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Serious Play Awards

Corporate, Military, and Children's Educational Games

Los Angeles, CA (USA), September 2013 - The MIT Game Lab's Phantomation won Best of Show in the 2013 International Serious Play Awards competition. Seven other studios won gold medals. The awards, announced at the 2013 Serious Play Conference at DigiPen Institute of Technology, honor exceptional examples of corporate, military, children's education, and games for good. » MORE

LearningNow

Induction Strategies that Work

London (UK), August 2013 - Leaders in learning technologies Epic and benchmarking experts Towards Maturity have teamed up to host LearningNow: Induction strategies that work. The session will tackle the challenges of creating and implementing successful and effective induction courses that will help organisations save valuable time and resources as they bring employees up to competence. The interactive and practical event will take place on 25 September in London. » MORE

Calling All Teachers

Could You Be an Edtech Entrepreneur?

Oxford (UK), August 2013 - Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations (OCR) is giving teachers the chance to develop new educational technology ("edtech") to improve teaching and learning - and potentially make money for their schools at the same time. In partnership with ed-invent.com, OCR is offering teachers the chance to tap into their own valuable skills and knowledge to identify gaps in the edtech market. » MORE

Distance Learning

Open Praxis Call for Papers on Student-Support Services

Madrid (E), August 2013 - A call for papers has been announced for Open Praxis, ICDE's peer-reviewed online journal, volume 6 issue 1. Open Praxis is hosted by ICDE member institution, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain, and has an Editorial Board drawn from five continents. The deadline for submission for this issue is 30 October 2013 and publication is due in January 2014. » MORE

By Invitation Only

Speexx Opens Registration for Third Speexx Exchange

Munich (GER), August 2013 - Speexx, the award-winning leader in online corporate language training, has launched the online registration for its third annual Speexx Exchange, scheduled in Berlin on 04 December 2013. A premium invitation-only event for HR and L&D professionals, Speexx Exchange takes place at the Hotel InterContinental Berlin; early registration is recommended. » MORE

App for Sales People

Video Arts Wins IELA Award for mLearning

Martin Addison, CEO of Video ArtsLondon (UK), July 2013 - Video Arts has won the 2013 International eLearning Award for the best business use of mobile learning, presented by the International eLearning Association. The winning project was a bespoke app that Video Arts created for a global telecoms group to provide product and skills training via smartphones and tablets to over 500 field-based sales people. » MORE

Conference in Spain

EFMD Launches New Career-Services Network

EFMD Career Services NetworkBrussels (BE), July 2013 - At the request of the EFMD membership, EFMD is launching a new networking group focused on career services. The first conference of this new network will be hosted by IE Business School, Madrid, Spain on 20 - 22 November. » MORE

Moscow Education

Shaping the Future by Building on Traditions

Moscow (RU), July 2013 - The "Education 3.0" international exhibition will be held as a part of the Moscow Salon of Education (MSE), an extensive international forum 31 October - 03 November 2013. The event will embrace leading innovative technologies in the education sphere. » MORE

User Conference

Questionmark Users to Meet in Barcelona 10-12 November

London (UK), July 2013 - Users of Questionmark's assessment-management system will gather for two days of intensive learning at the Questionmark 2013 European Users Conference in Barcelona, 10-12 November. Conference delegates will explore best practices in deploying online surveys, quizzes, tests, and exams. » MORE