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Brightwave & Pearl Gr

Celebrating National Learning at Work Day

London (UK), May 2013 - Organisations have the opportunity to improve their effective meeting skills and test drive a new collaborative learning experience for the whole of Adult Learners' Week, 20 – 24 May 2013. Brightwave and Pearl Group will offer the free Meeting Mojo social-learning community to celebrate National Learning at Work Day. » more

Learning Pool

ELearning Bundle for Adult Learners' Week

London (UK), May 2013 - Adult Learners’ Week (18-24 May) is a national celebration of the benefits of lifelong learning, and Learning Pool is supporting it by giving away seven free learning resources in a "Special Edition" bundle. Adult Learners' Week provides the opportunity for people to explore the many different kinds of learning, whether it is about getting a better job, being able to help their children with schoolwork, or discovering something new about the world around them. » more

Train the Brain

Brain Fitness Exercise Works; Crosswords Don’t

San Francisco, CA (USA), May 2013 - A study pitted a commercially available brain-fitness exercise against crossword puzzles. Researchers at the University of Iowa, reporting in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE found that the group using the computerized exercise for just ten hours had significant gains in cognitive function, while the group doing crosswords on the computer for an equal amount of time had no significant improvements. » more

A Fresh Face on the Team

LINE Appoints New Director of Production

London (UK), May 2013 - LINE Communications is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Welch as Director of Production. Reporting directly to LINE’s board of Directors, Nick will take a Design and Development leadership role with responsibility for all of LINE’s production output. In the immediate future Nick will also be focusing on the set up and early-stage delivery of the NHS Leadership programme, which LINE is currently delivering in conjunction with KPMG. » more

Revenues in 2012

China Education Resources Inc. Generated $7,391,935

Vancouver (CA), May 2013 - China Education Resources, Inc. (CER), a technology provider of online learning, training courses, and social media for teachers, students, and education professionals has announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012. All figures are expressed in U.S. dollars. » more

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Seal of Quality

ELearning Solution for Mobile Water Treatment Honored

Bremen (GER), May 2013 - High-capacity water-treatment tanks are often used in crisis regions to purify large amounts of water. Bremen-based szenaris GmbH has developed a comprehensive eLearning solution for operating and maintaining these facilities, which has now received the seal of quality of the eLearning industry association vebn (Verband eLearning Business Norddeutschland). Due to its extraordinarily high score – it achieved 97 of 100 possible points – the system was awarded the seal of quality with distinction. » more

Speexx

Premium Online Language Training for Corporate Leaders

Munich (GER), May 2013 - Speexx has announced the release of two new online communication-skills training solutions (blends) that offer even greater exclusivity and customisation. Speexx 1:1 and Speexx Group are part of the Speexx Perfect Blend and help multinationals boost their workforce’s business-communication skills with the highest quality and technology standards. Both blends will be made available globally from June 2013. » more

Unique Method

Babson Introduces Online Entrepreneurial Simulation

Wellesley, MA (USA), May 2013 - Babson Executive and Enterprise Education has launched Entrepreneurial Leadership Online (ELO), its first standalone online simulation. The application challenges learners to apply entrepreneurial leadership skills to reach an emerging market with a new product within a tight time frame. Participants are guided to make entrepreneurial decisions as they balance planning with action. » more

To Help Irish Students

Free Online Leaving Certificate Maths Resources Launched

Galway (IE), May 2013 – ALISON.com, in a joint venture with the Galway Education Centre, and the Athenry Maths Academy, have announced the launch of a free interactive maths resource for the Irish Leaving Certificate Maths Course, for both Higher and Ordinary level. The resources launched cover "Strand One" of the Maths Curriculum, which covers the areas of probability and statistics, areas of traditional difficulty among Irish students. » more

Rollout in 24 Countries

Fresenius Medical Care Selects NetDimensions

London (UK), May 2013 - NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning-management systems, has announced that Fresenius Medical Care has selected NetDimensions Talent Suite for a rollout to 30,000 employees in 24 countries in EMEALA (Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America). » more

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Partner Network

Totara and OSC Maximise the Impact of Workplace Learning

Oxford (UK), May 2013 - Totara Learning Solutions is pleased to announce that Oxford Strategic Consulting (OSC) is joining the Totara Solution Partner Network. OSC have spent the last ten years developing talent, improving HR performance, and providing strategic advice for governments and corporations across the GCC. With the addition of Totara LMS to OSC’s qualification, research, and consulting portfolio, OSC helps customers use the latest technology to make workplace education more fun and effective while maximising the return on their training investment. » more

ELearning Ecosystem

ELearning Videoconferencing Integrations on Docebo Apps

Naples (I), May 2013 - Docebo, a global eLearning provider, has introduced four new videoconferencing apps that successfully integrate with Adobe Connect and BigBlueButton. Organizations will be able to enhance their users’ engagement and support even more, while delivering online training programmes. Docebo also recently released its new integration apps for Citrix GoToMeeting, Cisco WebEx, OnSync by Digital Samba, and Teleskill Live web-conferencing software. This is the ultimate step towards an integrated and scalable eLearning ecosystem built around Docebo’s learning-management system, which is now able to work with the most-used videoconferencing systems. » more

Cleanup

Reputation Management Solution for Doctors

Denver, CO (USA), May 2013 - By the time physicians are ready to see patients, they have spent a decade or more in classrooms, lecture halls, and teaching and healthcare facilities. These are smart, savvy people with a persistent desire to help others and do the best they can to help all the clients they see reach their goals. However, being smart in the medical office doesn't always translate into being smart on the internet, and many doctors face reputation attacks from disgruntled former patients. InternetReputation.com has a new product line that can help. » more

Little’s Britain

Evolving interactivity

London (UK), May 2013 - (by Bob Little) It’s now some six months since Harbinger Knowledge Products – makers of Raptivity, the award-winning, rapid e-learning development software tool that comes with a library of pre-built customisable interactions, most of which are interactive - launched ‘Raptivity Evolve’ for its Raptivity premium customers. In that time, it’s produced five new interaction modules collaborating with Raptivity users, in response to these users’ suggestions. » more

USDLA

Awards Presented for Excellence in Distance Learning

St. Louis, MO (USA), May 2013 - The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) presented its 2013 International Distance Learning Awards in conjunction with the 2013 National Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. USDLA is a 501(c) 3 non-profit association; it was founded in 1987 and is the nation’s leading distance-learning organization. The Association reaches 20,000 people globally, with sponsors and members operating in and influencing 46% of the $913-billion-dollar U.S. education and training market. » more

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eLA 2013 Programme

The Unsung Local Heroes Who Are Really Changing Africa

Berlin (GER)/ Windhoek (NA), May 2013 - A revolution is occurring throughout African societies. While governments implement high-level, high-visibility ICT strategies, experts have recently identified far more radical, hidden changes occurring across the Continent. New technologies, when adopted, are adapted to local needs: a sort of under-the-radar innovation that is now pushing the boundaries of what is possible. » more

ITRO 2013

Information Technology and Education Development

Zrenjanin (SB), May 2013 – The technical faculty "Mihajlo Pupin", Zrenjanin, University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia, is organizing the International Conference of Information Technology and Development of Education 2013 (ITRO 2013). The event will be held on 28 June 2013 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, and is the Conference’s fourth edition. » more

Learning and Skills

Conference and Learning Technologies Summer Forum

London (UK), May 2013 - The Learning and Skills Group has announced details for its annual conference in London on 18 June, which is also being co-located with the brand-new Learning Technologies Summer Forum. » more

JC4E 2013

Journal Conference on eEducation, eLearning, and more

Barcelona (E), May 2013 - The second Journal Conference on eEducation, eBusiness, eManagement, and eLearning (JC4E 2013 2nd) aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners, and professionals from industry, academia, and government to discourse on research and development, as well as professional practice in eEducation, eBusiness, eManagement and eLearning. » more

Learning on Demand

How Evolution Is Shaping the Future of Learning

Santa Rosa, CA (USA), May 2013 - On 14 May, the eLearning guild presents a webinar with Reuben Tozman, author of "Learning on Demand: How the Evolution of the Web Is Shaping the Future of Learning". The event, which will focus on the evolution of the web and instructional design, takes place from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Pacific Time. Reuben will explore the five principles that have fueled and sustained the web’s growth and transformation and provide key insights for creating valuable content consistent with the web’s own evolution. » more

How Times Have Changed!

Identity Literacy — Beyond Computer Literacy

London (UK), May 2013 - (by Serge Ravet, ADPIOS, Europortfolio) Nearly twenty years ago, in 1995, the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) was born with the objective of raising the level of digital literacy throughout Europe. Though undoubtedly successful - in 2013 the I/ECDL ('I' for international) enjoys over 12 million candidates from 148 countries – the question arises of whether the ECDL is still fit to address the needs for 21st-century digital literacies, or should it be superseded by another award? » more