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Award

Excellent ICT for Development Project

Bonn (GER)/Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), January 2008 - KhmerOS, a partner of InWEnt -Capacity Building International, Germany, has won the second prize in the prestigious international Stockholm Challenge GKP Award in the category "economic development". The award is given for excellent examples of implementations of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that show clear benefits to people and their communities, wide impact, and sustainable business models. The award was established to stimulate innovation within multi-stakeholder partnerships in Knowledge for Development. » MORE

Vendor Innovation

Mohive's eLPS Among Learning Leaders

Oakland, CA (USA)/Oslo (N), January 2008 - ELearning business Mohive announced that it has been awarded Learning Leader status by the leading independent research and advisory firm Bersin & Associates. Bersin & Associates' researchers recognized Mohive's eLearning Publishing System in the Learning Leaders' inaugural "Vendor Innovation" category. » MORE

Update

iLearning Forum Paris 2008

Paris (F), January 2008 - The third edition of iLearning Forum Paris, an exhibition and conference, will take place on Monday and Tuesday, February 4-5, 2008 at the Palais des Congrès de Paris. The Forum, organized by iLearn Forum Ltd and EIfEL, is now the largest international eLearning event in France and attracts learning and human resources professionals from all over Europe and worldwide. » MORE

Exhibition and Conference

Driving Workforce Performance through Learning

London (UK), January 2008 - Learning Technologies, Europe's organisational-learning event, now in its ninth year, returns on Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 January 2008 at London Olympia. Over three hundred learning professionals from many of Europe's largest organisations are expected to attend the accompanying conference. The theme for this year's conference is driving workforce performance through learning and development and is presented by forty of the learning industry's leading experts and visionaries. » MORE

Vivid Discussions

Thirteenth Online Educa Conference: Wrap-up Report

Berlin (GER), December 2007 - "Online Educa continues to go from strength to strength" pointed out Dr. Harold Elletson of the New Security Foundation, UK when he was opening the conference. Web 2.0 technologies have changed the world of learning but the question remains whether it is a blessing or a threat. Comments by speakers and participants alike made it is clear that the new technologies open unprecedented opportunities. However an issue that generated heated debate throughout the conference was how to manage the flood of information and content web 2.0 has brought us. » MORE

Open Source

First OLAT Users & Developers Conference

Zurich (CH), December 2007 - The call for papers is now open for the first OLAT Online Learning and Training conference which takes place 26 - 28 March 2008 at the University of Zurich. OLAT is a web-based open source Learning Management System (LMS) based on Java and is completely free of charge. The aim of the first OLAT Users & Developers Conference is to bring together all current OLAT users, developers, and translators to present best-practice use cases, exchange experience, and discuss current issues. » MORE

World of Learning

Auralog Offers Blended Solution of the Year

Birmingham (UK)/Montigny-le-Bretonneux(F), December 2007 - Auralog-TELL ME MORE® has further strengthened their reputation as a leader in innovative eLearning solutions. The TELL ME MORE® corporate portal has been awarded the Blended Solution of the Year Award as part of the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition 2007. » MORE

Call for Papers

The Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning

London (UK), November 2007 - From 13-17 July 2008 the Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF5) will take place at the University of London. It will explore how open and distance learning can help achieve international development goals and education for all. Contributions to the Forum are accepted until 30 November 2007. » MORE

Start Playing

Third Serious Games Sessions Europe

Lyon (F), November 2007 - Lyon Game, a trade and business organization in the digital and video games sector, is organizing the Serious Games Sessions Europe on 3 December 2007 in connection with the Game Connection and the Lyon Game Developers Conference. Following this event will be the launch of the first videogame university "Gamagora". » MORE

Testers and Developers

Moodle Bugathon Opened to Finalize New Release

Perth (AUS), November 2007 - Some people have been wondering, "Where is Moodle 1.9"? According to Martin Dougiamas, founder and main developer of the open source course-management system, "It is still being polished". Testers and developers are invited to join the finalizing process. » MORE