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French ministry launches "Cyberbudet" online game Paris, May 2006 – France's debts have accumulated to nearly 2,000 billion euros or about 33,000 euros per citizen; no wonder that voters are upset. The French Minister of Finance, Jean-François Copé, has replied with an online game called "Cyberbudget", where citizens can try to rescue La Grande Nation's finances themselves. [more...] The global eLearning provider for the automotive sector Brussels, May 2006 – As the European umbrella membership organisation for the global Automotive Supply industry, CLEPA and its Training Department have coordinated European projects to evaluate, develop, and offer a sustainable eLearning solution to the Automotive Supply Industry: "Learn4Auto". [more...] Advertisement The Bundeswehr’s Distance Training Convention Connects Everyone... Winning projects at the unique "National Challenge" Dubai, May 2006 – (by UmmeSalma Mujtaba) The UAE Challenge is an initiative of the Higher Colleges of Technology in collaboration with Zayed University, the UAE University, and the Ministry of Education. Many UAE and international business organizations have also joined in sponsoring this national event, which involves the three main educational sectors: schools, colleges, and universities. [more...] Ethisphere forms a layer of regulatory protection
Korea to build up eLearning infrastructure Seoul, May 2006 – South Korea will spend US$129.9 million this year to expand the nation's eLearning infrastructure. The Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy has said that the effort, based on the country's extensive high-speed Internet penetration, is to expand the everyday use of online learning and is part of South Korea's goal to become one of the leading eLearning countries by 2010. [more...] Advertisement
Final workshop of EduXchange shows models and a roadmap Prais, May 2006 – (by Birgit Gamböck) The retrieval and transfer of e-knowledge generated in an academic context for use in corporate training and learning environments was the ambitious goal of the EduXchange project, partially funded by the EU Commission's eLearning Initiative and supported by a core consortium of six experienced institutions from research and industry. At the final workshop in Paris, main results were discussed, and the impact of copyright issues was scrutinized. [more...] Kosovo deploys blended learning for exam preparation
PROLEARN's vision on the future of professional learning Athens, May 2006 – The PROLEARN Network of Excellence has presented recent findings from its pan-European roadmapping exercise on the future of Technology Enhanced Professional Learning (TEPL) in terms of visions describing the desired future state of affairs. The core vision of TEPL in 2015 is "to support knowledge workers with technology-enhanced learning by promoting motivation, performance, collaboration, innovation, and commitment to lifelong learning." [more...] Special Note Help Roadmap the Future: Please Respond to the PROLIX Online Survey! EU and China to link up high-speed electronic networks
Learning tends not to lead to change London, May 2006 – When challenged at the British Learning Association's annual conference, 72% of the delegates conceded that learning tends not to lead to change. Under the working title 'The Great Training Robbery?', the conference, held at the Institute of Physics in London, opened with a frank exposé of the failings of much of training and learning, with all-too-frequent low achievement and success rates. [more...] Improving content quality ranks as number one priority Santa Rosa, May 2006 – The eLearning Guild, a global Community of Practice for eLearning professionals, has published a comprehensive research report called "Future Directions in eLearning". For the professionals surveyed, content issues will drive this year's eLearning activities, and new modalities such as mobile learning, blogging and podcasting ae gaining ground. [more...] Advertisement
Learndirect business launches "The Apprentice" Leicester, May 2006 – Hot on the heels of the highly popular and BAFTA award-winning television programme "The Apprentice" comes a new training programme from learndirect business based on the format of the show. The programme is targeted at small to medium-sized businesses and features a series of three DVDs focusing on specific business skills. [more...] eLearning programme to give offshore workers qualifications
New version of Context Sensitive Learning from Trainer1 London, May 2006 – Trainer1's Context Sensitive Learning (CSL™) delivery system is said to cut calls to company helpdesks by up to forty per cent. The system, which offers not only embedded learning for workflow and task based delivery but also "automated IT support", is now available in version 2. [more...] Advertisement
eLearning for Kids launches six more courses Ardmore, Pennsylvania, May 2006 – eLearning for Kids (EFK), a global nonprofit foundation dedicated to providing free online learning for children 5-12, has announced the release of six additional courses in language arts and math, and a link to a leading science site. [more...] An international conference in Denmark on September 06 Odense, May 2006 – School no longer holds a monopoly on education. Learning is distributed across a range of sites and settings, and media and ICTs hold important stakes in this process of diversification. Being held from 21-23 September 2006 at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, the conference will discuss the most advanced research on informal learning, its mediatized constructions, socio-cultural contexts, and educational consequences. [more...] Between cooperation and competition Lillehammer, May 2006 – Lillehammer University College invites rectors, presidents, and chief executive officers from open and distance teaching universities worldwide to the ICDE SCOP (The International Council for Open and Distance Education’s Standing Meeting of Presidents) 2006. The meeting will be held in Lillehammer, Norway from 11th - 13th June. [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. | ||||||||||||
Oslo, May 2006 – (by Torhild Slått of The Norwegian Association for Distance and Flexible Education) During the last few years, an extensive and interesting piece of development work has been carried out at a Norwegian secondary high school – Kvadraturen school centre in Kristiansand. The result we see today is a net-based or distance-learning-based teaching system for the students, mostly adults, but also some young pupils. The product is called "e-lev" or "e-pupil" in English. 
Phoenix, Arizona, May 2006 – (by Thea Payome) Regulations and requirements for compliance programs continue to grow more complex, so numerous companies are dedicating training programmes and resources to the task. Corpedia’s Ethisphere is a consolidated solution set for ethic and compliance training and also gives direction to European compliance topics. CHECKpoint eLearning asked CEO Alex Brigham about current trends. 
Vienna, May 2006 – After the southeast European countries Romania and Bulgaria, the exam for the internationally recognized certificate of Business Competence, the EBC*L, can be taken now in Slovenia, Croatia, and Kosovo, too. Starting this summer at the latest, specific training programs for EBC*L will be initated in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Albania. 
Brussels, May 2006 – Communication and collaboration among 45 million researchers and students across Europe and China will be greatly facilitated by a new Sino-European high-speed network connection. ORIENT (Oriental Research Infrastructure to European Networks) will leverage the Sino-European research exchange by helping to step up the flow of information. 
Aberdeen, May 2006 – Atlas Interactive, the Scottish oil and gas industry eLearning specialist, has developed a range of upstream process operations and technology courses in partnership with Aberdeen Skills and Enterprise Training (ASET) that have been approved as appropriate for use by oil industry technicians. 