| Learning World |
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The Fourth Annual Top Ten eLearning Movers and Shakers |
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London (UK), January 2013 - Now in its fourth year, here are Bob Little’s
new lists of the "Top Ten" most influential people in the corporate
eLearning sector. The lists cover the following categories: the World,
Europe, the UK, and the Asia-Pacific Region. The author, a British
eLearning commentator, explains, "These lists are based on nothing more
than experience and prejudice."
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| Amit Garg’s Insights |
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The Increasing Use of Mobile Devices in the Workplace |
 Pune
(IN), January 2013 - Amit Garg, Director of Custom Learning Solutions at
Upside Learning, shared insights on how mobile learning solutions will
help organizations in managing learning for their workforce in a Q&A
session with an Indian daily called Sakal Times. The talk focused on the
emergence of mLearning in the workplace and included questions such as:
What is the latest in eLearning? How has the industry evolved? What are
the distinct advantages of mobile learning? How is mobile learning is
going to help corporate India? What does the future hold for mobile
learning?
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| Medical Simulation |
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Educators Can Turn Any Location into Simulation Lab |
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Washington, DC (US), January 2013 - B-Line Medical® has introduced an
ultraportable version of its popular SimCapture® product to meet the need
for in-situ and other high-fidelity simulation experiences in healthcare
institutions. As more medical educators test mobile device pilot programs;
break down interprofessional silos; and uncover latent, environmental
patient-safety issues, there is practically no reason why almost any space
can’t be transformed into a simulation lab.
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| Performance Support Issue |
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Ever Faster Change – Ever Faster Learning? |
  Den Bosch (NL), January 2013 - When everything is changing faster and
faster, we need to learn faster and faster, right? In a recent interview,
this question was posed to two prominent advocates of performance support:
Ontuitive’s Conrad Gottfredson and Bob Mosher, pioneers of working and
learning simultaneously.
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| Now Available |
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New VET and eLearning Standard NP 4512:2012 |
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Essen (GER), January 2013 - The Q-Cert-VET project has announced that the
standard NP 4512:2012 "Vocational training management system, including
technology-enhanced learning requirements" is now available after initial
testing and publication. Due to approval of certification scheme OEC010 by
the Portuguese Institute for Accreditation (IPAC), all certification bodies
can apply to IPAC for accreditation and thus gain the ability to certify
training institutions with the standard.
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| Additional Modules |
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IMC AG Provides New eLearning Content for McDonald's |
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Saarbrücken (GER), January 2013 - In 2011 IMC AG announced that it had
acquired McDonald's Germany as a new customer for new media content. The
eLearning module provided – covering a variety of topics relating to shift
management – was so impressive that the restaurant chain has now
commissioned IMC to design and implement further products.
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| Salary and Work Survey |
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Training Budgets Still Battered by Economy |
 Stoke Prior (UK), January
2013 - Blue Eskimo’s Salary and Work Survey, the learning industry’s most
comprehensive study into current pay and work-related issues, has just
been published online. Over 750 people from the learning industry took
part in this year’s survey, answering around thirty questions on a wide
range of topics including pay, benefits, work-life balance, and the
economy.
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| 'Off-the-shelf' IT servic |
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Alchemy for Managers on the Government CloudStore |
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Milton Keynes (UK), January 2013 - People Alchemy has been awarded a
framework agreement on the Government CloudStore - or G-Cloud ii - for its
management support and development toolkit, Alchemy for Managers.
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| Kineo Team Grows |
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Virginia Barder Joins as UK eLearning Director |
 Brighton (UK), January 2013 - Kineo, a leading eLearning
services company, has announced the further growth of its UK team, with
Virginia Barder joining as the firm’s UK eLearning Director. Virginia is a
well-known and highly experienced figure in the UK eLearning industry and
will enable Kineo’s continued growth and success.
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| Compliance Meets Talent |
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QUMAS and NetDimensions in Strategic Partnership |
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Cork (IE)/ Hongkong, January 2013 - QUMAS, a provider of compliance and
quality-management solutions for the life-sciences industry, and
NetDimensions, a global player of performance, knowledge, and learning
management systems, have announced an innovative new partnership. The
agreement will enable organizations to manage all of their compliance and
training requirements via a single, integrated compliance solution.
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| European Expansion |
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Slovenia-based SRC as a Totara LMS Solution Partner |
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Ljubljana (SI), January 2013 - Totara Learning Solutions continues to
extend its reach into the European marketplace with the appointment of SRC
as a partner. With a strong presence in Slovenia and neighbouring countries
and over 25 years’ experience providing business information solutions, SRC
are a valuable addition to Totara’s growing list of Solutions Partners.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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A Review of Raptivity, Version 7.3 |
 London
(UK), January 2013 - (by Bob Little) Harbinger Group’s new version
of Raptivity - a wizard-led rapid development software tool that comes
with a library of pre-built templates - is one of the few options
available for the professional learning designer/ developer. Users of this
tool can create stand-alone learning content - or import the file into
another tool, such as Captivate, Articulate, Lectora, and almost any
authoring tool that supports Flash or HTML5 files.
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| Booaoo |
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Know How! AG Wins Prestigious Chinese eLearning Award |
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Stuttgart (GER), January 2013 - Know How! AG prevailed against its
competitors at the Chinese Booaoo Award 2012, winning three prizes in two
categories: "Best graphic design 2012" and "Best learning program".
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| Ongoing Recruitment |
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goFLUENT Expands Its Operations in Britain |
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Geneva (CH), January 2013 - Increasing demand for its products globally has
prompted goFLUENT, a provider of Business English training that works with
many of the Fortune 500 companies around the world, to begin a recruiting
drive for British-based native English speakers. They will augment
goFLUENT’s existing team of 400 or so trainers, who are based in the USA,
Canada, and the Philippines.
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| UOC eLearn Center |
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Doctoral Programme in Education and ICT |
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Barcelona (E), January 2013 - The eLearn Center, a research centre created
by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) that focuses on eLearning,
has opened its admission process for 2014 for enrolment in its Doctoral
Programme in Education and Information and Communication Technologies
(eLearning). From 2009 to 2013, research projects are based on the Time
Factor programme in order to contribute unpublished research to the
scientific progress about this issue.
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| 20 years of discussion |
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Perspectives on Learning Technologies |
 London (UK), January 2013 - (by Bob
Little) The much awaited – well, by me anyway – e-book, 'Perspectives
on Learning Technologies' has now been published. The e-book’s publicity
material proclaims, flatteringly, that this e-book is 'written by Bob
Little who is acknowledged internationally as a respected writer and
commentator on learning technologies – especially corporate eLearning'.
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| Streamlines Processes |
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Course Automation at The University of Arts London |
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Lancaster (UK), January 2013 - The University of the Arts London, world
renowned for art, design, fashion, communication, and performing arts,
dramatically changed their course booking systems for short courses in
2009. Three years on, the benefits speak for themselves.
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| 25 New eLessons |
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eLearning for Kids Launches Advanced Keyboarding |
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Ardmore, PA (US), January 2013 - The eLearning for Kids Foundation (EFK), a
global non-profit foundation that provides free computer-based learning
courses for children between the ages of five and twelve, recently
launched the Advanced Keyboarding. Keyboarding is becoming an essential
skill in the 21st century, just as writing with a pencil was in the 20th
century.
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| Meet the Needs |
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Pearson at Testing Industry’s Biggest Innovation Event |
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Bloomington, MN (US), January 2013 - What is the true essence of testing
innovation? How can measurement effectively identify exam fraud? These and
other big questions will be answered by Pearson VUE, Platinum sponsor at
the upcoming 2013 Association of Test Publisher’s Innovations in Testing
Conference. Taking place this year from 03-06 February in Hollywood, FL,
the Innovations in Testing Conference fosters innovation by showcasing the
latest technologies.
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| Call for Papers |
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EDEN: Learners in the Driving Seat |
 Oslo (NO),
January 2013 - The EDEN annual conference for 2013 will take place from
12-15 June, 2013, in Oslo. The event will discover and present the latest
best practices, share progressive concepts and inventive solutions, and
promote joint thinking and collaboration. The deadline to submit themes
and proposals is 05 February 2013.
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| Coaching for Performance |
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A Guide at Learning Technologies Conference |
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London (UK), January 2013 - Learning Technologies has invited Michael
Bungay Stanier from Box of Crayons to reinvigorate L&D’s participation in
coaching, an often overlooked but essential skill for L&D professionals.
"We know that coaching is an important part of learning and development,
but it can be hard, so hard that it seems we prefer to concentrate on the
latest trends in technology than on this fundamental method of learning.
Yet it requires only the ability to listen and to say the right things,"
argues Michael Bungay Stanier.
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| BBC’s Nigel Paine on Stag |
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Changing Your Approach - at Learning Technologies |
 London (UK), January 2013 - Nigel Paine, the BBC’s former
chief learning officer, believes that many organisations must change their
approach to learning. He returns to the Learning Technologies Conference
this January to help the L&D community understand why and how.
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| Competition |
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LEARNow(TM) Learning Design Challenge in Europe |
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Mumbay (IN) and London (UK), January 2013 - Tata Interactive Systems (TIS)
has announced the LEARNowTM Learning Design Challenge (LDC), 2013. The
contest, thrown open to learning designers across Europe, ends on 15
February 2013.
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| eLearning Consortium |
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Online engagement – Lessons from Google and Facebook |
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London (UK), January 2013 - Lessons in how to engage learners online are
often learnt the hard way – when initiatives fail. What are the critical
tactics that big players like Google and Facebook use to ensure success?
Learn about their secrets in a practical, free seminar at Learning
Technologies.
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