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MyKnowledgeMap Launches Web-Based Initiative |
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York (UK), March 2007 - According to Health & Safety Executive figures,
some thirteen million working days for 560,000 people in the UK are lost
to work-related stress, making "stress, anxiety and depression" the
second-most-common cause of work-related illness. A web-based initiative
to help reduce stress in the workplace has been introduced by
MyKnowledgeMap (MKM).
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| 3-D Learning |
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Female Power in Romanian Management |
 Sibiu (RO), March 2007 – (by Joscha Remus) In Sibiu,
Romania, Cristina Werther is working as a manager of the IT service
provider Eytro and the eLearning forge Eytro Media Dimensions. Her creed
is: It is time to show more female thinking in the eLearning sector and to
support more creative courage and the development of modern
multidimensional eLearning solutions. Also, she asks her female colleagues
to search for new ways beyond a purely rationally guided but playful and
often routine-blinded men's world. Joscha Remus spoke with her for
CHECK.point eLearning.
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| Educational Technology |
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Austria and Canada Offer Graduate-Level Program |
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Linz (AT) / Vancouver (CA), March 2007 – The University of British Columbia
at Vancouver has been offering an online graduate level program on the
development and perspectives of eLearning for several years. The Master of
Educational Technology (MET) program is meant for teachers in secondary
education, university, and polytechnic lecturers, as well as for trainers
and HR officers who work in adult education. Now an introductory course on
the MET program can be taken via the Center for Distance Learning at the
Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria.
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| eExcellence Award |
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U&I Learning Captures European Prize |
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Ghent (BE), March 2007 – U&I Learning, the Ghent-based eLearning integrator
operating in Belgium and the Netherlands, has again been recognized for its
outstanding accomplishments, being granted a silver European Seal of
eExcellence award at the European Multimedia Forum (EMF). The EMF is an
important European non-profit organisation that supports digital media
industries.
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| Expansion |
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Giunti Labs Expands Its Global Presence |
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Sestri Levante (IT) / Boston, MA (USA), March 2007 - Giunti Labs, a
European eLearning and mobile learning content management solutions and
services provider is further expanding its international presence in Spain
and South America by launching the Spanish version of its learn eXact
platform. A Spanish web site has been launched (www.giuntilabs.es), and
Stefan Whitefield has been appointed Sales Manager for Spain and South
America. On another front, Giunti Labs has recently opened its North
American headquarters in the USA in Boston, MA.
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| Anytime, Anywhere |
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Pocket Language Course and Telephone Training |
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Munich (DE), March 2007 – Online learning without an Internet connection is
a solution that is currently being developed by the language experts at
digital publishing in Munich. The accessibility of all courses should be
free of technical restriction, facilitating anytime, anyplace learning for
the worldwide 50,000 students of the dp online language school, CLT. The
latest innovation is CLT Plug&Learn, the smallest-ever mobile interactive
language course; CLT Plug&Learn saves all course content on a USB flash
drive, which can be used at any computer
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| Helios Project |
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Survey on the State of eLearning in Europe |
 Brussels (BE), March 2007
– The Helios project is looking for participants for a free online survey.
The specific subject of this survey is the relationship between eLearning
and innovation of learning systems, with specific regards to formal
education. Helios is a European-Commission-supported research project
aiming at establishing a sustainable observation platform to monitor the
progress of eLearning in Europe vis-à-vis policy objectives and to
forecast future scenarios of eLearning evolution.
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| Outstanding Talent |
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IMI’s Learning and Skills Awards 2007 |
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Hertford (UK), March 2007 – A nationwide competition to recognise and
celebrate the achievements of students and approved centres of the
Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has gained the support of Lloyds TSB
autolease, one of the UK's leading fleet management specialists. Now in its
seventh year and sporting a new identity, the IMI's Learning and Skills
Awards will be presented by the IMI's patron, HRH Prince Michael of Kent,
at an awards ceremony at the IMI on 15 June 2007.
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| Hazardous Goods |
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eLearning for Accident Prevention in Transport |
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Graz (AT), March 2007 – Two out of every three containers transported on
German roads either have left or are destined for the Port of Hamburg.
Special knowledge and compulsory trainings are mandatory to ensure the
safe transport of hazardous goods and to prevent accidents with serious
consequences. An eLearning course on the safe transport of hazardous goods
was recently offered to the employees at the Port of Hamburg.
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| eDiscussion |
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Optical Fiber Cable Connectivity for East Africa |
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Nairobi (KE), March 2007 – In an eDiscussion, organized by the Kenya ICT
Action Network (KICTANet) and supported by the Kenyan Ministry of
Information and Communication, KICTANet listserver subscribers debated the
best model for provisioning Submarine Optical Fiber Cables (OFC) for the
East African Coast. As the region is the only seabed that is yet to be
covered by international submarine OFC connectivity, eDiscussion
participants explored which model of OFC provisioning best serves the
interests of all stakeholders in the region.
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| Open Source |
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7th Sakai Conference in Amsterdam |
 Amsterdam (NL), March
2007 – The Sakai Foundation announces that the 2007 Sakai Community
Conference will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 12 to 14 June
2007, with pre- and post-conference sessions and activities on Monday, 11
June, and Friday, 15 June. Online registration for the Conference is now
open.
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| Estonia |
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Strategies and Technologies to Be Addressed |
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Tartu (EE), March 2007 – The Estonian e-University has announced the
conference entitled "eLearning in an eCountry: Strategies and
Technologies". It is scheduled to take place in the Tartu University
Library conference center in Tartu, Estonia on 12-13 April 2007.
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| Assessment Design |
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International Online Conference Sponsored by REAP |
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Glasgow (UK), March 2007 – The Re-engineering Assessment Practices (REAP)
project invites participants to contribute to an innovative international
online conference exploring the relationship between the theory and
practice of assessment and feedback in higher and further education. Case
studies should be submitted by 28 March 2007. Conference participants must
register between 10 and 18 May 2007.
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| Seminar Announcement |
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Moving Learning 2007 in its Third Year |
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London (UK) / Utrecht (NL), March 2007 – Moving Learning 2007 is a one-day
seminar about the changes taking place in organizational learning, running
at venues both in London on 13 June 2007 and in Utrecht on 14 June 2007.
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