| Research Helpdesk |
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The Best Way to Interface with Standards |
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Brussels (BE), April 2008 - All research projects and research centres
wishing to liaise with the CEN system now have an easy route: research@cen.eu. An email sent to this address will put
them into direct contact with the Research Helpdesk of the European
Committee for Standardization.
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| Localisation |
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European eLearning Award for PHM’s CELT |
 London (UK), April 2008 – The Content Editing and
Localisation Tool (CELT) produced by the business consultancy PHM has been
awarded the European eLearning Award 2008 for Best Practice in eLearning at
CeBIT in Hanover. In making the Award, the jury emphasised that the award
specifically recognised the CELT technology and its process that allows
the fast and efficient content adaptation of multinational applications.
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| Interactive Learning |
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Budgeting for Sustainable Open Schools |
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Vancouver (CA), April 2008 - In its work in developing and promoting
sustainable models, the intergovernmental body Commonwealth of Learning
(COL) has identified cost and financing of distance education as a
critical element in planning for Open Schools. In response, COL is now
developing an interactive learning resource to help member states develop
sustainable open schools. Earlier consultations have resulted in a draft
instructional guide for preparing open school budgets; it is now available
for open consultation on WikiEducator.
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| Moodle Integration |
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The Open University Selects Elluminate Live! |
 Fort Lauderdale, Florida (USA),
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collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, has announced that
the Open University (OU), the largest university in the United Kingdom and
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| Interdisciplinary |
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Innovative Cooperation for a Knowledge-based Society |
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Bucharest (RO), April 2008 - (by Elena Lita) IBM Romania recently
organized the fourth edition of the national forum "IBM Academic Days for
Universities in Romania". The aim of the two-day event, held on 27-28
March, was to provide information and initiate ways of innovative
cooperation for a networked, knowledge-based society through long-term,
interdisciplinary strategic training and R&D partnerships. This is to take
place at multiple levels of cooperation in the academic, industrial, and
administrative environments, as well as with EU institutions.
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| Worldwide Training |
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Nespresso Relies on Swiss Software for Learning |
 Baar (CH), April 2008 –
Nestlé Nespresso, the worldwide pioneer and market leader in pre-portioned
coffee, supports the growing importance of international training
management with an online solution from Switzerland. The i-qbox Human
Performance Suite provided by Comartis allows Nespresso to offer learning
material to its growing employee population globally and enable an
effective training-management solution.
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| Food and Drug |
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LCMS Provides Technical Controls for Regulations |
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Nashua, NH (USA), April 2008 – Eedo Knowledgeware has announced that
ForceTen™, its award-winning learning content management system (LCMS), is
providing built-in technical controls for the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration's (FDA) 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 11.
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| Key Appointments |
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Web 2.0 Business Skills Innovator DTV Has New Faces |
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London (UK), April 2008 - Key strategy, content, and sales management roles
at business-skills video producer Digital Training Videos (DTV) have been
filled with the appointments of Sean Walsh and James Ralph. DTV, a web 2.0
technology-enabled learning and development innovator, delivers engaging,
relevant, up-to-date business skills videos direct to desktops. Core
benefits in DTV training are greater value, flexibility, choice, quality,
and trackability.
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| IPTS Research |
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Submit a Learning 2.0 Project to the Database! |
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Brussels (BE), April 2008 – The Seville, Spain-based Institute for
Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) is conducting a research project
on the impact of web 2.0 innovations on education and training, in
collaboration with the EU’s Directorate-General foe Education and Culture
(DG EAC).
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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WoLLNET Project to Use BTL eAssessment Tools |
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Shipley (UK), March 2008 - BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK supplier of
technology solutions for learning and assessment has announced that has
been selected as the 'technology partner' in the Workplace Literacy,
Language and Numeracy Evaluation Toolkit Project (WoLLNET). The project
will be funded by the European Commission’s Leonardo da Vinci Sub
programme (57.2%), the London Development Agency (21.4%), and the Learning
and Skills Council (21.4%).
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| Call for Papers |
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Conference: ELearning Baltics – eLBa 2008 |
Rostock, (GER), April 2008 - The International Scientific eLearning
Conference "eLBa-Science" will take place from 18 - 19 June, at the Civic
Center in Rostock. It will address all aspects of teaching and learning
with digital media and present the scientific aspects of eLearning. The
event was initiated by both representatives from science and business.
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| Third SCIL Congress |
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The Changing Face of Learning |
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St. Gallen (CH), April 2008 – SCIL – the "Swiss Centre for Innovations in
Learning" will be holding its third international congress on 22-23 May,
2008. The event revolves around the central themes of "the changing face
of learning".
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| EiFEL |
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EPortfolio & Digital Identity |
 Montreal (CA), April 2008
– The second Pan-American and Francophone ePortfolio conference will take
place at Concordia University on 5-7 May 2008. It focuses on ePortfolio
and digital identity, extending the concept of the ePortfolio, and
exploring the link between the records and services that contribute to the
emergence of a digital identity.
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| EDEN |
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New Learning Cultures: How Do We Learn? |
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Lisbon (P), April 2008 – More than 200 contributions have been submitted
for the EDEN Annual Conference, 2008 on the 11th - 14th of June, 2008. The
host, Universidade Aberta, the Portuguese Open University will share the
celebration of their twentieth anniversary with European academic and
professional practitioners and in particular, with the EDEN community.
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