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Blackboard Inc. Acquired for $1.64 Billion |
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Washington DC (USA), July 2011 - Providence Equity Partners Inc., an owner
of SunGard and provider of administrative systems for higher education has
agreed to buy Blackboard Inc., the learning management system industry
giant for $1.64 billion. Providence is a private equity firm focused on
media, communications, information services, and education investments.
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| Management Training |
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Project Agency’s Survey Shows Sponsors Failing |
 London (UK), July 2011 – The project
management training-and-development specialist Project Agency has reported
that in a survey of over 1,300 people who have attended its project
management events, over 52 per cent believe that the roles,
responsibilities, and levels of authority relating to their projects are
unclear. Only five per cent of those polled disagree.
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| Recognition |
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Docebo Awarded US$ 170,000 for eLearning Project |
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Milano (IT), July 2011 - Docebo SRL, an Italian company providing cloud and
mobile services for eLearning training has received an award of more than
US$ 170,000 for the "FIMSER - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund in the
Business-services Sector" tender organized by Italy’s Lombardy region.
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| Plug Into the Network |
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Saba Social Learning Now Generally Available |
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Redwood Shores, CA (USA), July 2011 - Saba Social Learning is now available
to help employees, partners, and customers connect, collaborate, and learn
better in a versatile and social environment, often referred to as
"informal learning".
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Who Else Wants a Photovoltaic Wi-fi Charger? |
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Edinburgh (SCO), July 2011 - Dr. Zara Dobson has been exploring a brand-new
technology to maintain the battery packs of wi-fi gadgets. During the last
couple of years, she has paid attention to information about wireless
charging mats and maintains that the world of wi-fi charging is getting
ready to bust wide open!
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| Leadership Team |
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The Training Associates Hires Director of Finance |
Westborough, MA (USA), July 2011 - The Training Associates, providers of
training-delivery solutions and trainers on demand, has announced the
hiring of Jim Moore as their Director of Finance. In his new role, Jim
will oversee all financial operations worldwide, augmenting the company's
management team.
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| Video Conferencing |
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Presence and Ad-hoc Meetings with WorkSpace3D 4.0 |
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Montpellier (FR), July 2011 - Tixeo has announced WorkSpace3D 4.0, which is
a major milestone in its long-term strategy of delivering an alternative
unified communication solution to products such as Microsoft Lync or
Skype. By integrating both presence and ad-hoc meetings features,
WorkSpace3D makes collaboration over video conference easier and more
efficient.
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| Visionary Training Hub |
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Center for Creative Technologies to Open in Armenia |
 Yerevan (AM), July 2011 – The Tumo Center for
Creative Technologies has announced its grand opening for Sunday, 14
August 2011. Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia visited
Tumo for a private tour in late June, accompanied by the Minister of
Education and Science, Armen Ashotyan, and the Mayor of Yerevan, Karen
Karapetyan.
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| Online Booklet |
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Practices that Sustain eLearning Training Solutions |
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Brisbane (AU), July 2011 - A new resource to help organisations incorporate
technology as a key training tool has been released. Produced by the
Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework), "Practices that
Sustain eLearning Training Solutions" is now available online.
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| Certification |
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digital publishing Receives Worlddidac Quality Charter |
 Munich (GER)/Berne (CH), July 2011 -
Following an extensive evaluation process conducted by an international
board of education experts, digital publishing, a provider of online
language-training services, has again been awarded the renowned Worlddidac
Quality Charter (WQC). To be certified, a company has to meet the highest
demands regarding product quality, after-sales support, and corporate
governance.
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| Fighting Bribery |
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Eukleia Training Releases New Training Resource Pack |
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London (UK), July 2011 - With the full implementation of the UK Bribery Act
on 01 July 2011, Eukleia Training has released a new pack to help companies
meet their training requirements. "Fighting Bribery - Your
Responsibilities" provides a comprehensive resource for compliance
trainers and facilitators to deliver face-to-face training for their
staff.
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Guinness World Records Marks Social Media Day |
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London (UK), July 2011 - On global Social Media Day - 30 June 2011 -
Guinness World Records announced New Social Media Records for Facebook,
Twitter, and YouTube. These records include the most "likes" on a
Facebook page, which totaled 47,194,601 and were achieved by the
platform’s own product page on 29 June 2011.
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| OER |
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Lived Experience of Climate Change (LECH-e) |
 Milton Keynes (UK), July
2011 – The Lived Experience of Climate Change, an interdisciplinary
project for the development of e-modules and virtual mobility (LECH-e)
addresses education and lifelong learning in relation to climate change.
Supported by the EU’s Lifelong Learning Erasmus Programme, the project
develops online curriculum materials and virtual learning communities.
These resources will support Master’s dissertations in the broad area of
the lived experience of climate change.
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| Growing Range |
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Libri.de Increases its International eBook Titles |
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Hamburg (GER), July 2011 - German online retailer Libri.de has expanded its
offering of international eBooks by 220,000 titles, increasing its
catalogue to 450,000 eBooks available in its shop.
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| Performance Support |
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Mobile Learning Technology Gets a Boost |
 Sestri Levante (IT), July 2011 - eXact learning solutions presented the
new Android version of its "eXact Mobile" solution – which is also
available for the Blackberry, iPad and iPhone device series - at the
mLearnCon 2011 conference in San Jose, California, on 21 and 22 June.
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| Future Classrooms |
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Gothenburg Region Joins iTEC Project |
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Gothenburg (SE), July 2011 – The European Schoolnet’s iTEC project has
welcomed an important new Associate Partner, the Gothenburg Region
Association of Local Authorities (GR). The new partnership aims to
strengthen scenario building in Sweden, as iTEC develops and validates
scenarios for the school-space of the future in over 1,000 classrooms
across fifteen countries in Europe.
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| Showcasing Excellence |
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First Charity Learning Conference and Awards |
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London (UK), July 2011 - The Charity Learning Consortium has announced its
first Charity Learning Conference and Awards, to be held on 15 September
in London. The Conference is intended to be a showcase of excellence in
learning and development in the charity and not-for-profit sector, with
input from corporate organisations to inspire Consortium members.
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| Call for Proposals |
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Changing Education for a Changing World |
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London (UK), July 2011 – Going Global 2012 will take place in the UK at the
QEII Conference Centre, London, from 13-15 March 2012. The event is
currently inviting the submission of proposals - to be received by 16
September. Going Global is a series of international educational
conferences hosted by the British Council.
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| Win an Award |
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2011 EFMD Case Writing Competition |
 Brussels (BE), July 2011
- For the last thirty years, the European Foundation for Management
Development (EFMD) has been organising its yearly Case Writing
Competition. Each winner of the fourteen categories receives a € 2,000
award. Submission deadline is 17 September 2011.
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| SALVO Global |
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Second Annual Learning Academy |
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Singapore (SG)/Johannesburg (SA), July 2011 - SALVO Global has announced
the Global Learning Academy 2011, a conference taking place 14 - 16
September 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Global learning executives
across all major industry sectors will attend this event.
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| DevLearn 2011 |
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Expanding the Possibilities for Learning |
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Las Vegas, NV (USA), July 2011 – The DevLearn 2011 Conference and Expo
offers the opportunity to meet with industry thought leaders to share
ideas, strategies, and information. Join DevLearn on 02-04 November 2011,
at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, for a week of networking,
learning, discovery, and inspiration.
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| Bobcatsss |
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Twentieth Anniversary Conference in Amsterdam |
 Amsterdam (NL), July 2011
- Amsterdam is the host of the twentieth anniversary of Bobcatsss, an
information, library, and archival science conference taking place 23-25
January 2012. This is a time to reflect on the rapid developments in the
information society during the last few decades. As the information world
is shifting rapidly, it’s an increasing challenge to be in a position to
master these powerful and exciting changes.
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| Go East |
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Moscow Education Online |
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Moscow (RU), July 2011 - From 19-21 October 2011, the international
conference on technology-supported learning and training "MOSCOW Education
Online 2011" will take place in Russia’s capital. This event provides the
opportunity for representatives of the Russian-speaking segment to get to
know more about international quality standards of education and gain
experience in implementing eLearning technologies.
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| Distance Learning |
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2011 ICDE Meeting Mulls Lack of Acceptance of Technology |
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New York, NY (USA), July 2011 - University Presidents took criticism for
the lack of acceptance of open and distance learning at the 2011
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Standing
Conference of Presidents in New York, USA in June 2011. Sponsors included
Pearson, CISCO, Datatel, and Brite Computers, who also featured in the
program.
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| Training and Webinars |
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Climb the Learning Curve with Questionmark |
 Norwalk CT (USA)/London
(UK), July 2011 – Questionmark provides a variety of training
opportunities for those who are keen to get the most out of Questionmark
Perception and learn best practices for writing sound questions and
creating effective assessments.
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| icEIC 2011 |
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Conference on Education, Informatics, and Cybernetics |
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Orlando FL (USA), July 2011 – This year’s Conference on Education,
Informatics and Cybernetics is to be held 29 November-02 December 2011 in
Florida. It fosters relationships between education and training and
information and communication technologies (ICT), which are continuously
expanding, sometimes in unexpected ways, with original ideas, innovative
tools, methodologies, and synergies.
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| Call for Papers 2012 |
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Conference on eLearning Excellence in the Middle East |
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Dubai (UAE), July 2011 – Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University has announced the
Annual Congress 2012 from 30 January to 02 February under the theme
"Innovation-based Competitiveness" in Dubai. The Congress presents an
international platform for three conferences on eLearning Excellence,
Health and Environment, and Quality.
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