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Best of International eLearning in Berlin |
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Berlin (GER), November 2007 - What is really going on in eLearning around
the world? With more than 120 international eLearning developers,
producers, service providers and educational organisations from 25
countries featured at the exhibition, this year’s Online Educa Berlin is
sure to provide answers. The major international eLearning conference and
exhibition takes place from November 28 to 30. More than 2,000 learning
and technology experts are expected to gather in Germany’s capital, Berlin
for the event.
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| Get Lost |
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Labyrinths of Learning: Wikis in Education |
 Tilburg (NL), November
2007 - The use of wikis in education is more or less exploding. For Dr.
Harrie Manders of the Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg,
the wiki in an educational setting is a special tool to challenge students
to walk though labyrinths and learn in a way that breaks through
boundaries. CHECK.point eLearning spoke with Dr. Manders about his
experiences with wikis so far.
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| Belgian eLearning Guide |
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Supporting Decision-Making in SMEs |
 Namur (BE), November 2007 – AWT, the Wallon
Telecommunication Agency has designed an interactive guide of eLearning
for small and medium-sized enterprises in Belgium’s Walloon region.
CHECK.point eLearning spoke with Pascal Balancier, the person in
charge of the coordination of eLearning programmes in the Walloon region
and designer of the eLearning guide.
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| IBM Knowledge Factory |
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An Example of Social Software in Workplace Learning |
 Brussels (BE), November 2007 - Companies are
increasingly taking a global approach to learning, and not only for
delivery but also for content development. CHECK.point eLearning
spoke with Bert De Coutere, IBM, about the IBM Knowledge Factory, an
industrialised approach to content creation.
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| Solution Brief |
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Adobe eLearning Explains Rapid Training |
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Munich (DE), November 2007 – According to the software producer Adobe,
organizations today face tremendous financial, logistic, and other
challenges when training employees, channel partners, and customers. With
the company’s eLearning solution for rapid training, it is possible to
overcome these challenges cost-effectively and productively while
increasing ROI through faster training and better results.
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| So We Got It Wrong! |
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How the Lessons from a Disaster Led to Success |
 Edinburgh (UK), November 2007 – Making mistakes
in the past did not stop Andrew Watt and his colleagues from the City of
Edinburgh Council from continuing with eLearning. In his presentation,
Andrew Watt takes an honest look at the lessons learnt and draws out
guidelines for implementing online learning in schools and other
educational situations.
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| SMEs and Innovation |
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EVA –Andalusian Lifelong Learning Virtual Space |
 Malaga (E), November 2007
- Introducing innovation through eLearning in small and medium-size
enterprises (SMEs) in the Spanish region of Andalusia was the task of Dr.
Ainhoa Otamendi from the International University of Andalusia. Her team
and she developed the portal EVA to meet this important economic sector’s
training needs.
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| Auralog |
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Language Training for Every Step of the Way! |
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Cologne (DE), November 2007 - Not only do Auralog offer TELL ME MORE®
Corporate for businesses and TELL ME MORE® Education for schools, but the
firm have recently developed TELL ME MORE® Campus for higher education.
Auralog also offer specific online language learning portals for schools,
academic institutions, and businesses.
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| Fostering Change |
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CARPE DIEM: Seizing Each Day for eLearning Design |
 Leicester (UK), November 2007 – How
do universities develop ICT literate faculty? Prof. Alejandro Armellini,
Research Fellow in eLearning and Leader of the Adelie Pathfinder Project
at the University of Leicester, UK, explained to CHECK.point
eLearning the strategy for building institutional capacity and
fostering change at the University of Leicester.
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| Survey |
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Characteristics of Arab Learners |
 Cairo (EG),
November 2007 - To add value to the various research dealing with
eLearning for Arab learners, Prof. Dr. Sahar Abdel Bary, Mona Younis, Dina
Orieby, and Amr El Menshawy from Media International, Cairo, Egypt
conducted a study on learners’ characteristics. Prof. Dr.Sahar Abdel Bary
spoke with CHECK.point-eLearning about the outcome.
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| Framework |
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MoOdalis: Comprehensive Software Environment |
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Cologne (DE), November 2007 - At the Online Educa Berlin 2007, the
Cologne-based software specialist for knowledge management and information
management sym.net, together with its partner DIALOGE Beratungsgesellschaft
(Bonn), will present the eLearning framework MoOdalis. The presenters will
be the sym.net CEO Martin Butz and Ralf Hilgenstock of DIALOGE.
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| Web 2.0? |
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In Search of a Fluid Networking Culture |
 Helsinki (SF), November 2007 – The international MA program
ePedagogy Design – Visual Knowledge Building has recently been awarded
"best-practice" in the Erasmus program. Following his experience with this
project, Prof. Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss tries to answer questions about the
impact of social software tools on eLearning and implications on students’
modes of interaction, aesthetics, and techniques.
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| Case Studies Singapore |
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Audio Visual Theory and eLearning |
 Singapore (Singapore),
November 2007 - With the rapid development of technology and the merging
of audio visual and IT in education, it is time to think about major
issues brewing from the confluence of the professional practice in these
two areas. Dr. Joe Peters from the National University of Singapore speaks
about major implications for pedagogy, facility design, and staff
re-training in these areas.
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| Teacher Training |
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Elearning 2.0 – A Stepping Stone to Elearning 3.0? |
 Grenaa
(DK), November 2007 – Anne Fox is teacher trainer in the Experience-Based
Learning Project, a Danish project piloting teacher training in the
adoption of web 2.0 tools in secondary education. For CHECK.point
eLearning, she reveals her findings and gives advice to other teacher
trainers.
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| Visual Arts |
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Reforming International Cooperation in Education |
 Helsinki (SF), November
2007 - The Master’s degree eLearning programme Virt@ for teachers of
visual arts has generated a number of interesting projects based on
blended learning and international cooperation in education. Prof. Martti
Raevaara, University of Art and Design Helsinki and head of the MA
programme shares his insights.
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| The Case of Italy |
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Developing a Continuing Training System for Trainers |
 Rome (IT), November 2007 – Sharing expertise within Europe’s
Teacher Training Networks is one theme of this year’s Online Educa Berlin
Conference. Dr. Claudia Montedoro and Dr. Saverio Pescuma from ISFOL (the
Italian Institute for Vocational Training) will present the Italian Online
Project SPF (Xformare). CHECK.point eLearning spoke with Dr. Saverio
Pescuma about the biggest public On Line Continuing Training System ever
created by the Italian Ministry of Labour.
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| Online Assessments |
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Higher Education and Online Quizzes |
 Zagreb (HRV), November 2007 - Online quizzes are an
important tool for students testing their knowledge. Karmela
Aleksic-Maslac, Chair of the ICT Department at Zagreb School of Economics
and Management (ZSEM), has analyzed the use of different kinds of online
tests for Information and Communication Technologies courses.
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