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Santa Monica, Calif. (US), October 2010 - Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. has
announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the
Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering
of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered, the date the
registration statement will become effective, and the price range for the
offering have not yet been determined.
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Sheffield Named as the UK’s New eLearning Capital |
Sheffield (UK), October 2010 - Sheffield has been named the UK’s new
corporate eLearning capital in an article published in the New York-based
eLearn magazine. Stating, "… when many industries first gain maturity, the
individual companies that make up the sector often begin to cluster in
certain geographic regions", the article goes on to explain that Sheffield
is becoming a magnet for eLearning businesses.
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Global Knowledge Appoints Barry Corless |
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Wokingham (UK), October 2010 - Global Knowledge, a provider of IT and
business-skills training, has announced the appointment of Barry Corless
as business-development director for best practice. Barry’s new focus lies
in strengthening Global Knowledge's existing customer base and building on
relationships with its leading technology partners, who include Cisco,
Microsoft and VMware.
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2010 International eLearning Award Winners |
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New York, NY (USA), October 2010 – The international eLearning Association
(IELA) has announced the winners of the 2010 International eLearning
Awards. Awards were given in both the academic and business/professional
categories for eLearning, blended learning, and mobile learning.
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| Branching Out |
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The Open Group Sweden Established |
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Reading (UK), October 2010 - The Open Group has announced the signing of an
agreement with Biner AB, a Gothenburg, Sweden-based consultancy
specialising in business transformation through change management and
enterprise architecture to serve as its representative in Sweden.
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The Future of Personalized Learning Environments |
 Saarbruecken (GER), October 2010 - The next generation of
learning solutions will be geared even more towards users, their knowledge
levels and requirements, and their individual learning behavior. Dr. Volker
Zimmermann of IMC AG explains what this essentially involves.
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| Collaboration |
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Value and Challenges from New British Standard |
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London (UK), October 2010 - The arrival of the world's first standard for
collaborative business relationships offers organisations a chance to
build value beyond their individual capabilities but also poses some
potential challenges, claims PSL's operations director David Hawkins.
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| OER and HE |
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New EQUELLA Partnership |
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London (UK), October 2010 - The team that delivers EQUELLA has formed a
partnership with the University of London Computer Centre (ULCC). The goal
of the collaboration is to provide educational institutions across the
United Kingdom and Ireland with access to a hosted EQUELLA and Moodle
environment.
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| Learning Styles |
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Peter Honey: There's No Such Word as Can't! |
London (UK), October 2010 – In a though-provoking presentation,
world-famous learning- styles "guru" Dr Peter Honey inspired and
entertained members of the Charity Learning Consortium at its recent
meeting. The title was, "Should Learning Always Be Fun? And Is the
Learning Styles Questionnaire Sufficient to Help Promote Learning?"
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| LCMS |
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eXact Learning Solutions Reveals Industry Trends |
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Sestri Levante (IT), October 2010 – Recent research by eXact learning
solutions, a provider of online and mobile learning-content-management and
digital-repository solutions discusses the major trends in corporate
learning and potential buyers’ confusion.
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| Marginalised Learners |
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EU Project Sparks Interest from New Zealand |
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Sheffield (UK), October 2010 - ENABLE, the Leonardo project led by Learning
Light that aims to bring eLearning to marginalised learners is making such
impressive progress that it is attracting interest from outside Europe.
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NetDimensions Named Top 20 Learning Portal Company |
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Hong Kong (HK) October 2010 – TrainingIndustry.com has named NetDimensions,
a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning management
systems, as one of the Top 20 Learning Portal Companies. NetDimensions
Chief Executive Officer Jay Shaw says, "At this stage in NetDimensions'
evolution, we're looking at opening new doors by offering innovative
products that take the game to a whole new level. This citation by
Training Industry Inc. affirms our mission and direction."
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| Innovation |
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GSMA's Global Mobile Awards |
 London (UK), October 2010
- The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile
communications industry, has launched its prestigious annual Global Mobile
Awards programme for the sixteenth time. New categories have been added to
recognise excellence, achievement, and innovation, and GSMA will shine a
spotlight on mobile innovation in the learning space for the first time.
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| Resources |
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Free Web Lessons for Educational and Non-Commercial Use |
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Sidney (AU), October 2010 - Provided by Australian Kieran O'Regan, this
site offers free and non-commercial interactive web-based lessons in
history, language and the arts for use by students and teachers.
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| White Paper |
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Embedding Assessments within Learning |
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Norwalk, CT (USA), October 2010 - A new Questionmark white paper offers an
overview of embedded assessments, explains their value to learners and
instructors, shares examples of where such assessments can be used, and
touches on how they might help shape the future of learning.
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Enhancing Transparency and Quality of Peer Production |
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Budapest (HU), October 2010 - The 2010 EDEN Research Workshop, 24–27
October, continues the EDEN tradition of bi-annually highlighting the
relevant emerging fields in research and innovative professional practice.
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| Horizon Report |
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US Futurist says eBooks Will Replace Textbooks |
 Berlin (GER), October
2010 - Laurence F. Johnson, Founder and CEO of the New Media Consortium,
will preview the annual Horizon Report at Online Educa Berlin. One of the
results: Electronic books are expected to replace traditional textbooks in
universities in two to three years' time, according to the New Media
Consortium's authoritative Horizon Report, a comprehensive annual study of
developments in eLearning.
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| Language Learning |
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Wide Minds Pedagogic Evaluation Study Seeks Participants |
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Tuebingen (GER), October 2010 - This "eLearning for Languages" evaluation
study draws on Moodle-based eLearning tools, contents, and activities from
ongoing EU projects. It is being carried out by the Applied English
Linguistics group at the University of Tuebingen and offers model units to
individuals interested in the study.
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| Call for Papers |
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ELearning and Software for Education Conference |
 Bucharest (RO), October
2010 - The Advanced Distributed Learning Department of Romania’s "Carol l"
National Defence University has announced eLSE 2011, the seventh eLearning
and Software for Education Conference, which will be held in Bucharest
28-29 April 2011. The central theme of the event is "Anywhere, Anytime -
Education on Demand".
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| Call for Submissions |
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In Search of New Paradigms for Re-engineering Education |
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Dubai (UAE), October 2010 - In the context of its HBMeU Annual Congress
2011, the Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University has announced the fourth
eLearning Excellence in the Middle East conference. It will be held in
Dubai 31 January – 03 February 2011.
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