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Bucharest (RO), July 2008 - (by Elena Lita) According to the results
of the first evaluation research report on the implementation of the
IT-Based Educational System in Romania, seven out of ten teachers in the
country prefer to teach using the computer. The research was conducted
between August 2007 and May 2008 by the University of Bucharest in
collaboration with the Institute for Education Sciences, Centre for
Innovation and Development in Education (TEHNE) and the Association for
Education Sciences (ASTED).
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| Training Content |
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Oracle Buys Global Knowledge Software |
 Redwood Shores, CA (USA),
August 2008 - Oracle Corp. has bought Global Knowledge Software LLC, a
developer of enterprise software training automation tools. GKS develops
tools for building self-service training courses for enterprise software
vendors, including Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP. Its former parent, Global
Knowledge Training LLC, sells IT and business training services.
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| Revitalization |
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Regional Online-Training for Small Business Owners |
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Longmont, CO (USA), August 2008 - Destination University, the online
training library created exclusively for small business owners, will be
accessible to 32 "Main Street New Jersey" downtown districts. Main Street
New Jersey, through a grant to the Center for Non-Profits, will bring the
Destination University training offerings to all downtown business owners
located in their program's Main Street communities.
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| RapideL-i |
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Jersey City, NJ (USA), August 2008 - In a bid to combine the advantages of
offline and online authoring, Brainvisa recently added an MS Excel
converter to the online rapid-eLearning tool RapideL-i. This new feature
allows users to simply select the list of interactivities or templates
required for a course from a given MS Excel sheet.
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| Global Partner |
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Harvard Business Publishing Award 2008 |
 Boston, MA (USA) / Basel (CH), August 2008 - In an awards ceremony in
Boston, BRIDGE2THINK Group, with activities in Europe, Asia, and
Australia, was named the best Global Partner by Harvard Business
Publishing (HBP) for the third time in a row. In addition, the
management-development vendor received the award as HBP’s most successful
partner in Europe.
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| Creative Approach |
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Mix of Strategic Design Skills and Experience |
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London (UK), August 2008 - LINE Communications, a British provider of
learning and communications solutions, has launched the Learning Design
Academy, a programme to develop the innovative Learning Designers of the
future.
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| Annual Forum |
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ELearning Excellence in the Middle East 2009 |
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Dubai (UAE), August 2008 - E-TQM College is pleased to announce the 2nd
Annual Forum on eLearning Excellence in the Middle East 2009: Inspire,
Innovate, Initiate & Impact and invites all those engaged in the
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| Experiences |
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Learning While in the Hospital - eHospital |
 Krems (A), August 2008 -
eHospital has developed, piloted and evaluated eLearning courses for
various groups of hospital patients in six European countries. On the
basis of this experience, a guidance publication on organising eLearning
offerings in hospitals has been produced. On 19 September 2008, a European
conference on this topic will be held at the University of Krems, Austria.
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| Workshop |
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Active Ageing: Keep Learning, Keep Working |
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Thessaloniki (GR), August 2008 - Cedefop is currently carrying out
extensive work on how older workers learn and particularly on the
neglected issue of how to retrain and retain workers nearing retirement
age – and what motivates people to keep working past it. An international
workshop on "Working at old age – Emerging theories and empirical
perspectives on ageing and work" is to be held at Cedefop, Thessaloniki,
on 29 to 30 September, 2008.
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| University of Cyprus |
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Seventh European Conference on eLearning |
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Agia Napa (CY), August 2008 - Over the last few years, the European
Conference on eLearning (ECEL) has become a fixed place on event
calendars. It traditionally brings together both researchers and
practitioners whose aim is to explore, advance, and improve eLearning.
This year’s edition is being held on 6-7 November, 2008, at the Grecian
Bay Hotel in Agia Napa, Cyprus. The Conference is organized by the
University of Cyprus’s Department of Computer Science.
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| Best Practice |
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EureleA 2009 Has Started |
 Karlsruhe (GER), August
2008 - The European eLearning Award is a competition that is advertised
all over Europe. Since 2004, outstanding examples of teaching and learning
with digital media have received recognition. In the first five years of
its existence, more than 400 projects from 21 countries were assessed,
with the jury choosing six prize winners each year.
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| Innovations in Europe |
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Internet of Things - Internet of the Future |
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Nice (F), August 2008 - In the light of the development of first usages
related to the mobile Internet, the next step in the development of these
communication technologies will correspond to the creation of an "Internet
of Things" that will generate new links going beyond the "Internet of
computers". These topics and more will be discussed at the French European
Union Presidency Conference on "Internet of Things – Internet of the
Future", being held in Nice from 6 to 7 October 2008.
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