| Podcasting Tips |
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Free Beginner’s Guide from Ufi and Kineo |
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Sheffield (UK) / Brighton (UK), April 2007 – Getting the best from
podcasting – and where and when it can be used to maximum effect – is the
focus of a free beginner’s guide that can be downloaded from the Internet.
It has been published in a joint venture between UK’s leading online
learning organisations, Ufi and Kineo.
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| Advanced Skills |
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Create media to learn about media |
Cambridge (UK), April 2007 – (by Kirsten Seegmüller) Innovative
education uses computer games in order to make students learn better. Now
children can create their own games – with the software MissionMaker.
James Durran teaches at Parkside Community College, Cambridge, UK; as an
'Advanced Skills Teacher', he is involved in training other teachers as
well as teaching students aged 11-16. He tested the tool.
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| Free Review Programme |
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Echelon Learning Offers DIY Board Review Tool |
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London (UK), April 2007 – A do-it-yourself board review programme is
available free of charge from Echelon Learning's consulting division. The
programme, which comprises a diagnostic and a toolkit, is being offered in
the context of the company’s launch of added-value board development
services for public sector and not-for-profit organisations and is based
on six 'hot' questions with challenging action points.
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| Blackboard Patent Controv |
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EFF Lawyer Warns of eLearning Patent Dangers |
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San Francisco, CA (US), April 2007 – A broad eLearning patent held by
Blackboard, the education and course-management software company, is a
growing source of controversy in the education community. The patent could
potentially threaten increasingly popular open-source course management
platforms like Moodle and subject universities to the risk of litigation.
In a recent interview with The Chronicle of Higher Education, Electronic
Frontier Foundation (EFF) lawyer Jason Schultz explains the need for
patent reform. In addition, he describes the dangers of broad patents like
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| Learning Light |
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Steven Hill - New Head of Research Services |
Sheffield (UK), April 2007 – Learning Light has appointed Steven Hill to
be its new Head of Research Services. His responsibility is to oversee all
of Learning Light's research activities and to coordinate its research
partnerships. Learning Light is a non-profit organisation seeking to
establish itself as a Centre of Excellence in the use of learning
technologies in the workplace.
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| UK eLearning Player |
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Jenison Signs up Record Number of Clients |
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Southampton (UK), April 2007 – Jenison, the largest UK supplier of
eLearning, has had a record quarter, signing up more clients than ever
before. Jenison’s portfolio includes off-the-shelf eLearning products on
management topics and IT skills, a learning delivery solution, and an
authoring tool.
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| Early Releases Available |
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Adobe Delivers Public Previews of Pro Video Tools |
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San Jose, CA (US), April 2007 – Adobe Systems Incorporated recently
announced free public previews of Adobe Premiere® Pro CS3, Adobe After
Effects® CS3 Professional, and Adobe Soundbooth CS3 software. These tools
are all components of the recently announced Adobe Creative Suite® 3
Production Premium. Creative professionals now have the opportunity to
test these new public previews. The final shipping releases will be
available worldwide in the third quarter of 2007.
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| Caribbean eLearning |
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ICCI Partners With Gatlin to Expand Adult Education Offer |
Grand Cayman (KY), April 2007 – The International College of the Cayman
Islands (ICCI) recently partnered with Gatlin Education Services of Fort
Worth, TX to provide new, online career training courses. The ICCI aims at
helping adults promote their careers by offering a flexible
blended-learning program.
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| Training Simulator |
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Orthopedic Surgeons Sharpen Operation Skills |
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Grenoble (FR), April 2007 – A computerised simulator currently being tested
at hospitals in France will enable trained and trainee orthopedic surgeons
to hone their skills in a computer-generated environment rather than
during "live" operations. Developed by an interdisciplinary team of
experts through a project called Technology Enhanced Learning for
Orthopaedic Surgery (TELEOS), the simulator softens the boundaries between
theory and practice, taking vocational training to a new dimension.
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Online Educa To Launch First Russian Event in Moscow |
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Berlin (GER)/Moscow (RU), April 2007 - The first Russian event in the
series of Online Educa international conferences will be launched in 2007.
The Online Educa Moscow conference will take place from September 30 to
October 3 at the President Hotel in the Russian capital.
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| CV 2007 in Paris |
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State of the Art of CV Interoperability |
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Paris (FR), April 2007 – The EifEL association is organizing a
day-and-a-half-long seminar on the issue of CV interoperablity and
exploitation. The event will take place in Paris, France on 18-19 June
2007. It is hosted by the IMI institute, a department of the Université de
Technologie de Compiègne in Paris, France.
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| Skills for Life 2007 |
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First International Conference on Key Competencies |
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London (UK), April 2007 – The First International Conference on Key
Competencies: Skills for Life 2007, organized by the EIfEL association,
will take place at the City University in London on 12-13 July 2007.
Registration and call for abstracts are now open.
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| Sloan-C Conference |
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Making a Difference by Online Learning |
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Needham, MA (US), April 2007 – The Sloan Consortium is the organizer of the
13th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning
Networks. The event will take place from 7-9 November 2007 at the Caribe
Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida (USA). The conference runs under the
title "The Power of Online Learning: Making a Difference".
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