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$2.65 Million for eLearning Innovation in Australia |
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Brisbane (AU), September 2010 – Australian registered training
organisations (RTOs) can apply for a share of $2.65 million in funding and
support to develop innovative eLearning solutions that empower learners and
better meet the training needs of business. The national training system’s
eLearning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework, is
allocating 2011 eLearning Innovations funding on a pro-rata basis to each
state and territory.
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| Management Skills |
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The Working Manager Goes New Zealand |
 Cirencester (UK), September 2010 - The Working Manager Ltd
(TWM), a provider of web-enabled practical management education, has
launched the TWM New Zealand Academy, a powerful opportunity for the New
Zealand business community. The academy is directed at businesses and
individuals wanting to develop leadership and management skills that can
be applied immediately in the workspace.
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| Branching Out |
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IMC Intensifies Sales Activities in Europe |
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Saarbrücken (GER), September 2010 – IMC AG has tapped into another foreign
market after opening up a new branch. The IMC office in Amsterdam, from
where activities in the Netherlands and Belgium are managed, has now begun
its operations.
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| eLearning Europe |
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COMBLE Selected as Project of the Month |
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Barcelona (ES)/Wildau (GER) - September 2010 – The website
elearningeuropa.info, an initiative of the European Commission’s
Directorate-General for Education and Culture, chose COMBLE as its
"Project of the Month". COMBLE’S aim is to improve the quality of blended
learning.
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| Online Courses |
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Half a Million Sign up for Free Interactive Website |
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Galway (IE)/London (UK), September 2010 - With unemployment still at record
levels, education is under the radar as the answer to increasing
competitiveness and aid economic recovery. The Irish company ALISON, a
free online learning website, has seen its numbers of registered learners
worldwide reach 500,000, with 40,000 of these being Irish people.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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A spoonful of sugar helps eLearning’s medicine go down |
 London
(UK), September 2010 - (by Bob Little) In that enduring Disney
children’s classic, 'Mary Poppins', Julie Andrews – in the title role of
the magical nanny – sings: 'In every job that must be done, there is an
element of fun. You find the fun and 'snap' [click of fingers], the job’s
a game…'
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| Higher Education |
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Online Learning to Accelerate Best Practice |
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London (UK), September 2010 - ILX Group plc has announced that its
eLearning APM Introductory Certificate in Project Management modules have
now been integrated into selected undergraduate and post-graduate courses
at the Canterbury Christ Church University. Students are now able to learn
project-management skills that can be applied in the work environment
straight away.
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| Adobe Training |
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Professional Blended, Classroom, and Online Courses |
 London/York (UK),
September 2010 – Software packages like Photoshop, Flash, and InDesign are
becoming more and more complex with every version. Highlander, an
authorised training centre in the UK, offers blended-learning courses on
the Adobe product range.
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| Job Market |
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Connecting Chemical Industry with Potential Applicants |
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Berlin (GER), September 2010 - FIZ CHEMIE has launched a project that
allows high-quality workplaces and operating processes to be presented on
the free-to-access education platform ChemgaPedia. Companies can now share
industrial learning units (ILUs), and CHEMGAROO special editors at FIZ
CHEMIE provide technical and didactic support.
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| Distance Learning |
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University of Wales Institute Chooses Luminosity |
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Bristol (UK), September 2010 – The leading Welsh university UWIC has
confirmed its purchase of the Luminosity rapid-eLearning-development
software platform from CM Group.
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Online discussions
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| eLearning Alliance AGM |
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Learning Nexus Puts Return on Investment on the Agenda |
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London (UK), September 2010 - In a bid to help members achieve the
successful implementation of eLearning strategies at a time when many
training departments are facing resourcing challenges, eLearning-solutions
provider Learning Nexus has put return on investment (ROI) on the eLearning
Alliance AGM’s agenda.
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| Accessibility |
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Blackboard Learn Achieves Gold Certification |
 Washington, DC
(USA), September 2010 - Blackboard Inc. has announced that the National
Federation of the Blind (NFB) has awarded Blackboard Learn its Nonvisual
Accessibility Gold Certification, stating that the company's software was
the most accessible education application that the NFB had tested. This
makes it the first and only learning-management system to achieve
certification.
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| Recruitment |
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Saffron Responds to New eLearning Challenges |
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London (UK), September 2010 - Saffron Interactive, specialist in eLearning,
mobile, and blended learning, has announced a new project to launch an
eLearning platform for Recruitment Juice, an innovative recruitment
training company. As a surge of applicants swamp the market, recruiters
face unique new training challenges to keep ahead.
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| Collaboration |
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Kaplan IT Learning Partners with Larmer Brown |
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Atlanta, GA (USA), September 2010 - Larmer Brown and Kaplan IT Learning
have joined forces to offer business transformation, content development,
and training services for STT and Atlantic Link products, including STT
Trainer, STT InfoShare, Content Point, Capture Point, and Knowledge Point.
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| Call for Papers |
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Problems of Education in the 21st Century |
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Siauliai (LT), September 2010 - Problems of Education in the 21st Century
is an international, periodical, peer-reviewed scientific journal issued
by the SMC “Scientia Educologica; the publication is currently inviting
submissions for the forthcoming issue. Papers can be submitted in Russian
and English and will be peer reviewed by the International Scientific
Committee for acceptance.
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| UK Strategist |
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Schools Leaving Too Many Children Behind
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 Berlin (GER), September 2010 - Our schools are leaving too many
children behind and are failing to teach skills that are relevant for the
future. These are key points criticised by Charles Leadbeater,
acknowledged UK education and innovation strategist. "In a world of
information and misinformation on the web, we need people to learn how to
search, question and think rather than copy and memorise," he argues. As a
result, school curricula will soon become obsolete.
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| Grant Opportunity |
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Winter School on Learning Innovations |
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Essen (GER)/Athens (GR), September 2010 - A unique grant opportunity for a
"Winter School" on learning innovations is open: teachers, careers
officers and management, administrative staff of schools and other
organisations in the fields of agriculture, food, and environment are
invited to apply for the program in Athens, Greece.
[more...] |
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| Save the Date |
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National Distance Learning Week |
 Philadelphia, PA (USA),
September 2010 – This year’s National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) is
08-12 November. It seeks to promote and celebrate the growth and
accomplishments occurring in distance-learning programs offered by
schools, businesses, and governmental departments.
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| Education Week |
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Participate-Collaborate-Connect in South Africa |
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Johannesburg (ZA), September 2010 - Education Week is Africa’s leading
education meeting forum and takes place at Emperors Palace Johannesburg 28
– 30 September 2010. It features over sixty of the industry's most
recognized speakers presenting three conference tracks, as well as five
pre-conference master classes and a workshop on digital publishing geared
specifically towards educational publishers.
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