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ICWE and ELIG Join Forces to Lobby for eLearning |
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Berlin (GER)/Paris (FR), April 2009 - The Paris-based European Learning
Industry Group (ELIG) and the German agency ICWE, which specialises in
organizing events in education, training, and ICT, have announced that
they will work closely together to foster and implement innovative
learning technologies.
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| Contracts |
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The Latest on US Government Bids |
 Washington, DC (USA),
April 2009 - Federal, state, and local governments spend over $2 trillion
every year. GovCB.com helps businesses win government contracts and find
potential teaming partners online. GovCB is a website providing government
bid and award notices online and via email.
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| Solar Technology |
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Computer-Based Learning a Reality in Rural Senegal |
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Manassas, VA (USA), April 2009 – EarthWalk Communications in partnership
with the Academy for Educational Development, is extending opportunities
for learning with computers in rural Senegal through the use of innovative
solar-panel technologies. EcoSolar2 power solution is enabling schools to
seamlessly integrate technology into their classrooms and communities
regardless of the availability of electricity.
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| Business Cooperation |
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Kelly Services Deploys Talent-Management Suite |
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Santa Monica, CA (USA), April 2009 – Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. has
announced that Kelly Services, a provider of workforce management services
and human resources solutions, is deploying Cornerstone’s integrated
learning and talent-management software suite to nearly 659,000 employees
worldwide, including temporary professional employees and full-time
employees.
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| Generational Perspectives |
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Fostering Diversity: Leading Across the Ages |
 Boston, MA (USA), April 2009 – Harvard Business Publishing
has released Leading Across the Ages: Reframing Generational Perspectives,
an online course based on extensive research by Tamara Erickson,
award-winning expert, author, and speaker on managing the generations in a
changing workforce. European distributor for Learning Across the Ages is
the Swiss Company bridge2think AG.
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| Letter from UK |
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'Little’s Britain': Benefits of experience |
 London
(UK), April 2009 - (by Bob Little)The recent eLearning Network
meeting in London produced a valuable insight from Charles Jennings,
recently retired as chief learning officer at Thomson Reuters and now
heading up the Duntroon consultancy. Jennings revealed research results
showing that the effectiveness of any learning depends primarily on what
the learner’s manager does before the learning intervention – such as
stating what is expected of the learner and how the learner will be
measured.
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| Learning Technologies |
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HowToMoodle to Speak at informatology Conference |
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London (UK), April 2009 - Ray Lawrence of HowToMoodle will run workshops in
the open-source learning-management system Moodle at the 2009 informatology
Learning Conference held in London, 23-25 June 2009. Keynote speakers
include Sir John Whitmore, pioneer of executive coaching; the BBC’s online
and informal learning manager, Nick Shackleton-Jones; and Jane Hart social
media and learning consultant.
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| Networking |
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Higher Education Exploring ICT Use for Lifelong Learning |
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Brussels (BE), April 2009 - HEXTLEARN invites colleagues to network and
collaborate. HEXTLEARN is an international community of Higher Education
Institutions willing to share their experience related to using ICT!
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| Sharing Information |
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White Paper: Delivering Assessments Safely and Securely |
 Norwalk, CT (USA), April
2009 - Questionmark has released a white paper that takes a new look at
ways to keep tests secure and offers special-focus Web seminars on
Authoring, Reporting, Perception 4.4. The white paper explains
cost-effective security measures that match each assessment's stakes. It
further suggests security solutions and testing environments for
everything from low-stakes satisfaction surveys to high-stakes licensure
exams.
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| Training Investments |
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Major Funding for eLearning in Australia |
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Brisbane (AU), April 2009 - More than 145 projects have been awarded a
share of $5.3 million to develop innovative eLearning training solutions
in all states and territories in 2009 and $1,070,000 has been awarded to
develop six new Flexible Learning Toolboxes that will support the delivery
of nationally endorsed training packages in critical industries.
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| Long-Term Planning |
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Invitation to World of Learning 2009 in the UK |
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Birmingham (UK), April 2009 - The UK’s key conference and exhibition for
business learning, World of Learning 2009, will draw thousands of learning
and development professionals to the National Exhibition Centre (NEC),
Birmingham when it takes place on 30 September - 1 October 2009.
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| How to participate |
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MEDEA Awards: Open Call for Participation in 2009 |
 Roosbeek (BE), April
2009 - The MEDEA Organising Committee has announced the start of a new
MEDEA Awards year. MEDEA Awards were created to recognise and promote
excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media-rich learning
resources at all levels of education and to highlight good practice in the
use of media and video in the classroom.
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| Stakeholders Forum |
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Removing the Barriers to Creativity and Innovation? |
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Brussels (BE), April 2009 – The Learnovation Roundtable with the support of
the European Commission invites active participation for the Learnovation
Open Forum, organised as a contribution to the European Year of Creativity
and Innovation on 27 May in Brussels.
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| Interactive Learning |
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Special Tracks for ICL 2009 announced |
 Villach (AT), April 2009
- The twelfth International Conference on Interactive Computer-aided
Learning (ICL) 2009 announces two special tracks during the conference:
The Special Track on Computer-based Knowledge and Skill Assessment and
Feedback in Learning Settings (CAF 2009) and the Special Track on Mashups
for Learning.
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| Call for Papers |
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Virtual Participation in WMSCI 2009 is Now Possible |
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Orlando FL, (USA), April 2009 – The thirteenth World Multi-Conference on
Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI) 2009 held in Orlando,
Florida, USA from 10-13 July, 2009 invites virtual participation. Each
regular session will be linked to a corresponding virtual session where
all final versions of the articles to be presented will be displayed, and
where authors can comment them via electronic forums.
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