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Kazakhstan Invests in Language Teaching |
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Turku (FI)/Astana (KZ) March 2011 - Kazakhstan is transforming the
country’s entire education system with its "Towards Competitive
Kazakhstan" programme. The aim of the Ministry of Education and Science is
to upgrade the quality of education on all study levels and to integrate
Kazakhstan into the world economy by developing internationally
competitive skills. There is especially a need for more extensive studies
in foreign languages such as Russian and English.
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| Social Archive |
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Commonwealth Jubilee Time Capsule |
 London (UK), March 2011 -
In honour of Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, The Royal
Commonwealth Society (RCS) is assembling the world’s largest online time
capsule, which will cover each day of her sixty years as Head of the
Commonwealth. The RCS is inviting people all over the world, young and
old, to contribute memories from the last sixty years, whether in the form
of stories, photographs, films, or videos.
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| Language Skills |
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Italian Ministry of Education Engages goFLUENT |
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Rome (IT), March 2011 - The Italian Ministry of Education has become the
second European government department – following France’s Education
Ministry – to work with goFLUENT, a provider of distance English training,
in offering English language learning for schoolchildren.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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Corporate eLearning’s dilemma with Government |
 London
(UK), March 2011 - (by Bob Little) Technically, the UK Government –
and there’s every reason to believe that other European governments take
the same view - says that it wants to, and does, encourage small and
medium sized companies (SMEs) to bid for, and get, Government contracts.
The Government says that this will provide the taxpayer with greater value
for money because SMEs tend to be more creative, flexible and so on – and
also tend to be cheaper because they don’t have the overheads of a larger
firm.
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| Cost Benefits |
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Spend Less and Still Make eLearning More Effective? |
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Bristol (UK), March 2011 - Can eLearning be cost effective in your
organisation? What are the costs, and where are the returns when using
eLearning? Tim Buff examines the real costs of eLearning on the CM Group
Learning blog and explores how you can make sure your own eLearning
programme yields the cost benefits you want whilst increasing the
educational effectiveness of your training.
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| Learnscape |
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Learning Light Creates Learning Consultancy Model |
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Sheffield (UK), March 2011 - Learning Light has developed a consultancy
model intended to move an organisation from operating a traditional
"command-and-control-led" training model to becoming a "learning
organisation", where learning makes a positive impact on the
organisation’s bottom line.
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| On the Go |
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Certpoint Previews New m-Learning Innovations |
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Roslyn, NY (USA), March 2011 – At the Learning Technologies Exhibition at
London’s Olympia 2 in January and the iLearning Forum at Paris’ Espace
Champerret in February, Certpoint Systems Inc. gave European learning and
training professionals a look at the future of m-learning and performance
support.
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| Benchmarking |
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digital publishing Becomes Towards Maturity Ambassador |
 Munich (GER)/London (UK), March 2011
- digital publishing, a provider of computer-based online language
training, has announced its participation in the Towards Maturity's
Ambassador Programme. Towards Maturity, an internationally recognized
benchmarking organization for learning innovation, tenders independent
expert advice and support in the application of learning innovation to
accelerate business performance.
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| Accolades & Certification |
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eXact Learning Solutions Receives High Marks |
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Sestri Levante (IT), March 2011 - eXact Learning Solutions, a technology
partner of TRIO, a web-based learning system in use in Italy’s Tuscany
Region, has announced that TRIO has brought positive effects to the
region. Furthermore, the latest version of its LCMS – eXact LCMS version 7
– has been certified as conforming to the latest SCORM standard: SCORM 2004
Third Edition.
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| Equality and Diversity |
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Irish Universities Partner with Aurion Learning |
 Belfast, Northern Ireland
(UK), March 2011 - Aurion Learning has announced its success in winning a
new contract to develop an equality and diversity eLearning programme for
the Irish Universities Association (IUA) Equality Network, a sub-group of
the Irish Universities Association.
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| Research Resources |
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Opening of the European Studies Library |
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Luxembourg (LU), March 2011 - The "European Studies Library" of the
European Investment Bank EIB and the University of Luxembourg has
officially opened its doors. The EIB document collection transferred to
the University under an agreement reached between the two institutions in
2008 is now available to the members of the University of Luxembourg and
to European and international academic and scientific circles.
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| With Guest Speakers |
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Annual Showcase Harvard Business Publishing in London |
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London (UK), March 2011 - LMMatters, the UK partner to Harvard Business
Publishing, holds its annual showcase on 15 June, in London. It's an event
with engaging guest speakers, great networking, and a chance to try out
LMatter’s range of trusted online-leadership and management-development
resources.
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| Expert Community |
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IADIS International Conference eLearning 2011 |
 Rome (IT), March 2011 -
The International Association for Development of the Information Society
(IADIS) eLearning 2011 conference, held 20-23 July 2011, in Rome, will
address the main issues of concern within eLearning. This conference
covers both the technical and non-technical aspects of eLearning.
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| E-LEARN 2011 |
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World Conference on eLearning |
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Honolulu, HI (USA), March 2011 – With this year’s event being held 17-21
October, this annual conference series is an international
multi-disciplinary forum designed to facilitate the exchange of
information and ideas on research, issues, developments, and applications
in regard to a broad range of eLearning topics. E-Learn is an innovative
collaboration between eLearning researchers and practitioners from the
corporate, government, healthcare, and higher-education sectors.
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| Call for Submissions |
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Ninth International ePortfolio & Identity Conference |
 London (UK), March 2011 -
How do ePortfolios contribute to the identity-construction process? How do
ePortfolios support the acquisition of 21st-century skills? How do
ePortfolios support lifelong learning, orientation, and employability? Why
are ePortfolio generally still non-interoperable? To find the answers to
these questions and more, join the ninth ePortfolio and Identity
Conference (ePIC), 11-13 July 2011, at the Savoy Place, London.
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| Call for Participation |
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Join the ED-MEDIA Multi-Disciplinary Forum in Portugal |
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Lisbon (PT), March 2011 - ED-MEDIA-World Conference on Educational
Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications will be held 27 June-01 July
2011, in Lisbon, Portugal. This international conference is organized by
the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), and
the submission of proposals is invited until 12 April 2011.
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