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London (UK), September 2012 – Social-learning tactics will challenge
traditional classroom-based learning to become an influential
characteristic of the corporate training mix by 2014 according to the L&D
experts participating in Redtray's collaborative research programme.
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| Pace of Growth |
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Virtual College Honours 750,000th Learner |
 Ilkley
(UK), September 2012 - Virtual College is celebrating reaching a
staggering 750,000 unique online learners, an increase of quarter of a
million compared with this time last year. One of the UK’s leading online
training providers, Virtual College continues to buck the economic trend
and now boasts a team of over eighty at its offices in Ilkley, West
Yorkshire.
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| New Features |
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Webinar Series to Improve Student Outcomes |
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Longmont, CO (US), September 2012 - Sopris Learning, a provider of
evidence-based assessments, supplemental materials, intervention
solutions, positive behavior interventions and supports, and professional
development offerings, has announced that it will host its fifth seasonal
complimentary webinar series focused on ways to improve student outcomes
and meet rigorous standards with robust, relevant, real-world solutions
and classroom strategies.
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| Virtualized Support |
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Ivy Tech Community College Partners with Blackboard |
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Washington D.C. (US), September 2012 - Ivy Tech Community College,
Indiana's largest public postsecondary institution and the nation's
largest singly accredited statewide community-college system, is
partnering with Blackboard Inc. to provide technology-enabled solutions
and virtualized support for its enrollment-management efforts. This
virtual "Student Success Center" will help improve the customer-service
experience for Ivy Tech's students and assist the college in its efforts
to enroll, retain, and graduate more students.
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| English assessment |
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TOEFL® Search Service Now Available |
 Princeton, NJ /
Cincinnati, OH (US), September 2012 - Universities and colleges can now
more easily connect with potential students from around the world, thanks
to a new innovation from ETS and Hobsons. ETS, creator of the Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL®), and Hobsons, a leader in
recruitment, communication, and student-success solutions for colleges and
universities, have launched the highly anticipated TOEFL® Search Service,
an online tool connecting higher-education institutions with prospective
international students worldwide.
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| Rapid, Easy Solution |
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Kineo Launches "jumpstart" On-Demand LMS |
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Chicago, IL (US), September 2012 - Kineo US has launched jumpstart, a
bundle of services to create a rapid version of the open source Totara LMS
for small and medium businesses. The products are initially only available
to firms in the US.
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| 'Little’s Britain' |
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Study, learning and maturity |
 London
(UK), September 2012 - (by Bob Little) A recent request, received
from a journalist, ran: "Here at Staffordshire Living magazine we are
currently working on our September/October edition which includes a
feature on the options available if you would like to become a MATURE
STUDENT…" Some people would argue that being a 'mature student' is an
oxymoron.
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| Case Study |
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Saba Helps Svevia to Improve Process Performance |
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London (UK) / Växjö (SE), September 2012 - Svevia uses Saba Learning to
manage training and certifications for a countrywide workforce to improve
productivity and assure compliance. Svevia is a wholly state-owned company
and is one of Sweden’s largest road and construction contractors. Located
throughout Sweden, the company has about 2.500 employees and a turnover of
more than eight billion Swedish krona.
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| Three Steps |
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Training-Needs-Analysis Tool launched by EssentialSkillz |
 Milton Keynes (UK) /
Galway (IR), September 2012 - Global health and safety eLearning provider
EssentialSkillz has launched a new training-needs-analysis tool that
simplifies the process of identifying training requirements and enrolling
staff on courses.
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| Performance Support |
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Ontuitive Link-Up with Learning and Performance Institute |
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Leicester (UK), September 2012 - Ontuitive, a world leader in
performance-support solutions, has joined the Learning and Performance
Institute, a membership body of 3,500 learning professionals and 400
learning organisations established in 1995 to raise the standard and value
of workplace learning.
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| K-12 and Universities |
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SGL's Adaptive Mobile Learning: Software-as-a-Service |
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Boston, MA (US), September 2012 - The next generation of Adaptive Mobile
Learning (AMOL) is on the market. Synaptic Global Learning's (SGL) AMOL
supports classroom and online instruction on mobile devices (iPad1/2,
Android Tablets) with success by increasing student online-course
completion rates. Educational programs that have used AMOL - 4DL HITE
demonstrate the highest rate of course completion in online education
(90-95%). It is being adopted globally by K-12 and university
practitioners.
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| Community Ecosystem |
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Totara launches Version 2.2 |
 Whitstable, Kent (UK),
September 2012 - Totara Learning Solutions, provider of the powerful
packaged distribution of Moodle, has released Totara LMS 2.2. The launch
of Totara 2.2 is an important milestone for the company as it brings
together the latest innovations from Totara along with all the benefits of
being on the Moodle 2.x framework.
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| ALT Conference |
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A Guide to Delivering Effective Learning Experience |
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Pleasanton, CA (US) / London (UK), September 2012 – Toolwire, a global
provider in experiential learning, and Leeds Metropolitan University have
announced that they will host a presentation entitled "Bringing Reality to
Learning through Immersive Learning Environments and Serious Gaming" at
ALT-C 2012, the nineteenth international conference of the Association for
Learning Technology. The event will be held at the University of
Manchester, UK, 11-13 September 2012.
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| Masie’s Learning 2012 |
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Comcast to Receive Learning Spotlight Award |
 Saratoga Springs, NY
(US), September 2012 - The Learning CONSORTIUM is awarding Comcast the
Learning Spotlight Award for its commitment to employee engagement while
continuing to grow its business. The honor will be presented at Eliot
Masie’s Learning 2012, 21-24 October, in Orlando, FL.
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| Online Learning |
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Focus on Learning Summer Conference |
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Falkirk (GB), September 2012 - Forth Valley College in Scotland held their
"Focus on Learning Summer Conference" at the Falkirk campus 16-17 August,
during a busy period a week before student inductions. Ken George and
Debbie Fairman of Learning Nexus were invited to support the Conference
and to demonstrate what schemes, resources, and assistance are available
to them, their students, and external contacts regarding learning.
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| Connecting and Sharing |
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2012 ePortfolio Forum Announced |
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Sydney (AU), September 2012 - In a spirit of connecting and sharing, the
2012 ePortfolio Forum will be held together with the Student ePortfolio
Showcase (StePS) over two days, 27-28 September.
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| UNESCO |
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World Teachers Day 2012: Take a Stand for Teachers! |
 Geneva (CH), September
2012 - Held annually on 5 October, World Teachers’ Day (WTD) is an
important date in the calendar of the entire educational community.
Celebrated since 1994 across the globe, it is an opportunity to honour the
teaching profession and support teachers in their efforts empowering people
to build a better world.
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| Competitive Advantage |
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Mobile Learning Summit on Business-Model Innovation |
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St. Gallen (CH), September 2012 - The SwissVBS is organizing a Mobile
Learning Summit that combines two of the most relevant topics in current
business practice: mobile learning and business-model innovation. The
event will happen on 15 November in the famous Allianz Arena football
stadium in Munich, Germany.
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| AACE |
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E-LEARN 2012: World Conference on eLearning |
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Montreal/Quebec (CA), September 2012 – The E-Learn-World Conference on
eLearning in corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education is an
international conference organized by the Association for the Advancement
of Computing in Education (AACE) and co-sponsored by the International
Journal on eLearning. It will be held in Montreal, 09-12 October 2012.
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| Excellence Sought |
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MEDEA Awards Closing Soon |
 Brussels (BE), September
2012 - The fifth annual MEDEA Awards is still open for entries - the
closing date is 17 September 2012. The focus of the exercise is excellent
examples of media-based teaching and learning in European countries. The
Conference planners strongly encourage both individuals and organizations
to submit their educational media to the MEDEA Awards!
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| Keynote Speakers |
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Media & Learning Brussels 2012: Programme Available |
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Brussels (BE), September 2012 - The Media & Learning Conference, taking
place in Brussels 14-15 November 2012, is aimed at everyone who wants to
find new and effective ways to use media to enhance the learning process.
It has three main themes: "mapping future trends and developments" in
media-enhanced learning in all sectors; "boosting skills and competences"
in media-production use and reuse of media-enhanced content; and "tracking
the importance of media literacy and wisdom" as fundamental building blocks
in the creation of innovative, inclusive, and future-proof education and
training.
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