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élogos and OutStart Partner for Spanish-Speaking Market |
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Boston, MA (USA), March 2011 – OutStart has announced that élogos has
selected OutStart LCMS to resell to its market in Spain and Latin America.
élogos will also utilize OutStart LCMS as a core component in its new
lifelong learning approach. Following an evaluation of learning
technologies, élogos formed a partnership with OutStart.
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| Growth Strategy |
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Upside Learning Appoints Sales Director in London |
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(IN), March 2011 - Upside Learning, experts in training outsourcing, LMS
solutions, custom eLearning development, and mobile learning solutions,
has announced the appointment of Simon Meager as its Sales Director for
Europe. Simon's appointment is a key part of Upside Learning's growth
strategy in Europe, given the increasing demand for its solutions in the
UK and the rest of the Continent.
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| On the Go |
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High Demand for Mobile Learning Reported by LINE |
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London (UK), March 2011 - LINE Communications, a provider of learning and
communications, has reported a dramatic upsurge in the number and quality
of enquiries for mobile learning. Most recently, LINE helped pilot an app
on iPhones and iPods designed to help sales executives explain some of the
features on the C-MAX vehicles.
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| Vietnam |
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Mandatory 10 pm Curfew for Online Video Games |
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Hanoi (VN), March 2011 - South Korea’s proposed Internet curfew for youths
from midnight to 6am seems positively namby-pamby compared to this actual
measure being implemented by the Vietnamese government: Since the
government thinks that people are wasting too much time playing online
games, it is implementing a ban on online gaming from 10pm to 8am.
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The Fall and Rise of Corporate Academies |
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Cirencester (UK), March 2011 - Corporate academies have been an established
trend in enterprise learning for some time. Many organisations are now
adopting them as a strategic vehicle to deliver business alignment and
more holistic development strategies. However, many others have seen their
academies initiatives wither and die.
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| Community Support |
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Global Knowledge Runs for Evie |
 Wokingham (UK), March
2011 - A team from the IT-training organisation Global Knowledge have run
the Wokingham half marathon to raise money for a two-year-old little girl
suffering from quadriplegia cerebral palsy. In a bid to meet the target
and fund Evie's treatment, Global Knowledge has promised to match whatever
the team raises.
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| Navigation and Water Safe |
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Kineo and the Royal Yachting Association Collaborate |
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Brighton (UK), March 2011 - Kineo and the Royal Yachting Association have
decided to work closely together to create a suite of bespoke, high-end
eLearning modules on navigation and water safety. The design approach
taken and a sample module are shared in a new case study on the Kineo
website.
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| Partnership |
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Certpoint Provides eLearning Solutions for Spencer Gifts |
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Roslyn, NY (USA), March 2011 - Certpoint Systems, Inc., a global LMS
provider, has announced its partnership with Spencer Gifts, LLC. Spencer
Gifts will use the CertpointVLS suite to train personnel across its
extended enterprise, including 600 Spencer Gifts retail stores, over 900
Spirit Halloween stores, and 100 ToyZam stores.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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Ten trends for 2011 |
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(UK), March 2011 - (by Bob Little) In early January, the US-based
eLearn magazine asked a number of "eLearning folk" for their predictions
for 2011 and then published them. The would-be clairvoyants of eLearning
included Elliott Masie, Charles Jennings, Roger Schank, Seb Schmoller and
someone called Bob Little.
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| New Content |
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Learning Light Redevelops Its eLearning Centre Website |
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Sheffield (UK), March 2011 - Learning Light has redeveloped its popular
eLearning Centre website to include much of the intellectual property of
Becta, whose website has closed in the Coalition Government’s
public-sector cutbacks. This site is the only place where this information
will now be available.
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IITT Announces Details of First Masterclass |
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Coventry (UK), March 2011 - The IITT – an institute for learning and
development professionals – has announced the details of the first in a
series of Masterclass webinars that will run throughout 2011. The webinar
entitled "Why the Learning Profession Needs to Re-Evaluate its Role" is
presented by learning thought leader Charles Jennings.
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| i-KNOW 2011 |
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Knowledge Management and Knowledge Technologies |
 Graz (AT), March 2011 -
i-KNOW 2011 will be held concurrently with the I-SEMANTICS 2011-
International Conference on Semantic Systems. Now in its eleventh year,
i-KNOW has a tradition of bringing together Europe’s leading researchers
and practitioners involved in knowledge management. Attracting more than
500 international attendees, i-KNOW is the premier conference on knowledge
management and knowledge technologies in Europe.
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| Call for Papers |
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Edutainment 2011 - Conference on eLearning and Games |
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Taipei (TW), March 2011 - Edutainment 2011 is the sixth International
Conference on eLearning and Games. It provides an international forum for
researchers and practitioners in various disciplines to share and exchange
experience in the emerging research area combining education and
entertainment. Edutainment 2011 will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, on 09
September 2011.
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| Inclusive Higher Educatio |
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European Competition for Equity |
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Brussels (BE), March 2011 - Participants are invited to take part in the
EquNet campaign. It provides a platform for people to express their views
and their activities related to equity issues in the European
higher-education system and raises society’s attention by ensuring high
visibility for the best efforts in this area.
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| Learning and Development |
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The EFMD Conference and Excellence in Practice Award |
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Brussels (BE), March 2011 – The Management Development Network (EFMD) has
extended an invitation to its annual conference in Brussels from 05-07
June 2011 titled "Business Education in 2025". It has also announced the
EFMD Excellence in Practice Award, which attracts case studies describing
an effective and impactful leadership and development intervention.
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| Online Engineering |
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Join REV2011 an International Conference in Romania |
 Brasov (RO), March 2011 -
REV2011, the conference on Remote Engineering & Virtual Instrumentation
convenes in Brasov, Romania. It is hosted by Transylvania University on 28
June-01 July 2011 and takes place at the ARO Palace Hotel. The general
objective is to demonstrate and discuss fundamentals, applications, and
experiences in the field of remote engineering and virtual
instrumentation. REV conferences are the annual conferences of the
International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE).
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| Long-Term Planning |
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Interactive Computer-Aided Blended Learning Conference |
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Antigua Guatemala (GT), March 2011 - ICBL2011 is the fourth international
ICBL conference and will be held 02-04 November 2011, in Antigua
Guatemala, Guatemala. This interdisciplinary conference focuses on the
exchange of relevant trends and research results, as well as the
presentation of practical experience gained while developing and testing
elements of interactive computer-aided blended learning. Pilot projects,
applications, and products are also welcome.
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