| Home Access |
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Stone Group Supplies Laptops to Low-Income Families |
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London (UK), February 2010 - Stone Group has been appointed as one of
Becta’s provisional "approved suppliers" for the Home Access programme.
The government-funded programme underpins the government’s vision for more
children to have access to technology at home to support learning.
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| Accreditation |
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Brightwave Appointed as Supplier for the Public Sector |
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Brighton (UK), February 2010 - ELearning Development Company of the Year,
Brightwave, has been selected as an approved supplier for the
public-sector eLearning framework, Buying Solutions, which aims to improve
value for money and efficiencies. This means that UK public-sector
organisations can commission eLearning without having to repeat burdensome
procurement and assessment exercises, with the assurance that Brightwave
meets the highest standards and delivers excellent value.
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| Good for You |
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Recipe for eLearning Success |
 Ilkley (UK), February
2010 - A new eLearning menu is being served up to the food, drink, and
hospitality sectors. Offering a variety of courses, it comes courtesy of
the newly established Food, Drink & Hospitality e-Academy and is the
latest 'dish of the day' from online-training pioneer Virtual College,
based in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.
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| Learning Industry |
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Work and Salary Survey 2009 |
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Bromsgrove (UK), February 2010 - Blue Eskimo, a recruitment company for
professionals in the areas of training, learning, and eLearning, has
published its 2009 work and salary survey. It shows that learning
professionals are working harder than before and are being paid less, but
there are signs that the worse may now be over. The intent of the survey
was to gather and publish information about key aspects of employment in
the learning industry. Over 500 learning professionals participated during
the fourth quarter of 2009.
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| Survey |
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UK Employers Satisfied with Employee Training |
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Macclesfield (UK), February 2010 - QDP Services has revealed employer
satisfaction figures based on opinions of 5,469 employers from 56
education and training providers nationwide. The results show that most
employers are very happy with the training services available to them and
their employees.
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Giunti Labs among Thirty Companies to Watch |
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Florence (IT), February 2010 – In a recent report, Outsell, Inc. - a
research and advisory firm for the publishing and information industries -
named Giunti Labs as one of thirty companies in the world "to watch"
because of its potential impact on the publishing and information-provider
community. Others mentioned include Apple, Blackboard, Bloomberg, E Ink,
Kaplan, National Public Radio and TechCrunch.
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| Letter from UK |
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Helping government officials get it right |
 London
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were lots of stories about embarrassing data loss – mostly involving the
Government. These stories led to government reviews including the Poynter
Review, the Cabinet Office Data Handling Review and a cross-government
review of data handling procedures. These highlighted 'systemic, rather
than individual failures', due to 'woefully inadequate systems' and that
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| Rapid eLearning |
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Mohive Introduces Partner Integration |
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Oslo (NO), February 2010 – Mohive has launches "ProAssist", a brand-new
capability that enables subject-matter experts (SMEs) to rapidly create
content and at the same time, leverage expertise from professional
developers. Subject-matter experts can use ProAssist to connect and
collaborate with their extended eLearning partner network live and in real
time whenever help is required.
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| IT Training Awards |
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Global Knowledge UK Crowned Innovators |
.gif) London (UK), February
2010 – Global Knowledge, provider of IT and business-skills training, has
won the Innovation in Training Services award sponsored by the IT Service
Management Team at the IT industry’s prestigious Training Awards. Global
Knowledge was also named a finalist for the External Training Project of
the Year and Training Company of the Year awards sponsored by Prometric
and Ricoh, respectively.
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| Trial Version |
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London (UK), February 2010 – If you are looking to move assessments online,
try Questionmark Perception version 5. Signing up for thirty days of
Questionmark On Demand will enables to set up trial surveys, quizzes, and
tests and see how they work.
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| Age-Diversity |
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The mature@eu eLearning Platform Is Here |
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Vienna (AT), February 2010 – The mature@eu eLearning platform has been
custom designed to provide clear guidance and practical support on all
aspects of age diversity in recruitment. It offers a self-directed
learning experience, is FREE of charge, and is available in sixteen
languages.
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| Appointment |
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Albert Lilly: New Vice President of Marketing at Cobent |
Oxfordshire (UK), February 2010 – Cobent has announced the appointment of
Albert Lilly as the new Vice President of Marketing. Reporting to CEO
Howard Sears, Lilly will be responsible for spearheading Cobent's global
marketing, branding, and demand-generation efforts for enterprise learning
and compliance-training software solutions.
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| Higher Education |
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Why Do Students (Not) Blog? |
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Leeds (UK), February 2010 – Positive impacts on learning through blogging,
such as active knowledge construction and reflective writing, have been
reported. However, not many students use weblogs, even when appropriate
facilities are offered by their universities. Researchers Monika
Andergassen, Reinhold Behringer, Janet Finlay, Andrea Gorra, and David
Moore from Leeds Metropolitan University, UK have introduced their
findings on the reasons for this apparent aversion.
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| Astronomy Questionnaire |
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Input for New eLearning Modules Wanted |
 Pallini Attikis (GR),
February 2010 - The EU project COSMOS is funded under the eContentplus
programme and creates eLearning modules on Astronomy, offering a large
collection through one portal. The needs of teachers and students are
currently assessed via an online questionnaire.
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| Health & Safety |
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Training to Teach about Bloodborne Pathogens in Schools |
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Virginia Beach, VA (USA), February 2010 - Coastal Training Technologies has
announced the release of Bloodborne Pathogens in Schools: The Fundamentals,
a training program that explains how school staff members can stop the
spread of bloodborne pathogens.
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| eAssessment |
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BTL SecureClient Passes Independent Testing |
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Shipley (UK), February 2010 - BTL Group Ltd, a UK-based provider of
eAssessment solutions has announced that their SecureClient software has
passed rigorous independent testing. The test performed was the Microsoft
Platform Test for ISV Solutions on VeriTest®.
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| BILD Conference 2010 |
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Learning and Development: The Next Five Years |
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Bristol/Milton Keynes (UK), February 2010 – The British Institute for
Learning and Development (BILD) is to hold its annual conference on 10
June 2010 at the Open University in Milton Keynes. The conference provides
an opportunity for L&D professionals to update their knowledge of a range
of initiatives to better equip and engage learners and increase the impact
of learning.
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| Win a Camera! |
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eLearning Africa Launches Online Photo Competition |
 Berlin (GER)/Lusaka (ZM),
February 2010 - How have mobile phones, the Internet, computers and the
audiovisual media changed people’s lives on the African continent? To find
out, eLearning Africa has launched an online photography contest. The
organisers are inviting people from Africa to submit images that show how
they live, learn and work with Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs).
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| Business Platform |
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Global Learning Academy 2010 South Africa |
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Johannesburg (ZA), February 2010 – The SALVO Global Learning Academy 2010
will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 10–12 May. It is themed
around "Expanding horizons of human intellect and sustaining a learning
culture"; global learning executives from across all major industry
sectors are invited to attend.
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| Language & Media Conferen |
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The Digital Revolution - Boon or Bane? |
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Berlin (GER), February 2010 - At the eighth Languages & The Media
conference and exhibition, participants will discuss changes, innovations,
and the latest developments in the global media world with a focus on
language transfer in the audiovisual media. The international event takes
place from 06-08 October at Berlin's Hotel InterContinental.
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