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Epic Goes to the Movies |
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Brighton (UK), April 2007 As part of the Quality Improvement Agency's
(QIA) national Skills for Life Improvement Programme 2006-07, Epic is
making four films that will demonstrate effective practice in teaching and
learning in a range of settings. Within the programme, Epic has an
opportunity to capture some of the very best examples of effective
practice through a series of DVDs/videos/films. These will then be
available for sharing with practitioners and teacher educators across the
field.
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| Highly Interactive |
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How to Play for an A |
 Bucharest (RO), April 2007 (by
Elena Lita) INTUITEXT, the eContent Solutions Division of the
Romanian company SOFTWIN, has recently unveiled the newest INTUITEXT
products created for the international market, namely The Repository and
the Geometry Collection. Both products have been developed by a
professional team, including teachers, pedagogues, instructional
designers, and subject-matter experts and have proved to be very
attractive. Sorin Guleac, INTUITEXT Educational Commercial Manager, knows
more about the subject.
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| Local Taxation |
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Nelson Croom Develops Standards for EU Partners |
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London (UK), April 2007 Nelson Croom has been working in partnership with
the EU-funded Leonardo DaVinci programme on developing standards for
Developing Administration and Customer Service Skills in Local Taxation
(DACSSIL Tax). The DACSSIL Tax online learning programme enables local
taxation administrators across Europe to set up and develop systems and
processes that will improve their administration and customer services
skills.
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| Cost Control |
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Telework Increases in the U.S. |
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Alexandria, VA (US), April 2007 The April 2007 issue of T+D (Training + Development) reports that last year, 63
percent more employers allowed their employees to work remotely than in
2004, according to the WorldatWork, an association for HR professionals.
Based on government estimates of 149.3 million workers in the United
Statess labor force, the 2006 data means that roughly eight percent of
American workers are able to telecommute one day per month, and roughly
twenty percent of both employed and self-employed workers engage in
telework.
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| Magirus as Partner |
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Global Knowledge Introduces New VMware Courses |
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London (UK), April 2007 Global Knowledge, one of Europe's leading
providers of learning services for IT and management professionals, will
soon be running the new VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3: Deploying,
Securing and Analysing course and the Virtual Infrastructure for Operators
course from its training locations throughout the UK.
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| eAssessments |
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Comartis Announces Enhancements to i-qBox |
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Baar (CH), April 2007 Recently, Comartis delivered i-qBox release 5.270.
In close cooperation with customers, many new enhancements have been
implemented. Among other functions, i-qBox contains a new module that was
specifically designed and developed to meet the needs of test centers.
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| MIT World Video |
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John Seely Brown Lectures on "Relearning Learning" |
Cambridge (US), April 2007 In a lecture entitled "Relearning Learning:
Applying the Long Tail to Learning", John Seely Brown elaborates on the
changing face of learning. His opinion: "We learn through our interactions
with others and the world", he says, "and there's no more perfect medium
for enabling this than an increasingly open and organized World Wide Web".
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| Modular Programme |
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Child Protection Training |
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London (UK), April 2007 The global eLearning producer, Tata Interactive
Systems (TIS), and BT, one of the UK's largest providers of learning
services to government - with contracts with the MOD (Defence), NCSL, and
the Police Training Agency, Centrex - are collaborating to produce a
five-module programme to enable those working within 'children's services'
to understand such concepts as the basics of child protection, how to
identify a child at risk, and how to develop the skills needed to help
each child.
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| Wikis in Schools |
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Revolution in the Classroom |
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Brisbane (AU), April 2007 - Wikis are revolutionising the classroom and
reducing the amount of one-way communication, according to 'wiki guru' and
founder of Wikispaces, Adam Frey. During a live web-conferencing session in
March, Frey discussed what a wiki is, why they are useful in the classroom,
and how to get started.
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| Courses for Ghana |
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eLearning for Kids Partners With To Be Worldwide |
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Ardmore, OK (US), April 2007 - ELearning for Kids (EFK), a global
non-profit foundation dedicated to providing free online learning for
children 5-12, recently announced its partnership with To Be Worldwide
(TBWW), a foundation that helps build educational facilities in developing
countries. TBWW will implement a project at the pilot centre in Takoradi,
Ghana that is available to more than 2000 children.
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| US Panel Discussion |
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More Video Games, Fewer Books at Schools? |
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Chicago, IL (US), April 2007 Of all of the proposals aimed at improving
America's failing schools, there's one idea kids will really like: more
video games and fewer books. At least a number of educators hope so,
arguing that children will get more excited about school and that video
games can present real-life problems to solve.
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| Online Educa Moscow |
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Russian Federation as First-Time Host |
 Moscow (RU), April 2007 The organizers of the world-renowned Online
Educa conferences are launching a new annual event: Online Educa Moscow.
The latest addition to the highly successful series will convene in the
capital of the Russian Federation from 30 September to 3 October 2007. The
call for papers and Early Bird registration are now open.
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| Openlearn 2007 |
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Researching Open Content in Education |
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Milton Keynes (UK), April 2007 The call for papers has just opened for
the Openlearn 2007 conference: Researching Open Content in Education. The
conference will be held 30-31 October 2007 near The Open University in
Milton Keynes, UK.
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| China |
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Global Giant Gets Creative |
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Brisbane (AU), April 2007 The changing face of China's creative
industries from print to blogging will be the focus of the 2007 China
Media Centre Conference that will be held in Brisbane, Australia from 5-6
July 2007. Leading scholars, industry experts, and creative practitioners
are the expected conference participants.
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| New Publication |
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Study Explores Training and Development |
 London (UK), April 2007
The findings of a new study into learning, training, and development based
on 58 case studies of learning and development across nineteen countries
are published in 'The Changing World of the Trainer Emerging Good
Practice', written by Martyn Sloman.
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