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Giunti Labs Rebrands to eXact Learning Solutions |
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Sestri Levante (I), August 2010 - Giunti Labs, the online and
mobile-learning content-management and digital-repository solution
provider, has announced that it is undergoing a management buy-out by the
management that started its activities within Giunti Editore Publishing
Group during the '90s. At the same time, Giunti Labs has rebranded to
eXact learning solutions from 01 August 2010.
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| Sharing the Vision |
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The Red Point and Blackboard in a Strategic Partnership |
 Iasi (RO), August 2010 - (by Elena Lita) The Red
Point, a Romanian company, has recently extended its Academis integrated
platform, which ensures complete and efficient management of the resources
of higher education institutions. This was done by adding to it the
Blackboard blended learning component. Alexandru Uglea, Chief Executive
Officer of The Red Point, talks about the objectives of the partnership,
as well as about the current goals of his company.
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| Roundtable Discussion |
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Could Technical Barriers Hold Back M-learning? |
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Zurich (CH), August 2010 - A forum of European business leaders has
expressed concern that technology and cultural barriers could slow the
adoption of mobile and cross-platform learning within their organizations
despite the great potential they see for its use. This worry emerged from
a roundtable discussion event organized by LINE Communications, the
leading provider of learning and communications solutions, on the theme of
mobile and multiplatform learning.
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| Random Questions |
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Free Adobe Skills Tests Prove a Hit for Highlander |
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London (UK), August 2010 - Employees are keener than ever to test,
maintain, and demonstrate their skills, and this has been reflected in the
popularity of Highlander's range of free online Adobe Skills Tests.
Highlander's Adobe Skills Tests cover a range of topics such as Photoshop,
InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, ActionScript, and DreamWeaver and are
completely free to take.
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| Efficient Training |
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Polish Optometrists Have Insight |
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Saarbrücken (GER)/ Warsaw (PL), August 2010 – In order to convey medical
advancements in ophthalmology to the relevant specialist doctors, equally
advanced learning-management methods are being used in Poland. OKOMEDICA
S.A, based in Warsaw, has launched a new project enabling eye doctors to
undertake further training in ametropia, a specialist area of optometry.
At the core of this project is the SaaS variant of IMC AG’s CLIX
learning-management system. This project, which is the first of its kind
in Poland in terms of size, is financially supported by the European
Social Fund.
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| 'Little's Britain' |
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Sheffield’s eLearning Community grows |
 London
(UK), August 2010 - (by Bob Little) One of the UK’s newest stars in
the e-learning sector, The Safety Train, has re-located its operations to
Sheffield, largely on the basis of Learning Light’s advice and guidance.
Already, according to Jonathan Blythe, The Safety Train’s business
development director, the move seems to be paying off. The Safety Train
provides training, via eLearning materials, dealing with social care,
office health and safety and personal development. These eLearning
materials are delivered via streaming video over the web and/or via mobile
phone apps.
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| A Perfect Match |
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To Enter the Online HR Software Market at the Top |
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London (UK) / Kiew (UA), August 2010 - Atlantic Link Ukraine has announced
that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Youmanage LTD, a
provider of the online HR software toolkit for line managers. The
acquisition of Youmanage will allow Atlantic Link Ukraine to further
broaden its strategy to become the dominant player in the online HR
software sector.
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| Global Campus 21 |
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ELearning for Sustainable Development |
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Bonn (GER), August 2010 – (by Kirsten Seegmüller) Ten years after
the launch of their eLearning platform Global Campus 21, the non-profit
organization InWEnt, Capacity Building International, started the GC21
E-Academy, where experts and managers all over the world can participate
in courses. For developing countries in particular, this means a
tremendous step forward in education since many people have not been able
to access content due to a lack of infrastructure.
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| Rapid eLearning |
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Maximum re-use of Flash and other learning objects |
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Bristol (UK), August 2010 - CM Group's Luminosity product has underlined
its cost efficiency by demonstrating its powerful abilities to reuse
existing learning objects developed using Flash and PowerPoint.
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| Project Management |
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A New Way to Obtain APMP Qualification |
 London
(UK), August 2010 - ILX Group plc have announced a new fast-track training
course in support of the Association for Project Management APMP
Qualification. APMP Qualification with prior learning has been designed
specifically for PRINCE2® registered practitioners recognizing that
several areas of the APM Body of Knowledge will have already been tested
at examination. PRINCE2® registered Practitioners will now be given
exemption from a number of topics and will study towards an exam that only
tests those areas that are not fully covered by PRINCE2®.
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| Erasmus Mundus |
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K.U.Leuven ranked highest in Europe |
Leuven (BE), August 2010 - The European Commission has recently approved
the new Erasmus Mundus programs, an event European universities eagerly
anticipate every year. K.U. Leuven will participate in four of the
twenty-nine new European Master’s programs and in two of the nine new
European doctoral programs. Thus, in one year, K.U.Leuven has doubled the
number of Erasmus Mundus programs it offers and is now ranked highest
amongst European universities, offering no less than eleven programs with
the Erasmus Mundus label.
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| Open Standards |
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mEKP Takes Learning to the Field |
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Hong Kong (HK), August 2010 - NetDimensions, a global provider of
performance, knowledge and learning-management systems, has announced the
commercial release of a new product, mobile EKP (mEKP). "We believe that
mEKP is the world’s first full-featured personal learning environment that
runs completely off a USB flash drive – no installation required", said
NetDimensions Managing Director and CEO Jay Shaw.
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| Program Unveild |
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Paris: Broadband World Forum 2010 |
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Paris (F), August 2010 – The world’s largest broadband event – the
Broadband World Forum 2010 from 26 to 28 October at CNIT, La Defense in
Paris, France – has unveiled its enhanced conference program and released
delegate passes for its biggest show yet.
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| Beyond Multiple Choice |
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The Latest in Innovative eAssessment Questions |
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Shipley (UK), August 2010 - BTL Group Ltd, a provider of e-Assessment
solutions, will be hosting a free half-day seminar showcasing their latest
'Innovative e-Assessment Questions'. The seminar will take place on 22
September 2010 in London and will be supported by City & Guilds, who will
be demonstrating their use of BTL innovative e-Assessment questions for
their Functional Skills exams.
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| common sense |
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ELearning Conference in the Southern Caucasus Region |
 Tbilisi (GE), August
2010 - The first eLearning conference in the Caucasus region was organized
by the Austrian eLearning and training consultants common sense on behalf
of the German development organization InWEnt in Tbilisi. The "eLearning
Caucasus Conference" was the closing event of the first phase of the
successful project "Institution Building and Human Resource Development in
the Southern Caucasus".
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| Peter Drucker Challenge |
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Wanted: Young Managers to Shape the Future |
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Vienna (A), August 2010 - The European Peter Drucker Society has announced
an essay competition for young executives, entrepreneurs, and students.
Based on the topic of "Continuity and Change - Balancing Innovation and
Time-Tested Practices", the "Peter Drucker Challenge" invites young people
up to the age of 35 to express their ideas and thoughts with regard to
shaping the future.
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