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France Lags Behind their European Cousins |
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Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR), September 2010 – Who is trained, and in what and
how? What role does the company play? Are employees satisfied with this
training? To answer these questions, the Cegos Group surveyed European
workers in order to get their opinions and expectations relating to
training. In Germany, Spain, France, and the UK, 2,200 workers from
various sectors and companies of all sizes were surveyed in March 2010.
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| Virtual Tutors |
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Intelligent Learning in the Microfinance Sector |
 Rome (IT), September 2010
- "T2 Teaching Tutoring - Intelligent Agents to customize lifelong learning
pathways in the microfinance sector" is supported by the European
Commission through the Lifelong Learning Programme. It addresses the needs
of European microfinance institutions that provide micro-credit to
non-bankable micro-enterprises and low-income and marginalized people.
This is a summary of Jenny Petrucci’s and Paolo Degasperi’s report on the
project.
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| Increasing Skill Levels |
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Personal Learning Accounts - Building on Lessons Learnt |
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London (UK), September 2010 – Research on personal learning accounts was
funded by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills as part of a
programme of activity to inform development of proposals in "Ambition
2020: skills, jobs, growth". The report was produced by Consulting Inplace
Ltd and authored by Dr Steve Johnson, Richard Holt, Naz Khan, Mark Morrin,
and Dr Szymon Sawicki. The following is a summary of the report.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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The rise and fall of 'e' |
 London
(UK), September 2010 - (by Bob Little) 'E-learning' was once a word
denoting the 'leading edge' application of learning delivery technologies
and the latest thinking in instructional design. Yet, for years, studies
have showed that less than ten per cent of those who start an eLearning
programme ever complete it.
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| Research |
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Students Call for Better ICT-trained Lecturers |
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Oxford (UK), September 2010 - Almost all students (96%) use the internet as
a source of information, and seven in ten (69%) use it daily as part of
their studies new research published at the 2010 annual conference of the
Association for Technology Lecturer reveals.
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| Blended Learning |
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Greenlight Solutions Enhances Training Services |
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London (UK), September 2010 - Greenlight Solutions, a specialist
employee-training and consultancy-services provider, has enhanced its
training services through the use of Cobent Learning Compliance Suite
(LCS). The new system allows them to offer clients a blended-learning
environment and reach a wider market quickly and cost effectively.
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| Serious Games |
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CrossKnowledge to Release Leadership Development Game |
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London (UK), September 2010 – CrossKnowledge has revolutionized the
serious-games sector as the first developer of third-generation games. It
surpasses previous generations in its ability to improve learner behavior
and transversal skills. Traditional training practices have begun to fall
short of the increasing needs of businesses in this area and fail to
captivate younger generations entering into the professional world.
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| Financial Sector |
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SumTotal Continues to Expand Its Reach |
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Mountain View, CA (USA), September 2010 - SumTotal Systems, a provider of
talent-development solutions, has announced strong customer growth in the
financial-services sector. Continuing to expand its presence in the
industry, SumTotal has five out of the six Fortune 500 financial data
services companies as customers, including Western Union and First Data.
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| Learning Platform |
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Diaconia University of Applied Sciences Chooses Fronter |
 Oslo (NO)/Helsinki (FI),
September 2010 - Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Diak) has chosen
Fronter as its platform for learning and social networking. Diak offers
high- quality, innovative degree programs in education and training in
diaconia, media studies, nursing, sign-language interpretation, social
services, and youth work.
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| Branching Out |
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QuickLessons Appoints New Resellers |
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Miami, FL (USA), September 2010 – QuickLessons has announced the expansion
of their international sales and product-support network with the
appointment of three new authorized partners in Europe and the Middle
East.
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| Low-Cost Dial In |
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Netviewer Expands Audio Conference Offering |
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Karlsruhe (GER), September 2010 – Voice transmission is an integral part of
all web conferences, webinars, and online support facilities. Netviewer,
Europe's foremost provider of web collaboration solutions, has therefore
not only incorporated free voice over IP functionality into its products,
but also a professional audio-conference service.
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| Sponsorship |
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ELearning for Kids Announces New Microsoft Courses |
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Ardmore, PA/Falls Church, VA (USA), September 2010 - eLearning for Kids
announces the release of four new free titles in the Computer Skills
curriculum. The new courseware teaches children aged eight to twelve about
Microsoft Office - often installed on computers but typically with no
readily available help for instructing children how to use the software.
This set of courses includes the basics: Windows XP, Microsoft Word,
Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel.
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| Professional Development |
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Aurion Learning Builds Competency Assessment Tool |
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Belfast (UK), September 2010 - Aurion Learning has designed and built a new
competency assessment tool for the Northern Ireland Practice and Education
Council for Nursing and Midwifery (NIPEC). The tool is designed to assist
nurses and midwives in their continuing professional development.
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| Publication |
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Supporting Tutors of Adaptive eLearning |
 Saarbrücken
(GER), September 2010 – Over the last decade, the use of eLearning has
become widespread. However, its further development and deployment faces a
number of threats. Van Rosmalen’s publication "Facilitating the Design and
Support of Adaptive eLearning: Models to Assist the Tutor" discusses two
models that address these needs.
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| Cedefop Study |
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Skills for a Low-Carbon Economy in Europe |
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Thessaloniki (GR), September 2010 - Cedefop’s forthcoming study "Skills for
Green Jobs" looks at the skills needed to develop a low-carbon economy in
six Member States (Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Spain, and the UK)
and suggests priorities for policy makers.
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| Ethical Computing |
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QA Expands Market-Leading Green IT Training Portfolio |
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Slough (UK), September 2010 - The UK-based training company QA is expanding
its range of Green IT training courses. With the British Computer Society
(BCS), QA has co-developed the world's first officially accredited Green
IT training course. For the first time, a full suite of Green IT training
courses is available, from awareness through to certification.
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| World of Learning |
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Piers Lea to Speak on Behalf of ELIG in Birmingham |
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London (UK), September 2010 - Piers Lea, CEO of LINE Communications, a
provider of learning and communications, is to speak on behalf ELIG, the
European Learning Industry Group, at the World of Learning Exhibition and
Conference. The event takes place 28- 29 September 2010 at Birmingham’s
NEC.
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| Broadening the Scope |
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Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age |
Timisoara (RO), September 2010 - Advances in both cognitive psychology and
computing have affected the educational arena. The conference on Cognition
and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) 2010 aims to address
the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting
pedagogies and applications in the digital age. It will be held in the
"Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Romania, 14-17 October 2010.
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| General Strike! |
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ECTEL 2010: Conference Planner Now Online |
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Barcelona (ES), September 2010 – The fifth European Conference of
Technology Enhanced Learning (ECTEL) 2010 is being held in Barcelona from
28 September – 1 October, with an online conference planner now online.
The forum combines technological developments, learning models, and
implementations of new and innovative approaches to training and
education.
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| Audiovisual Media |
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Languages & The Media: Media Access for All |
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Berlin (GER), September 2010 - Digitisation and the Social Web offer
growing opportunities for the distribution of content, audiovisual
production and localisation of media products. But is the media reaching
its entire audience as well as it could be with these new technologies? At
the 8th Languages & The Media Conference, participants will discuss this
question, focusing on language transfer in audiovisual media. The
international conference takes place from October 6th - 8th at Berlin's
Hotel InterContinental.
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| Portable Education |
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Ninth World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning |
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Valletta (MT), September 2010 - This conference is organised by the
University of Malta in collaboration with IAmLearn - the Association for
Mobile Learning and the Valletta Local Council. It takes place in Valletta
from 19 – 22 October 2010.
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| Computers in Education |
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Multi-stranded Conference Event in Malaysia |
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Putrajaya (MY), September 2010 - The eighteenth International Conference on
Computers in Education, ICCE 2010, is a meta-conference for researchers in
the Asia-Pacific region to connect with international research communities
for the worldwide dissemination and sharing of ideas for research in the
field of computers in education. It is being held from 29 November to 3
December 2010 in Putrajaya, the federal administrative centre of Malaysia.
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| Open Source |
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Learning, Freedom and the Web – Mozilla Drumbeat 2010 |
 Barcelona (ES), September
2010 - The open nature of the internet is revolutionizing how we learn.
Mozilla's 2010 Drumbeat Festival will gather teachers, learners, and
technologists from around the world who are at the heart of this
revolution. Join them in Barcelona for three days of making, teaching,
hacking, inventing, and shaping the future of education and the web.
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| Networking |
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Gulf Educational Supplies and Solutions GESS 2011 |
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Abu Dhabi (UAE), September 2010 - The only show in the Gulf region that is
focused on the entire spectrum of the education sector, GESS 2011 will be
held 26 – 28 April 2011 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre
(ADNEC). GESS 2011 will again be under the patronage of His Highness Sheik
Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, and
Ruler of Dubai.
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