLearning community for the eLearning community.
Beginning by concentrating on learning management systems (LMSs), Lloyd
recalled the times – some ten years and more ago – when an LMS cost seven
figures, and implementing one was a major exercise in enterprise-wide IT
management.
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| Excellence |
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PebblePad Wins International eLearning Award |
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Telford (UK), June 2010 - Pebble Learning and the University of
Wolverhampton have won a prestigious international eLearning award. An
international panel of judges selected the online personal learning system
PebblePad for a Platinum Award for Global Learning Excellence at the IMS
Global Learning Impact Awards held in Long Beach, California in May 2010.
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| Serious Games |
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Industry-Shaping Partnership |
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London (UK), June 2010 - Bohemia Interactive and Caspian Learning have
announced a formal partnership. Bohemia Interactive, the foremost military
serious games organisation and Caspian Learning, the leading rapid
simulation and serious games company are forging a formal partnership that
will bring exciting new offerings to military markets around the world.
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| Competitive Advantage |
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Cisco Business Architect Program |
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Wokingham (UK)/ San Jose, CA (USA), June 2010 - Global Knowledge has
announced a training program to help Cisco partners develop the new
Business Architect role that was recently announced at the Cisco Partner
Summit by Keith Goodwin, Cisco Senior Vice President. The program teaches
Cisco partners to develop scalable and sustainable Cisco architecture
practices.
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| Assessment |
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New Perception Features Now on Demand |
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London (UK), June 2010 – Questionmark has announced that the accessibility,
security, mobile delivery, and other advantages of its Perception version 5
are now available to users of the company’s On-Demand Assessment Management
Solutions.
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| Project Management |
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ILX Group Partners with KCA DEUTAG |
 London (UK), June 2010 -
ILX Group has announced that it will host a secure eLearning platform to
deliver both the APM Introductory Certificate in Project Management and
PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner courses for KCS DEUTAG across 22
countries.
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| In the Cloud |
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BigGyan Sets out to Reboot Education |
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Chandigarh (IN), June 2010 – BigGyan is the first cloud eLearning platform
in the world. Their commitment lies in making the transition to an online
platform as easy as possible by providing a user-friendly, free,
easy-to-use learning management system (LMS) and affordable and flexible
services to help use it.
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| Training Tool |
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CM Luminosity Announces "Lightshow" |
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Bristol (UK), June 2010 - CM Luminosity has developed a software training
application built on Microsoft Silverlight. The tool is a low-cost add-on
to the Luminosity software that enables authors to create
Silverlight-based software simulations and demonstrations.
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| New Service |
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Saffron Interactive Announces LMS in a Box |
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London (UK), June 2010 - LMS in a box is a Moodle-based solution that
allows customers to quickly and easily make a branded learning management
system available to their learners. It offers custom brand design,
hosting, and support service.
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| Cooperation |
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LINE Delivers Marketing and Learning to Credit Suisse |
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Zurich (CH), June 2010 - LINE Communications is delivering a series of
short, high-quality learning nuggets to the global workforce of Credit
Suisse, one of the world's leading banks.
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| Adapted training |
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ELearning with Give-Away Notebooks |
 Paris (FR), June 2010 –
Egilia offers IT and management seminars and provides free notebooks for
all their participants. Kirsten Seegmüller of CHECK.point eLearning
speaks with Ayi Nedjimi, head of communication, who explains why this
concept is still cheaper than printed material or the risk of content
theft via internet.
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| Call for Papers |
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Computer-based Knowledge and Skill Assessment |
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Hasselt (BE), June 2010 - This special track will take place during the
thirteenth International Conference on Interactive Computer-aided Learning
(ICL 2010), being held in Hasselt, Belgium from 15 - 17 September. It
provides an interdisciplinary forum for international scientists and
practitioners to discuss various aspects of computer-based knowledge and
skill assessment in learning settings.
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| Donations |
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Boost for Charities Working with Children and Youth |
 Leeds (UK), June 2010 -
Safeguarding Children eAcademy, a UK-based provider of online
child-protection training courses donates a sizeable percentage of its
revenues to child-related causes annually. Since 2007, it has handed over
£54,000 to child-related charities, the majority nominated by the
eAcademy's growing 65-strong UK membership, predominantly Local
Safeguarding Children Boards.
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| Do the Math |
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Interactive Technology to Enhance Learning Experience |
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Galway (IE), June 2010 – ALISON, an Irish-based provider of free online
courses, has announced the release of a suite of new maths courses that
allow the learner to grapple with the subject matter in an interactive and
self-paced manner. The programs give students the confidence and skills to
succeed at both higher and ordinary-level maths.
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| Competition |
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Offer Your Ideas to Celebrate I-KNOW’s Tenth Anniversary |
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Graz (AT), June 2010 - I-KNOW – the International Conference on Knowledge
Management and Knowledge Technologies – celebrates its tenth anniversary
and on the occasion, has initiated the idea competition I-KNOW ideas. The
three best ideas will be awarded with prizes including an Asus Eee PC 10
netbook, a Samsung smartphone, and a Dresscode21 shirt.
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| eLearning Africa |
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How ICTs Can Help Build Peace, Security, and Stability |
Lusaka (ZM), June 2010 – "Information and communication technologies can
play a major role in building peace, security, and stability in some of
the most troubled places on the planet", says New Security Foundation
Chairman, Dr Harold Elletson. Dr Elletson was speaking at the eLearning
Africa conference in Lusaka, Zambia during a session hosted by the New
Security Foundation that involved participants from all over Africa.
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| Social Inclusion |
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The Benefits of Training and Upskilling |
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Thessaloniki (GR)/Florence (IT), June 2010 - Our societies need to do more
to communicate the benefits of training, upskilling, and qualifications to
citizens. This was the message of Cedefop Director Aviana Bulgarelli at the
conference of the Economic and Social Committee "Education to Combat Social
Exclusion", held in Florence on 20-22 May.
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| European Market |
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Plateau Systems Conference Provides Insights |
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London (UK), June 2010 - Led by speakers including talent-management
industry expert Charles Jennings and former Formula One racing-car driver
Derek Daly, who is now a businessman and television sports personality,
delegates at Plateau Systems’ first European user conference – held in
Barcelona – discussed current talent management trends, technology, and
best practices in Europe.
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| EuroMedia Awards |
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Call for Applications Now Open |
 Vienna (AT), June 2010 -
The European Society for Education and Communication (ESEC) will award the
EuroMedia Awards in October 2010. The Awards are endowed with prize money
of 6,000 euros and additional sponsorship; the deadline is 28 June 2010.
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| Fast Learning |
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LINE Forum Lunch Discusses Mobile Learning |
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London (UK), June 2010 - LINE Forum Lunch at L’Escargot in London was well
attended. The wide range of private and public sector organisations were
keen to hear the two keynote presenters, David Saunders, Head of Dealer
Training at Jaguar Land Rover and Paul Goundry, Learning Design Manager at
LINE.
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