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Learning Episodes

First MOOC on Computing for Schools Now Live for All

Cambridge (UK), October 2013 - The first massive open online course (MOOC) designed to support teaching and learning of computing in schools has gone live for all. The first eighty-plus bite-sized videos released now focus on concepts at the heart of computing – hardware, data representation, and programming – essential for any teacher and student new to the subject. » more

Little’s Britain

Adult skills study results to be revealed

London (UK), October 2013 - (by Bob Little) The 16th international conference on ‘Human Capital and Investments in Education’ takes place on 10th October in the Congress Centre of Prague’s University of Finance and Administration – and it’s there that the results of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will be revealed. PIAAC focuses on the skills people need for success in the information age. It looks at the skills people use in their jobs, including: reading; numeracy; team work; communication; presentation skills; information and technology skills. » more

French MOOCs

EdX Work with French Ministry of Higher Education

Cambridge, MA (USA), October 2013 - The French Ministry of Higher Education has announced the launch of France's national massive open online course (MOOC) and blended learning portal, which will use edX's open-source learning platform. The portal will provide French-speaking students with edX's cutting-edge online education technology, increasing their access to education and helping transform learning on campuses across France. » more

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ESPO

Public Sector Benefits from Tender-Free Learning

Walkgrove (UK), October 2013 - Premier Partnership, a national training company specialising in supplying the public sector, has won a contract though ESPO that enables all public-sector bodies to call off training without the need to tender. The contract was offered competitively through OJEU and involved a rigorous selection process, thus complying with all relevant procurement standards. » more

3D Interface

Leading Middle East Bank QNB Picks CM Group

Bristol (UK), October 2013 - QNB is the largest bank in the Middle East and North Africa and has recently been recognised as the "world’s strongest bank” by analysts Bloomberg. The bank (formerly Qatar National Bank) has chosen CM Group, one of the UK’s largest providers of bespoke eLearning courseware, to design and build a range of HTML5 eLearning courses for its new staff across the Middle East. The courses will initially be available in English and Arabic and will be delivered from CM Group’s hosted, cloud-based learning-management system, Luminosity Reach. » more

New Release

Questionmark: Analytics and Mobile Assessments

Norwalk, CT (USA), October 2013 – Mobile and touchscreen delivery of more question types, flexible data gathering, and the ability to create targeted, configurable reports are among the improvements in the newest release of the Questionmark OnDemand assessment-management platform. » more

Virtual College

Six-Figure Savings for Training Provider

Ilkley (UK), October 2013 Paragon Skills, one of the UK’s fastest-growing private training providers, estimates that it will make a quarter-of-a-million pounds in savings and increase its efficiencies by using online tools and resources as part of its apprenticeship delivery. » more

New Look

Crowd-Sourced Learning Hub Extends to the Workplace

Berkshire (UK), October 2013 - mylearningworx has announced a new version of the UK’s first crowd-sourced hub for online learning. In addition to a look and feel designed by user-experience experts and host of new features, the new "mylearningworx for organisations” also goes live for the first time. » more

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Quickbooks Courses

Bigger Brains “Uniquely Engaging” Training Solutions

Naples (I), October 2013 - Docebo, a global cloud eLearning-solutions provider, has launched the uniquely engaging Bigger Brains online business-training solutions on its Online Courses Marketplace, already adopted and used by a broad audience of global companies. » more

Quality Label

Taiwanese eLearning Courseware Honored

Taipei (TW), October 2013 - The epprobate international initiative for supporting quality in eLearning courseware has recently awarded its first label to an example of eLearning courseware developed in Taiwan. Started in 2011, epprobate has stimulated a global consensus-building process on the quality of eLearning courseware and trained many eLearning quality experts to use the epprobate process. » more

Multilingual System

GenScript Rolls Out Corporate Learning Platform

Shanghai (CN) China, October 2013 – NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning-management systems, has announced that GenScript has rolled out NetDimensions Learning as its corporate learning and knowledge-management platform. GenScript will use the platform to manage and maintain the wealth of domain knowledge it has accumulated over the years and to promote and disseminate its corporate culture to more than 1,300 employees. » more

Strategic Management

Dr Christian Stadler Nominated for Global Award

Warwick (UK), October 2013 - The Warwick Business School Associate Professor of Strategic Management has been nominated for the Future Thinker Award and will be up against some of the top business brains from across the globe. » more

Aragon Research

Learning Pioneer Ushers in New Wave

Redwood Shores, CA (USA), October 2013 – Saba, a global provider of next-generation cloud solutions for talent management, has been ranked a “Leader” in the 2013 Aragon Research Globe™ for Enterprise Learning. Evaluated by leading research firm Aragon Research, Saba Cloud was recognized as one of the top products in the field for its social and mobile learning, built-in eCommerce, and fully embedded virtual-classroom capabilities. » more

Math eLessons

e-Learning for Kids Completes Mathworld Curriculum

Ardmore, PA, (USA)/ Hilversum (NL), October 2013 – The e-Learning for Kids Foundation (EFK), a global 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation that provides free computer-based learning courses for children between the ages of five and twelve, is thrilled to announce the launch of its "Mathworld" curriculum! Now available are 336 eLessons in this new math curriculum. » more

Opinions

Euroscientist Special Issue on Open Access

Paris (F), October 2013 - The open access debate is all the rage in Europe, and it is not likely to go away any time soon. In a special issue, the Euroscientist brings an analysis of the impact open access is currently having on the community of researchers throughout Europe. It also contains opinions from the most respected open-access experts. The opinions reflect upon the far reaching implications of open access that are turning the world of science publishing upside down. » more

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SkillSet and TTS

Performance Support Academy Webinar Series

Fleet (UK), October 2013 - With the aim of helping organisations to improve end-user performance while lowering training, user-support, and change-management costs, SkillSet and its partner TTS have announced the availability of three new webinars in their Performance Support Academy webinar series. » more

UOC’s eLearn Center

Call for Papers for Digital Education Review

Barcelona (E), October 2013 - Massive Online Open Courses are mushrooming around the globe with various aims. We are witnessing a phenomenon that has a precedent in the economic and social sphere that can be called an "educational bubble", but we hope with different consequences than the real estate one. » more

Award Winner

Social Media Conference to "Leap into Possibility"

Gilford, NH (USA), October 2013 - Epiphanies, Inc., in partnership with Southern New Hampshire University, presents the fifth annual "A-Ha!" Social Business Summit on 15 November 2013. The Theme is "Leap into Possibility!", and it takes place live in Manchester, NH, as well as online via livestream and video on demand for global audiences. » more

Broadway Stars

The Learning 2013 Concert

Saratoga Springs, NY (USA), October 2013 - The worlds of Broadway music and corporate education will meet in Orlando on 05 November, when Adam Pascal ("Rent", "Chicago", "Memphis"), Eden Espinosa ("Wicked", "Brooklyn"), Marcus Paul James ("In the Heights", "Rent"), and Telly Leung ("Glee", "Godspell" and "Allegiance") are stars of The Learning 2013 Concert. » more

Announcement

Learning Technologies 2014 and Learning & Skills 2014

London (UK), October 2013 - Europe’s top learning-sector exhibition and conference: Learning Technologies 2014 and Learning & Skills 2014 have announced 29-30 January as the event dates. This will be the fifteenth successive edition of the annual event held at London’s Olympia. Exhibition registration is now open. » more