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London (UK), June 2012 - Benchmark research company Towards Maturity has
launched its Benchmark Study 2012. Participants immediately receive a
complimentary paper entitled "101 Tips for Success" and a free
personalised company benchmark report, worth £300, about six weeks later.
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| Handing Over |
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TIS GmbH’s Managing Director Goes Professor |
Tübingen (GER), June 2012 - After twelve years as managing director, TATA
Interactive Systems (TIS) GmbH, Dr. Nils Högsdal has accepted a position
as a professor for Corporate Finance and Entrepreneurship at the
"Hochschule der Medien" in Stuttgart (Stuttgart Media University).
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| London Olympics |
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Hotel Prices Hold Back Staff Development |
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London (UK), June 2012 - Training provider Redtray Solutions has reported
that businesses are cancelling their employees' training booked months in
advance because of the rocketing accommodation prices for the period of
the Games in the UK.
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| Winners |
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2012 International ELearning Awards, Business Division |
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New York, NY (USA), June 2012 – The International eLearning Association
(IELA) announces the winners of the 2012 International eLearning Awards,
Business Division, which were honored this month in New York at the
International Conference on eLearning in the Workplace (ICELW).
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| Peer Review |
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Is eLearning Quality in the Eye of the Beholder? |
 Brussels (BE), June 2012
– The new international quality initiative "epprobate" is using an
approach that calls on views from a range of perspectives and stakeholders
in order to develop its quality reviews on eLearning courseware.
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| Research Paper |
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Adoption of eLearning Solutions – Criteria and Trends |
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Milan (IT), June 2012 – The LISP of the Department of Human Science for
Education "R.Massa" University of Milan-Bicocca has published a new
research paper on the trends and criteria of adopting eLearning solutions.
Here are excerpts from the paper.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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Proust-inspired tips for learning technology success |
 London
(UK), May 2012 - (by Bob Little) Marcel Proust says that the secret
of discovery is not to find new lands but to see with new eyes. This is
the key to success when introducing new learning technology into any
organisation.
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| Success Story |
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Meeting a Global Sustainability Challenge |
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Brighton (UK)/Amsterdam (NL) - Heineken has developed the sustainability
programme "Brewing a Better Future", aiming to become the world’s greenest
brewer by 2020. Kineo supports this programme with a suite of informative
and action-inducing eLearning applications for employees at all levels.
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| HD Video Workflow |
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Adobe Upgrades Captivate 6 with HTML5 Support |
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San Jose, CA (USA), June 2012 - Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced
the immediate availability of Adobe Captivate 6, an upgrade to its
eLearning authoring software for rapidly creating a wide range of
interactive eLearning and HTML5-based mobile learning content.
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| Oil and Gas Industry |
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Atlas Knowledge Centre Heralds Major Boost to Learning |
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Aberdeen (UK), June 2012 - Atlas, an international learning and skills
provider, has announced the launch of its Atlas Knowledge Centre,
delivering a cloud-based learning solution to the oil and gas industry to
support employee learning and knowledge acquisition and so improve work
performance.
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| Work Skills |
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Experiential Learning to Help Improve Child Protection |
 Pleasanton, CA
(USA)/London (UK) - Toolwire and Leeds Metropolitan University have
announced their new collaboration to provide immersive online learning for
social work undergraduates in the UK. The learning experience is
specifically designed to address key skills and knowledge for effective
child protection.
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| On the Cloud |
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SaaS eLearning Platform in High Demand |
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Milan (IT), June 2012 - In its first 120 days, Docebo Cloud, an eLearning
platform delivered "as a service", has been chosen by more than 5,000
organizations worldwide, thus growing by 500%. Docebo was released on
"GetApp", the independent cloud business apps marketplace, where it has
received an overall nine out of ten rating.
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| Get Involved |
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EFQUEL is Looking for Reviewers |
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Brussels (BE), June 2012 - EFQUEL is creating a pool of experts to act as
reviewers for its quality certifications. Members of this pool of experts
are periodically invited to join reviews of institutions or programmes.
These will typically involve a review of documentation from the
institution and a site visit.
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| Management Tools |
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QA Launches Enhanced PRINCE2 Course |
 London (UK), June 2012 – QA has
announced that it is launching PRINCE2® training with enhanced courses
that include the wider set of project-management skills required for
successful project delivery. The new PRINCE2 courses incorporate soft
skills and behaviors such as team and conflict management, leadership and
motivation, and stakeholder engagement. This evolution of QA’s PRINCE2
courses is based on consultation with industry experts and customers
across a wide range of sectors.
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| Assessment |
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Questionmark Perception Adds Analytics |
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Norwalk, CT (USA), June 2013 - Questionmark has added new tools to
Questionmark® Perception® 5.4 for analyzing and reporting on assessments.
The system includes the ability to administer observational assessments to
rate participants’ performance of everyday tasks.
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| Comenius Project |
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Social Mindedness In LEarning communitY (SMILEY) |
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Catania (IT), June 2012 –The main objective of the multilateral project
SMILEY is to create strategies for conflict resolution using ICT
technologies. It seeks to counter social exclusion and marginalisation in
the various school contexts of the project’s partner countries: the UK,
Italy, Poland, Romania, and Turkey.
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| Save the Date |
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Designing Learning in the Digital Age |
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Adelaide (AU), June 2012 - A new event for educator professional
development is to be launched in Adelaide on 25 October 2012. "Designing
Learning in the Digital Age" is based on the ten global meta-trends
identified in the New Media Consortium’s 2012 Retreat Communiqué.
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| Capitalism 2.0 |
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EFMD Is a Partner of the Global Peter Drucker Forum |
 Vienna (AT), June 2012 –
The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) is a strategic
partner of the Global Peter Drucker Forum in 2012. The fourth Forum takes
place in Vienna, 15-16 November. At the event, leaders from business,
academia, and the non-profit sector will discuss the future of capitalism.
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| Going Global |
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Knowledge-Based Economies for 21st Century Nations |
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Dubai (UAE), June 2012 - Going Global 2013 is scheduled to take place in
Dubai, 04-06 March 2013. This conference identifies future trends and
explores the challenges and opportunities these present for research and
tertiary systems in creating knowledge-based economies and 21st-century
nations.
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| Thought Leader |
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Elliott Masie Confirmed as LEARNING LIVE Speaker |
London (UK), June 2012 - The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI)
announces Elliott Masie’s participation at LEARNING LIVE 2012. This year’s
LEARNING LIVE Conference and Exhibition takes place in London on 12-13
September 2012. The networking dinner, which concludes the first day, will
feature a talk from Elliott Masie, an internationally recognised learning
thought leader who will appear live from the US using virtual presence
technology.
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| Call for Proposals |
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IMCL Forum: eLearning in the Workplace |
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Amman (JO), June 2012 – The forum "eLearning in the Workplace" is a one-day
event being held 06 November 2012 in conjunction with the Interactive
Mobile and Computer Aided Learning conference (IMCL) in Amman.
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| Call for Papers |
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Joint International Conference in Istanbul |
 Istanbul (TR), June 2012
- The International Conference of the Academy of Human Resource Developing
(ASIAandMENA Chapter) and the International Conference on Knowledge,
Economy and Management (ICKEM) will convene in a joint international
gathering in Istanbul, 08-10 November 2012.
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