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Serious Game Helps Bankers Detect Fake Currency |
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London (UK) / Kolkata (IN), March 2008 – As custodians of the national
currency, all banks are expected to ensure that counterfeit notes
presented at any customer outlet are identified and removed from
circulation. ICICI Bank, India’s second largest, was keen to reduce the
amount of counterfeit currency being passed through its counters, but it
faced the challenge of training its new cashiers to identify security
features and, at the same time, reduce the continual flow of fake bills.
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| Learning Trends |
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"Google has become the killer application for learning" |
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Gallen (CH), March 2008 – The Third International SCIL Congress, from 22
to 23 May 2008 in St. Gallen, Switzerland will focus on creating value
through the right balance. It revolves around the central themes related
to "the changing face of learning". One of the keynote speakers is Nick
van Dam, Global Chief Learning Officer for Deloitte Touche in the
Netherlands. Here, Nick explains his view on various approaches to the
role of Learning and Talent Development.
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| The COOPER Project |
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Team-based eLearning Turns a New Page |
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Hannover (GER) / Lugano (CH), March 2008 – How do students, who may be
located across the globe, collaborate on team-based project work? European
researchers have developed the first online platform that integrates
elements of eLearning, social networking, and project management to help
virtual teams get the most from their practical experience.
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| Acquisition |
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Take over: Digital Content Marketplace HarvestRoad® |
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Sestri Levante (I), March 2008 – Giunti Labs, a European eLearning and
mobile content management solution provider, has finalised its acquisition
of the Australian HarvestRoad® brand as well as its HarvestRoad Hive®
digital repository, TCMS Technical Content Management System, and related
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and worldwide installations.
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| Quick Development |
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New Treatment for Insomnia Accompanied by eLearning |
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Copenhagen (DK) / London (UK), March 2008 – Information Transfer is
celebrating its latest new-client win in the pharmaceutical sector. The
consultancy was successful in a competitive pitch to provide eLearning for
Lundbeck’s sales and marketing staff in preparation for the launch of their
innovative treatment for insomnia, Circadin®.
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| Tests and Exams |
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Questionmark Unveils New System for Managing Results |
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London (UK), March 2008 – The new Results Management System (RMS) from
Questionmark™, an application that enables psychometricians and assessment
administrators to analyse and edit results before they are finalised and
shared with stakeholders, has recently been released. The RMS works in
conjunction with Questionmark™ Perception™, an assessment-management
system that enables learning professionals to create, deliver, and report
on surveys, quizzes, and exams.
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| Compliance Training |
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New EMEA Director Appointed |
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London (UK)/ Austin, TX (USA), March 2008 - 360training.com, a global
leader in compliance, licensing, and certification training, has announced
the appointment of Skye Mackie as Director of eLearning for the European,
Middle Eastern, and Asian markets (EMEA). Mackie will be responsible for
360training.com's sales, marketing, and growth of the company's emerging
European product suite for compliance training.
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| Air Navigation |
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Eurocontrol Selects Eedo ForceTen LCMS |
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Rijswijk (NL), March 2008 - Eedo recently announced that Eurocontrol, the
European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, has selected Eedo
ForceTen™ learning content management system (LCMS) for the development
and delivery of eLearning services for the Air Traffic Control and Air
Traffic Management staff in its 41 member states.
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| Interactive Learning |
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Trains, Virtual Worlds, Serious Games, and Kids |
 Richardson, TX (USA),
March 2008 - Red Knight Learning Systems, based in Dallas, Texas, has been
selected as a strategic partner in the design and development of a unique
new interactive learning project for kids. "Chuggington" is an
entertainment property being developed by London-based Ludorum, plc that
follows the adventures of three young train engines, their human
caretakers, and their fellow train friends.
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| Research Report |
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A Learning Management System for Any Budget |
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Sunnyvale, CA (USA), March 2008 - Many people have the impression that only
large, affluent corporations can afford an LMS, but Brandon Hall Research
says this is not true. In the 2008 edition of its Low-Cost Learning
Management Systems Report, 31 systems were profiled and reviewed that are
priced below average for small, medium, large, and very large
implementations.
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| Language Instruction |
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ArcelorMittal Upgrades Contract with GlobalEnglish |
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Brisbane, CA (USA), March 2008 — GlobalEnglish Corporation, a provider of
online learning and support for business English communication, has
announced that ArcelorMittal, the world's number-one steel company, has
upgraded its multiyear contract. After signing an initial agreement with
GlobalEnglish in 2006, Mittal Steel merged with steel giant Arcelor, and
ArcelorMittal became the largest steel company in the world, with more
than 320,000 employees in 60 countries.
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| Quality Initiative |
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Training Farmers in Organic Agriculture |
 Brussels (BE), March 2008 – Organic
Agriculture (OA) has come to the fore as an agricultural approach that
cannot only produce safer products but is environmentally sound, too. The
Working Group on Global Learning of the European Foundation for Quality in
eLearning EFQUEL recently launched an initiative called "Certify-Organic".
Headed by Ulf Ehlers, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany, this project
aims to establish a quality-certified training process on the dispersed
training efforts that exist regarding Organic Agriculture.
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| Rapid eLearning |
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Tool Supports the Creation of Html-based Courseware |
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Jersey City, NJ (USA), March 2008 - Html courses are popular, as they are
very simple visually and have widespread access. RapideL-i, the newly
launched online rapid eLearning tool developed by Brainvisa, allows the
creation of html-based eLearning quickly and easily. The web-based
application has been provided with a set of easy-to-use templates and a
supporting course player.
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Editorial Note |
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 Whitepaper:
Second Life as an eLearning
Platform
CHECK.point eLearning has analyzed the virtual world in regard to its
suitability for training and eLearning companies.
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| Leadership role |
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ELearning Boom in Colombia |
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Bogota (CO) / Duisburg (GER), March 2008 - ELearning is the booming
educational topic in Colombia. This month the country joined SC36, the
leading international eLearning standardization committee, making it the
first Latin American land to do so.
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| Masterclasses |
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Trainer1 teams up at RBS Williams Formula 1 |
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London (UK), March 2008 – The world-renowned instructional design (ID)
specialist Neil Lasher – who is also the President of the ASTD Global
Network UK and a committee member of the eLearning Network (eLN) – is
running his international two-day Masterclass on a modern approach to ID
again at the RBS Williams Formula 1 (F1) Conference Centre, in Grove,
Oxfordshire.
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| MEDEA Awards 2008 |
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Encouraging the Use of Video and Sound |
 Roosbeek (BE), March
2008 – In recent years, remarkable interest has developed in the creation
and use of digital video and audio throughout the European education
sector. This has been boosted by the increasing impact of moving-image
sites and applications across the internet and mobile devices. The MEDEA
Awards were launched to encourage the use of digital moving images and
sound in education. Registration for the competition is open until 30
September 2008.
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| Early Registration |
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New Conference on eLearning in the Workplace |
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New York (USA), March 2008 – ICELW is the first international conference
focused specifically on eLearning in the workplace. It takes place on
12-13 June, 2008, at Columbia University’s Teachers College in New York.
With researchers and practitioners coming from around the globe - and from
both university and business settings - the ICELW community works to
improve online learning so that it makes a measurable difference in
workplace performance and morale.
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