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» Newsletter CHECK.point eLearning, European News, 23/05/2013 - www.checkpoint-elearning.com - ISSN 1613-4710
Stresses and strains Employees Read Work Email during Family Occasions London (UK), May 2013 – The conventional 9am–5pm working day and five-day working week is a thing of the past for the overwhelming majority of workers at small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a new survey on work-related email habits. Due to the widespread availability and use of smartphones and tablets, email is more accessible than ever. As a result, it has become deeply embedded in the daily workplace and personal lives of most employees. » more A Case in Point From Offshore Banking to Offshore Hosting Zurich (CH), May 2013 - Switzerland has long been famous for its discreet, trustworthy banks. True, bank secrecy has come under fire around the world in the wake of the global economic crisis – and the Alpine nation has not escaped. However, Swiss banking is unlikely to disappear any time soon. Tough bank secrecy laws – based on a deep-seated respect for privacy – are only one of the reasons behind the strength of Switzerland's financial industry. The country's political neutrality, economic stability, and rule of law are all key factors. » more Added value EFMD Strategic Partnership with CVTRUST Brussels (BE), May 2013 - EFMD has recently signed a strategic partnership with CVTRUST. The aim of CVTRUST is to increase trust where it is becoming ever more valuable: in academic and education credentials. Smart Diplomaâ„¢ (patent pending) is a highly secure, easy-to-use solution to grant thousands of academic credentials in just a few clicks: diplomas, certificates, attestation letters, transcripts, badges, etc. » more Little’s Britain Insoluble opportunities London (UK), May 2013 - (by Bob Little) We’re all encouraged to see problems and challenges as opportunities. The only thing is, though, that sometimes there are insoluble opportunities. After more than 20 years, the HRD conference and exhibition – held, this year, at Olympia in London at the end of April – appears to be presenting its organisers, CIPD Enterprises, a division of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), with some of these insoluble opportunities. » more LMS 2.4 Totara Launches Ground-breaking Open Badges Wellington (NZ), May 2013 - The release of Totara 2.4 means Totara and Moodle will be the world’s first learning-management systems to include Open Badges functionality. Last month Mozilla, the free software community, announced the release of Open Badges version 1.0. Mozilla’s Open Badges project aims to provide a technically smart, web savvy, open-access framework through which any organization can offer tangible recognition to learners who demonstrate achievement in a given area, whether that be a soft or hard skill. » more Advertisement Training Administration Reducing administrative time for ThirdBrain™ Cheltenham (UK), May 2013 – Worcester-based technical-training specialists Quanta have grown significantly since their inception in 1991. What was once a one-man band focusing primarily on UNIX systems, the business now operates a dedicated training centre and offers three core training solutions, PDPs, IT training, and professional services, to an impressive range of clients including the BBC, Lloyds TSB, Capita, and HP. » more User Friendliness The Next-generation "Learning Suite 2013" Saarbruecken (GER), May 2013 - IMC has launched the new release of its Learning Suite. With the Learning Compass the leading European learning-management system offers a novel and adaptive learning environment that adjusts the operating elements to the requirements of the users, enables modern social learning, and supports administrators with tailor-made reporting for decision making. » more White Paper Questionmark: Five Steps to Better Tests London (UK), May 2013 - "What’s the first thing the author of a test should do? If you think that writing the first question is a good way to start, think again," explains Questionmark's Doug Peterson. A new white paper from assessment technologies and services provider Questionmark offers instructional designers, test authors, and other learning professionals valuable tips for creating high-quality tests efficiently – starting with careful planning rather than writing any test items. » more Help for Tutors Pebble Learning’s Book Now Free to Download Telford (UK), May 2013 - Pebble Learning, founders of the online personal learning space PebblePad, have now made their latest book, "Pebblegogy", available for free download. Bridging the gap between technology and learning, Pebblegogy aims to help tutors and learning designers create meaningful activities that will support their curricula. » more Benchmarking Germany’s Most Successful mHealth Apps Berlin (GER) / Linz (A), May 2013 - The majority of successful mHealth apps in Germany help users to track their exercises and their weight loss. Android and iOS users might generally choose other apps, but they still prefer the same mobile use case for mHealth apps. The preference for diet and exercise also does not change according to the business model. About 71% of the most-downloaded free and 63% of the paid mHealth apps are exercise and diet apps. » more Advertisement New Blog The Pros and Cons of Gamification in Sales Training Philadelphia, PA (USA), May 2013 - Rapid development in online and mobile gaming continues to evolve and grow among users. Dario Priolo’s new blog post, No More Playing Around: The Pros and Cons of Gamification, reviews some of the benefits and challenges of gamifaction in sales training. » more e-Learning for Kids Professional Instructional Design Volunteers Needed Ardmore, PA (USA), May 2013 - Do you have time to volunteer your instructional design skills over a three-month period? If so, e-Learning for Kids, a global non-profit foundation that reached over 4.5 million children in 190 countries in 2012 (with approximately fifty percent usage in the US) with its free courseware, needs your help! The goal is to finish twenty-plus lessons for Mathworld - a virtual world for learning math in the context of different countries and continents - and to begin the development of 200+ courses for Scienceworld. To date, more than 300 lessons have been launched from volunteers who have similarly contributed in the past! » more eLearning Africa Debate Four Experts Will Take Part in "a Bare-knuckle Fight" Windhoek (NA) / Berlin (GER), May 2013 - Outspoken Scottish entrepreneur and blogger Donald Clark and Namibian teacher and eLearning expert Maggy Beukes-Amiss will square up to "mobile technology crusaders" Adele Botha and Angelo Gitonga of the ICT for Education Unit of Kenya's Ministry for Education at the annual war of words. They'll be arguing about whether too much attention has been paid to innovation in education and not enough to sustainability. » more Pre-launch Schoolfy Free Platform for Educators Sunnyvale, CA (USA), May 2013 - Schoolfy, Inc. has announced the summer launch of its long-awaited educational-technology platform. Touted as a revolutionary classroom management system, the Schoolfy platform builds upon social-networking technology to facilitate teacher planning, support online grading, and otherwise enhance educators' time management. » more Managing Complexity Drucker Challenge Essay and Video Contest Vienna (A), May 2013 - Introduced in 2010, the Drucker Challenge was conceived as an essay contest to raise awareness of the works and ideas of Peter Drucker among young people – the new generation poised to build on a management philosophy that puts the human being at its center. In 2013 the Drucker Challenge is expanding with a new option: The Drucker Challenge Video Contest. The hope is that submissions in this lively format will bring a fresh infusion of energy and inspiration, as well as new clarity to what can be complex and abstract concepts. » more Anzeige Ed-app Development Consortium Launch the LTI App Bounty San Diego, CA (USA), May 2013 - Instructure, maker of the Canvas learning platform, announced at the IMS Global Conference that it is partnering with Blackboard, Desire2Learn, and the IMS Global Learning Consortium to encourage development of new LTI® apps for education. As part of the "LTI App Bounty," Instructure is offering a $250 reward for each qualifying LTI app submitted by 10 June, plus an additional $1,000 for the best apps selected by an expert panel of judges from Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Remote-Learner, IMS Global, Brown University, The University of Texas at Austin, and Hack Education. » more Encouraging Innovation MEDEA Awards for 2013 Categories Announced Brussels (BE), May 2013 - The time has come to consider entering this year’s MEDEA Awards with the announcement of the categories for 2013 by the MEDEA Awards Secretariat. The aim of this awards scheme is to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics and animation) in education. The awards also recognise and promote excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media-rich learning resources and are particularly open to entries from European practitioners, organisations and production facilities. » more Possibilities Learning Pool Live on Tour London (UK), May 2013 - ELearning supplier Learning Pool has announced that Denise Hudson-Lawson, Head of Online Services for Parliamentary ICT, and Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at Plymouth University, will headline the agenda at each of the three Learning Pool Live events in October. » more Educational Sessions To Identify and Monitor Compliance Risks Minneapolis, MN (USA), May 2013 - The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) has announced the twelfth Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute Risk Track, being held 06-09 October 2013 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. Since a key aspect of a compliance and ethics professional's work is to identify, assess, and monitor compliance risks, each year the Institute offers specific "risk-related" educational sessions in its program. » more PAC Global Webinar The Impact of Social Collaboration London (UK), May 2013 - Recent megatrends like social, mobile, big data, and cloud are not simply growths drivers for the ICT industry. They dramatically change the way in which companies use information and communication technology to interact with their customers and partners and how they collaborate internally. And they call for a rethinking of business and technology strategies in almost all industries. PAC analysts will discuss these topics in a worldwide webinar on 06 June 6 2013 at 5 PM (CEST). » more Special Session Cloud Computing in Education: a Holistic Approach Kazan (RU), May 2013 - This special session "Cloud Computing in Education" will take place during ICL 2013 in Kazan, Russia, from 25 - 27 September 2013 as a special programme item. » more

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