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London (UK), February 2017 - New research shows that knowledge sharing can provide significant business benefits, but people professionals need to do more to support change. In the modern workplace, knowledge can define a company's unique proposition and is a key source of business value. » MORE

London (UK), February 2017 - Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) training specialists Eukleia and learning-game experts Preloaded have developed a new training game to engage learners in the fight against cyber-attacks. Zero Threat goes beyond raising awareness to focus on achieving real behavioural change - and was developed in response to the rapidly growing problem of cyber-crime. » MORE

London (UK), February 2017 - Kineo's strong collaboration with PizzaExpress has resulted in their being recognized as the Best Totara Project for Travel and Hospitality. After another record year of growth, the Totara Awards have become increasingly competitive. With increasing numbers of learning providers and businesses sharing success stories, Totara now has over 1,000 subscribers and is delivering business impact across the globe.   » MORE

Plymouth (UK), February 2017 - Kate Nicholls, Head of Innovation at learning company Sponge UK, has won a second award recognising her talent as a digital-learning designer. At the Learning and Performance Institute's (LPI) Learning Awards, she was named Learning Professional of the Year (bronze winner). It's her second major award, after taking the gold prize for Learning Technologies Designer of the Year at the Learning Technologies Awards 2016-17.  » MORE

Saarbrücken (GER), February 2017 - Within the framework of the Go-Lab project, which started in November 2012 and ended in October 2016, a web portal for online laboratories and learning applications was developed to promote inquiry-based science teaching and learning in schools in fifteen European countries. The project targeted students aged from 10 to 18 and aimed to wake their interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subjects, inspire them to learn, and motivate them to start a scientific career in the future.  » MORE

Salt Lake City, UT (USA), February 2017 - Machine learning is a part of everyday life for most Americans, from navigation apps to Amazon's omniscient purchase recommendations. But in healthcare, the use of machine learning has so far been limited to niche science projects in large and academic health systems - those able to afford the highly skilled data scientists and dedicated teams required to turn their data into meaningful performance improvements.  » MORE

Campbell, CA (USA), February 2017 - Clarity Consultants has announced a successful training program created for a major global pharmaceutical firm responsible for a drug that fights blood disease. » MORE

Brighton (UK), February 2017 - Learning-and-development leaders from top customer service-focused brands have joined Brightwave Group MD Jonathan Archibald to launch a new report exploring the impact of digital transformation on the customer experience - and the colleague experience - in 2017. » MORE

Bath (UK), February 2017 - Developed with Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service, Cylix's new eLearning course provides fire-service staff with a practical guide to protecting children and adults at risk. Looking out for the welfare of children and adults at risk is, of course, everyone's responsibility. But the community and emergency response work undertaken by fire-service staff puts them in a uniquely good position to spot potential safeguarding issues and play a positive role in protecting children and adults at risk. » MORE

Brussels (BE), February 2017 - In February, Open Education Europa (OEE) has a special focus on MOOCs, open courses, and eLearning. Visit OEE in February for interesting articles, case studies, and resources on the topic.  » MORE

London (UK), February 2017 - The Forum Partnership and its subsidiary CloudQast reported high levels of interest in their offerings at the recent Learning Technologies event in London. "This interest focused around six topics," revealed Damian Gaskin, a director of both companies. » MORE

Heerlen (NL), February 2017 - The World Learning Summit (WLS) has launched its open call for scientific papers. This year, the focus is on smart universities, open education, and future learning. The world is full of conferences and summits, so why add another? "The atmosphere and feel at these conferences are quite unlike any other that I know", said Keith Devlin from Stanford University back in 2016 after his fourth conference visit. As of 2017, World Learning Summit and LINQ are joining forces to build on that sense of difference, creating a world conference on education's digital future. » MORE

New York, NY (USA), February 2017 - Submissions for the 2017 International eLearning Awards - Business Division, presented by the International E-Learning Association (IELA), are now open! The Entry Submission Page is posted on the IELA site, and the deadline for submission is 01 March 2017. Submissions for the Academic categories will be accepted beginning in March 2017, with a deadline of 10 June 2017.   » MORE

Sydney (AUS), February 2017 - The ninth annual Blended Learning Conference is taking place 14-15 March 2017 in Sydney. This interactive, insightful event offers advanced strategies and solutions, as well as opportunities to engage, network, and share experiences with leaders and experts across multiple sectors and industries. » MORE

Berlin (GER), February 2017 - We live in an increasingly uncertain world in which things are changing fast. What does it all mean for education and training? How should they adapt to meet the challenge of uncertainty? How can they help businesses and employers to cope with rapid and continuing change? This year's OEB, Europe's leading conference on technology-supported learning and training, will look at how rising uncertainty will affect education and the demands on it. » MORE

Mumbai (IN), February 2017 - Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a global provider of learning solutions, will host a free webinar titled "Gamification: Going beyond Hype", 23 February 2017 at 13:00 GMT. » MORE

Brussels (BE), February 2017 - The Media & Learning 2017 Video in Higher Education Symposium will take place 6-7 April in Brussels. This highly interactive symposium, running alongside the conference of the same name, is aimed at professionals involved in the use of video to support learning in higher education and will feature inspiring talks, demos, best-practice showcases, and hands-on sessions. The event is all about highlighting the latest pedagogical and technical developments in the field. » MORE

New York, NY (USA), February 2017 - The REV - 15-17 March 2017, Columbia University, New York, is the annual conference of the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE) together with the Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC). REV 2017 is the fourteenth in a series of annual events dealing with Online Engineering, Cyber-physical Systems, and the Internet of Things, including Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation.  » MORE