| Get Involved |
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Compare and Improve How You Use Learning Technologies |
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Brighton (UK), April 2012 - Brightwave has partnered with Towards Maturity
in the launch of a benchmark designed to dig deeper into how learning
technologies can support customer strategies. The results of the survey
will be released as a report in May 2012.
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| Hand Held |
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University of Salzburg Launches Blackboard Mobile Learn |
 Salzburg (AT), April 2012 - With the
start of the spring semester in March 2012, the University of Salzburg went
mobile. The University selected Blackboard Mobile Learn to give students
and faculty access to their courses, content, and organizations on a
variety of mobile devices.
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| Open Access |
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Free Guide: Mobile Learning - Building It Right |
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Brighton (UK), April 2012 – Kineo is currently providing advice and
information on mobile learning in a series of free guides on mobile
learning in practice. Mobile learning has pushed beyond the "what if" hype
to "what now" – how do we make this work for real?
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| Training for EU Staff |
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New Blended-learning Project on EU Governance |
 Sestri Levante (IT),
April 2012 - The European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), the
College of Europe, and eXact learning solutions have been awarded a
four-year contract to provide the European Commission, Parliament, and its
Bodies and Agencies with online blended-learning materials and programmes
on EU decision making, law, and policies.
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| Cloud Infrastructure |
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Training for Moving to a Cloud-Based IaaS Model |
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Schaumburg, IL (USA), April 2012 – TrainSignal have announced the release
of their VMware vCloud Director Essentials Training course. This course
teaches administrators of vSphere environments how to use VMware vCD to
provide IT resources on-demand.
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| Content Creation |
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CrossKnowledge Launches Mohive 12.1 |
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London (UK), April 2012 - CrossKnowledge, a European provider of
distance-learning solutions, has announced a major update to Mohive, its
collaborative content-creation platform. The version brings new advantages
such as complete integration with the CrossKnowledge Learning Suite.
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| War for Talent |
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Talking about Human Resources Development |
 Saarbrücken (GER), April 2012 - IMC AG has published the
third part of the interview series "10 questions about…". Below are
excerpts from the interview with Rosemarie Clarner, HR expert and Senior
Partner Human Resources at Scheer Management GmbH.
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| Health Sector |
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Increasing Productivity with Learning Automation |
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Pasco, WA (USA), April 2012 - Vivid Learning Systems has provided Kittitas
Valley Community Hospital (KVCH) with a new training program powered by a
robust enterprise learning- management system (LMS), including
comprehensive OSHA and healthcare-compliance course libraries.
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| Language Learning |
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Speexx to Extend Global Reach with New Office in Brazil |
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Munich (GER) / São Paulo (BR), April 2012 - dp (digital publishing), the
provider of corporate language training Speexx, has opened its first
office in South America. The move increases the Speexx footprint
worldwide, with other local offices sited in China, France, Spain, Italy,
the UK, and Germany.
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| Going Visual |
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Learning Nexus Launches New Video Newsletter |
 London (UK), April 2012 -
Learning Nexus, an online learning specialist in the UK, has launched a new
video newsletter that will be sent to all customers and subscribers on a
monthly basis.
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| Expanding Market |
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The Training Associates Announces Record Growth in 2011 |
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Westboro, MA (USA), April 2012 - The Training Associates (TTA) has
announced a record growth in 2011, with a 175% increase in sales over the
previous year and sales growth of 103% over the last four years. TTA
projects 2012 sales of over $60 million, with continued profits above
industry averages.
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| New Partnership |
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JZero Solutions Delivers Online Training for Airwave |
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London (UK), April 2012 - Airwave has chosen JZero Solutions as their
learning-management- system (LMS) partner to host and deliver online
training solutions to its clients. JZero’s JLMS Enterprise platform will
be the driving force behind the delivery platform.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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The Shadow between the Idea and Reality |
 London
(UK), April 2012 - (by Bob Little) The term "eLearning" was first
coined in the mid-1990s. Before that, it was "computer based training".
Over the last 20 years or so, if the idea has been to harvest the promise
of eLearning in every aspect of corporate learning, what has obscured that
reality?
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| Oil & Gas Industry |
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ATEC Approved for Training Initiative in North America |
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Houston, TX (USA), April 2012 – The Atec Training and Certification
Services Center in Houston is the first to meet the stringent criteria set
by learning and skills specialist Atlas to invigilate the International
Minimum Industry Safety Training (IMIST) eLearning programme, a global
initiative developed to drastically improve safety standards for the
offshore workforce worldwide.
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| STEM District |
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New Educational Initiative for Maths and Sciences |
 Lancaster, TX (USA), April 2012 -
The Texas Instruments (TI) Foundation, Educate Texas, and Lancaster
Independent School District (LISD) have announced an initiative to
systemically change science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) education at all levels in the district over the next four years.
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| Digital Schools |
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Transforming Education in Africa |
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London (UK), April 2012 - In November 2011, the British Council and
Microsoft began a five-year education-and-training partnership by
launching the African Digital Schools project. Claire Ighodaro CBE, an
Independent Director at the British Council shares her thoughts on the
need to foster innovative thinking in a fast-paced world.
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| Special Issue |
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The Temporal Dimensions of eLearning |
 Oxford (UK)/Barcelona
(ES), April 2012 - The journal eLearning and Digital Media is planning a
special issue on the temporal dimensions of eLearning and has launched a
call for proposals. Abstracts need to be submitted by 30 April and final
papers (upon acceptance) by 31 October.
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| Electricity at Work |
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Virtual College Launches Online PAT Testing Course |
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Ilkley (UK), April 2012 - In response to its customers’ requests, the
Trades e-Academy, a division of Virtual College, has introduced an online
training solution that provides competency for Portable Appliance Testing
(PAT).
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Celebrating Ten Years of Online Teaching Resources |
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Tucson, AZ (USA), April 2012 - Learning A-Z, a provider of online
resources for teachers and students, and a business unit of Cambium
Learning® Group, Inc. is marking its ten-year anniversary by celebrating
all year long. Each month, Learning A-Z is launching a significant new
feature to its websites and holding contests that invite educators to
share ideas.
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| Workplace Learning |
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ELearning Baltics Opens Registration |
 Rostock (GER), April 2012
- Themed "Learning, Training and Assistance at the Workplace", eLearning
Baltics (eLBa) 2012 is taking place 21-22 in Rostock, Germany. This is the
fifth eLBa, which combines an international scientific conference, eLBa
Science, and the Business User Forum eLBa Business.
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| Call for Papers |
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Online Educa Berlin Reaches Beyond Tomorrow |
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Berlin (GER), April 2012 - Themed "Reaching Beyond Tomorrow", Online Educa
Berlin (OEB) 2012 will investigate how to get from our present situation
in the midst of a crisis to a more inclusive future in which technology
enables everyone to improve and enrich themselves. The call for papers is
now open until 01 June.
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| Europe’s Biggest |
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Blackboard Teaching & Learning Conference |
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Antwerp (BE), April 2012 - Blackboard invites users to Antwerp for the
Blackboard Teaching & Learning Conference 2012, being held 23-25 April.
This conference is the largest Blackboard event of the year in Europe, and
participants can meet experts, connect with peers, and hear about
Blackboard's product roadmap.
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| Higher Education |
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Discuss the Potentials of Learning Analytics |
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Vancouver (CA), April 2012 - Learning analytics is gaining momentum for its
capacity to respond to and inform the dynamic and complex landscape of
education and learning. Join the second International Conference on
Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK12) in Vancouver, Canada, being held
29 April-02 May 2012.
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| International Forum |
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Education and New Learning Technologies |
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Barcelona (ES), April 2012 - EDULEARN12, the fourth annual international
conference on education and new learning technologies is being held in
Barcelona, Spain, on 02-04 July. The attendance of more than 700 delegates
from 75 different countries is expected.
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| Get Connected |
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Conference on Telecommunications |
 Stuttgart (GER), April
2012 – The eighth Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications
(AICT) is being held in Stuttgart, Germany, 27 May-01 June 2012. New
telecommunications paradigms such as next-generation networks, IP
multimedia systems, and IPTV will be discussed.
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| Standards Compliance |
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Lectora eLearning Software Hosts Free Webinar |
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Cincinnati, OH (USA), April 2012 - Lectora® eLearning software is providing
a free webinar to demonstrate how to best publish eLearning courses to
SCORM and AICC for a learning-management system (LMS). Led by expert
trainers, the session provides tools to create and effectively deliver
eLearning courses and training.
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| Networking |
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Greek eLearning Conference and Expo 2012 |
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Athens (GR), April 2012 - For the fourth consecutive, the free conference
and expo for eLearning in Greece is taking place. This year’s edition is
06-07 October 2012 at the Eugenides Foundation, and the main subject is
"Digital Learning for All".
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| Network Learning |
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Open and Social Technologies |
 Tallinn (EE), April 2012
– Tallinn is hosting an IFIP open working conference on "Open and Social
Technologies for Networked Learning", 30 July-03 August 2012. Tallinn
University and University of Tampere (FI) are jointly organizing the
event.
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| Come Together |
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IADIS International Conference eLearning 2012 |
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Lisbon (PT), April 2012 - The IADIS eLearning 2012 conference is being held
in Lisbon, 17–20 July. The event covers both technical and non-technical
aspects of eLearning. IADIS is the International Association for
Development of the Information Society.
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| Call for Presentations |
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Seventh EFQUEL Innovation Forum - in Granada |
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Granada (ES), April 2012 - The European Foundation for Quality in eLearning
invites submissions of research papers for to the seventh EQFUEL Innovation
Forum, to be held in Granada, Spain, 05-07 September 2012. The theme is
"Learning for Open Innovation"; submission is open until 06 May.
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