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Oxford's Alliance for Lifelong Learning is closed down Oxford, April 2006 – The AllLearn project, a consortium among Oxford, Stanford, and Yale Universities to research online learning, has come to a close. The eLearning joint venture has folded because it failed to attract enough students. [more...] Activities to improve the education and training programmes Tallinn, April 2006 – (by Ene Tammeoru, Head of the Estonian e-University) The scene of Estonian higher education (HE) is changing towards more flexible ways of providing both higher and continuing education. The number of adult students in continuing education and retraining programmes will grow, and the number of high school graduates decrease. This void is being filled by the three-year-old Estonian e-University – a consortium of higher education institutions (HEI) with the goal to instigate and facilitate inter-university cooperation in implementing eLearning based on the principles of lifelong learning. [more...] A preliminary study on the current state in Europe Thessaloniki, April 2006 – The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) has published a preliminary study on the current state of eLearning in lifelong learning, with information gathered about Germany, Spain, Slovakia, Finland, and the United Kingdom. [more...] Advertisement
NetDimensions joins forces with X-Pulse Hong Kong / St. Ingbert, April 2006 – NetDimensions has announced a new partnership with German-based X-Pulse E-Learning GmbH to bring its learning management system "Enterprise Knowledge Platform" (EKP) to the German-speaking market. [more...] OKI Printing Solutions forms sales training program Brighton, April 2006 – The newly established OKI Printing Solutions Business School and its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Sales Academy is starting an ambitious eLearning training program. Brighton-based Futuremedia will develop the first in a series of Sales Product Training modules, as an initial component of a wider EMEA Sales Academy program. [more...] A white paper by Epic Consulting clarifies crucial issues Brighton, April 2006 – Standards are supposed to make life easier, but unfortunately, standards in online learning are far from simple. A bewildering array of bodies, acronyms, and jargon has held back both understanding and implementation: AICC, IMS, ADL, SCORM, IEEE... [more...] Adobe announces Education Leader Program San Jose, April 2006 – Adobe Systems Inc. has announced the Adobe Education Leader program to cultivate education technology innovations by providing educators with resources such as education software, free curriculum, training, and a forum to share best practices. [more...] "100% eLearning Content Tracking Guarantee" Program Oslo, April 2006 – Norwegian-based Mohive has announced their "100% eLearning Content Tracking Guarantee" program. The program guarantees that all eLearning content created in Mohive's enterprise eLearning publishing system Toolbox will track all relevant data in a company’s Learning Management System (LMS). Saba’s Learning Management System is the first system to qualify for the guarantee. [more...] Advertisement
KFUPM has state-of-the-art eLearning center Dubai, April 2006 - (by Umme Salma Mujtaba ) The King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) was officially established by Royal Decree in September 1963. With the new emerging information and instructional technologies and their influence on teaching and learning, the campus has sought to equip faculty members with the necessary skills to cope with these developments and utilize their benefits in teaching and learning. [more...] ASTD partners with Intrepid Learning Solutions Seattle, Washington, April 2006 – The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), the world’s largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals, has signed a multi-year partnership with Intrepid Learning Solutions. Intrepid will provide training design, development, delivery, and maintenance services for ASTD’s certificate program. [more...] LANCELOT qualifies live online language teachers Vienna, April 2006 – Imagine your home turns into a classroom and you meet your language teacher live online in a virtual classroom. Live online language learning by means of web or video conferencing software is the focus of the development project LANCELOT (LANguage Learning by CErtified Live Online Teachers), which started in 2005. LANCELOT aims to qualify language teachers in the use of state-of-the-art Internet communication technology. [more...] Laura Overton: Why eLearning needs "bilingual speakers" Brighton, UK – April 2006 – If you want to harness the real value of eLearning in our organisation, you need to learn from the likes of Reuters and BAE systems and make sure your training strategy is aligned to what your organisation really needs. And you need to be bilingual. So says Laura Overton in a new interview with Kineo, a British eLearning consultancy. [more...] New business models at Apply Serious Games 2006, London London, April 2006 – High-profile and eminent industry figures from the serious games world, Darren Pryke of Cisco and Jeff Tseng of Secret Level, will lead the debate on new business models arising from serious games at the recently announced Apply Serious Games 2006 conference in London, May 25-26th. [more...] 14-17 June 2006 at the Vienna University of Technology Vienna, April 2006 – "E-Competences for Life, Employment and Innovation" take center stage at the EDEN 2006 Annual Conference. Under the patronage of the Austrian EU Presidency, this year’s venue is Vienna. Registration for the conference is now open. [more...] M3 - Interdisciplinary Aspects on Digital Media & Education Vienna, April 2006 – The interdependencies of humans, human culture, and technology open new fields and trends, thus challenging the sciences to find new methods to understand these processes and to initiate new development. The HCI&UE Workgroup of the Austrian Computer Society is organizing its second symposium on the issue on 16-17 November 2006 in Vienna. [more...] Symposium on Medical Interactive eLearning in Italy Sestri Levante, April 2006 – Giunti Labs and the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) present SMILE 2006. The Symposium on Medical Interactive eLearning, the first international workshop on medical eLearning, will take place in Sestri Levante (Genoa, Italy) on September 14-15, 2006. [more...] An encounter with the stakes of the society of tomorrow Toulouse, April 2006 – The Institut National Polytechnique of Toulouse is organizing the fifth TICE symposium with the support of the Université Numérique Ingénierie et Technologie (UNIT). The symposium will continue the themes of the events organized by the INSA of Rouen in 1998, the University of Technology of Troyes in 2000, the INSA of Lyon in 2002, and the University of Technology of Compiègne in 2004. TICE 2006 "Information and Communication Technologies in Higher Education and Industry" will take place in Toulouse from October 25th to October 27th, 2006. [more...] Imprint This newsletter has been forwarded to you. Would you like to receive it periodically? Then please register here for the regular editions. You are interested in placing an advertisement? Please ask for our media data here. Even though we did an intensive research for all our information, we do not guarantee the correctness of the information provided. | ||||||||||||
Gloucestershire/Stuttgart, April 2006 – (by Kirsten Seegmüller) Soft skills cannot be fully trained by elearning alone. The concept of Balance Learning combines self-paced training via the Internet or interactive DVDs and workshops. This integrated approach avoids training redundant content in elearning and classrooms. CHECKpoint eLearning spoke with Chris Horseman, Managing Director of the British company Balance Learning Ltd. about actual comprehension. 
