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Second Leonardo

Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Follows Jacques Delors

Cologne (GER), August 2011 - An invaluable collection of knowledge on the internet that is easy to access and to which everyone can contribute - ten years ago skeptics mocked the whole idea of the Wikipedia project. But the online encyclopedia has proved its critics wrong: hundreds of thousands of volunteers have helped make Wikipedia the largest repository of knowledge known to man; it has revolutionized knowledge creation in the worlds of education and business and in society in general. It is for this achievement that Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales is to be awarded the Leonardo - European Corporate Learning Award. » MORE

Global Network

Kineo Expands to South Africa and Announces UK Event

Brighton (UK), August 2011 - Kineo is celebrating the opening of an office in South Africa, the latest in its growing number of global representatives, and is pleased to showcase an Articulate Storyline on 26 September at the British Medical Association in London. » MORE

Registration Opens

Social Media Conference Announced

Westchester, PA (US), August 2011 - Human Capital Solutions, LLC, has announced the official opening of SocialMediaPlus 2011, a one-and-a-half-day Web 2.0 and social media business summit exploring practical ideas for the use of social media in business. The event, being held on 15-16 November at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, is expected to attract nationally recognized speakers and presenters from the social media industry. » MORE

General Assembly

EFQUEL Innovation Forum news

Oeiras (PT), August 2011 - In 2011, the EFQUEL Innovation Forum will take place for the sixth time; the event has grown fast over the years. Headliners this year are Wayne Mackintosh, Paul Bacsish, Steve Wheeler, Yves Punie, and Asha Kanwar. The focus will be on innovative models for accreditation and certification in our new learning world, in which open- educational resources and practices play a prominent role. » MORE

Virtual Mobility

International Conference on Student Mobility and ICT

Vienna (A), August 2011 - The fourth S-ICT Conference "Student Mobility and ICT: Virtual Mobility" will be held on 03-04 November 2011 in Vienna, Austria. The Conference is organised by the VIRQUAL project (Virtual Mobility and European Qualification Framework in HE and CE Institutions) in co-operation with Vienna University of Technology and Maastricht University. » MORE

Media & Learning

Closing Date of the MEDEA Awards 2011 on 16 September

Roosbeek (BE), August 2011 - The deadline for receipt of entries for the fourth annual MEDEA Awards is 16 September 2011. This year there will be two main awards; the MEDEA Award for User-Generated Educational Media 2011 and the MEDEA Award for Professionally Produced Educational Media 2011. » MORE

WOLCE Seminar

What Learning Methods Do Leaders and Managers Prefer?

London (UK), August 2011 - Do you think you know the learning methods leaders and managers like best? Results of independent research may surprise you, with "the classroom" not appearing in the top three learning-delivery methods for all levels of executives. James Reed, MD of leadership and management online learning specialists LMMatters, will be talking about these results and what they mean for L&D professionals at a seminar at the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition (WOLCE) at 4:15pm on 27 September. » MORE

Quality Assurance

Meet in Belgrade at the Forum "eLearning-2011"

Belgrade (SRB), July 2011 - Authors and participants are invited to the second International Conference on eLearning (eLearning-2011), which will be held at Belgrade Metropolitan University (BMU) on 29-30 September 2011. The Conference is chaired by Prof. Dragan Domazet, rector of BMU. » MORE

Line Up

Keynote Speakers for Mobile Asia Congress 2011

London (UK)/Hong Kong (HK), July 2011 - The GSMA has announced that senior executives from companies including Axiata, Bharti Airtel, KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, Telstra, and ZTE will deliver keynote presentations at the 2011 GSMA Mobile Asia Congress, being held 16-17 November 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The event includes an edition of App Planet, its award-winning developer-focused "event within an event". » MORE

Games Development

GDC Europe 2011, a Prolific Pan-European Forum

Berlin/Cologne (GER), July 2011 - Dr. Michael Capps, president of Epic Games, developers of the mega-hit Unreal and Gears of War game franchises, will give a keynote address at the 2011 Game Developers Conference™ Europe (GDC Europe), held at the Congress-Centrum Ost Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany, 15-17 August 2011. » MORE