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Graz (A), December 2019 - Dieter Schmalstieg, a researcher at Graz University of Technology, is working on a method combining the advantages of cloud computing and virtual reality. This method will allow computer games to be displayed on inexpensive VR headsets in unsurpassed quality. » MORE

London (UK), December 2019 - Rachel Pendered, the co-founder and managing director of Media Zoo, has been named as the winner of the female entrepreneur of the year Hera award at the NatWest everywoman business lunch. The event was held at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane. » MORE

Cirencester (UK), December 2019 - The annual Digital Learning Realities research opened recently, led by Fosway Group, a European HR-industry analyst, and Learning Technologies, a European workplace learning event. Now in its fifth year, this research is open to learning and development professionals to have their say on the state of digital learning today and to see how their experiences measure up to other organisations around the world. » MORE

Toronto (CA), December 2019 - Docebo, a leading learning platform powered by artificial intelligence, won two coveted Brandon Hall Group Gold awards for excellence in Technology. » MORE

Karlsruhe (GER), December 2019 - The TOPORAZ project has achieved success in the renowned Leibniz competition, with the Leibniz Association’s Senate granting its approval of the effort. The world’s cultural heritage that cannot be recreated in reality is to be made available to a broad public on a sustainable basis. » MORE

Stamford, CT (USA), December 2019 - Copyleaks, an artificial intelligence-based plagiarism  detection software company, has announced a partnership with Macmillan Learning, an educational publishing and solutions company. The joint effort will offer plagiarism detection capabilities for students and instructors. Elements of Copyleaks’s software solution are being integrated into Achieve, Macmillan Learning’s new digital learning platform, to help students develop better academic research skills and cite correctly, and also to ensure the academic integrity of their work. » MORE

London (UK), December 2019 - Learning Technologies London is running an international Learning Thirty under 30 programme for the learning, development, and training community aimed at developing and spotlighting the next generation of learning leadership in our field. Applications are now being accepted, with a deadline of 14 January 2020.  » MORE

Brighton (UK), December 2019 - LEO Learning and Shell’s onboarding program has reduced overall training time for the learner from 24 hours to just seven. » MORE

Belfast (IE), December 2019 - Alex Aiken, Executive Director of the UK Government Communication Service, discussed the development of new technology at a conference held by the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Marketing professionals from across Northern Ireland came together at The MAC in Belfast to hear how the development of new technology and the corresponding changes in consumer expectations are disrupting the sector. » MORE

Lincolnshire (UK), December 2019 - One of the UK’s leading eLearning design specialists are celebrating twenty years in business. The company started back in 1999 by developing CD-ROMs from a conservatory in a Lincolnshire village, but they have gone on to become one of the biggest names in eLearning. » MORE

Budapest (HR), December 2019 - EDEN is pleased to announce its 29th Annual Conference, hosted by the Politehnica University of Timisoara, 21-24 June 2020. The title is "Human and Artificial intelligence for the Society of the Future - Inspiring Digital Education for the Next STE(A)M Student Generation". » MORE

Rome (I), December 2019 - The third International Conference on Research in Education, Teaching and Learning (ICETL), which will take place in Rome from 21 to 23 February 2020, is a premier academic conference that will bring together academics, researchers, and scholars. The event will feature three days of learning, networking, and exploring solutions to common challenges. » MORE

Budapest (HU), December 2019 - HR professionals will gather in Budapest in February 2020 for the fourteenth HR Minds L&D Forum. At the event, they will discuss and share knowledge on the continuing evolution of technology as it strives to keep up with learners’ increasing expectations, as well as the widening role of learning and development. » MORE