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» Newsletter CHECK.point eLearning, European News, 12/12/2013 - www.checkpoint-elearning.com - ISSN 1613-4710
Learneurope Educational Open E-Tools on the EU Barcelona (E), December 2013 - Learn Europe is a new educational platform that focuses on teaching students about the history, geography, and economics of the European Union. The website, created by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC) and the University of Lleida (UdL), offers a wealth of purpose-made educational resources and links to other sites available online. » more ELCET An eLearning Content-Evaluation Tool Sheffield (UK), December 2013 - In association with The Virtual College, Learning Light, a company that provides advice and help to organisations using eLearning and learning technologies to improve their business performance, has developed an eLearning content-evaluation tool (ELCET). » more Expansion NetDimensions Enters the Nordic Market Aalborg (DK), December 2013 - NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning management systems, is further expanding its European presence by establishing an office in Denmark to cover the Nordic countries. The company has defined a clear market focus and continues to invest in growth by increasing its direct presence in key global markets. The new office in Denmark follows the company’s expansion in Australia earlier in the year and in Germany last year. » more "Learning Moves" Keeping Your Feet in a Digitally Mobile World Berlin (GER), December 2013 - Hyper-connected individuals have vast power beneath their fingertips. Logging onto the internet may have become a banality of the modern age, but our engagement with it promises vast benefits - and hitherto-unheard-of dangers. This was one of the focal points of the Opening Plenary at Online Educa Berlin 2013. » more IMC’s MOOC Platform More Attractive and Open to Other Training Providers Saarbruecken (GER), December 2013 - Since its inception this year, the MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platform OpenCourseWorld from IMC AG, a leading European eLearning provider, has offered free, open online courses. The programmes are available to students, company employees, and other individuals. More than 10,000 participants have already taken a course. The learning content is created in collaboration with experts with practical experience and lecturers from renowned universities. OpenCourseWorld thus offers top-class academic and practical knowledge. » more Advertisement Survey Results MySQL Users Open up on Open Source London (UK)/ Helsinki (FI), December 2013 - SkySQL, a provider of open-source database technology, has announced results from the first-ever MySQL Insights Survey. Conducted between August and September this year, 244 respondents from enterprises, SMEs, and public-sector organizations expressed their opinions on the fast-changing world of open-source software. » more Charity Learning Engaging eLearning Has an Impact at Addaction London (UK), December 2013 - Boring eLearning gets a bad reputation – but it doesn’t have to be this way! The L&D team at Addaction created an engaging eLearning Infection Control module which had a far reaching effect within the organisation. Judges were impressed with the impact the tailor-made course had on staff, and it won the Best eLearning Programme in the Charity Learning Awards 2013. » more IMS GLC Interoperability Standards for Education San Diego, CA (USA), December 2013 - Interoperability is a major concern as platforms and technologies for learning proliferate. SCORM and the xAPI, LMSs, and LRSs came about because of attention from government and corporate organizations. But what about the education field? The IMS Global Learning Consortium provides guidance and support for learning technology in educational organizations worldwide. » more IMC Selected Learning Portal Companies Award Saarbruecken (GER)/Melbourne (AUS), December 2013 - As part of its commitment to continuously monitor the training marketplace for the best providers and services, TrainingIndustry.com has released its 2013 Top 20 Learning Portal Companies List. IMC, with its Learning Suite, has been selected as a “2013 Top 20 Learning Portals Company”. » more Training Animation Finance for Non-Financial Managers London (UK), December 2013 - Video Arts has launched a new version of one of its most successful training videos, "The Balance Sheet Barrier”, which has been helping managers worldwide to understand the fundamentals of business finance and the secrets of accounts for twenty years. The classic film has been remade as an animation, but it still features the images and distinctive voices of John Cleese and Dawn French, who starred in the original. » more Advertisement Better Outcomes Norfolk & Suffolk Dementia Alliance Launches “Let’s Talk” Pleasanton, CA (USA) / London (UK), December 2013 - Toolwire has announced Norfolk and Suffolk Dementia Alliance’s launch of a new range of online learning tools to help users develop essential skills in communicating with people living with dementia. The series of digital-media simulations called “Let’s Talk” enables professional caregivers, family, and friends to immerse themselves in real-life situations and to see the results of their decisions or actions first hand. » more Little’s Britain Product review: New version of Raptivity London (UK), December 2013 - (by Bob Little) Harbinger Group’s Raptivity is among the most well-known of the wizard-led interactivity building software tools for the professional learning designer/ developer. It comes with a library of pre-built templates, including over 190 interactions such as games, simulations, brainteasers, interactive diagrams and virtual worlds – and can be used to create a stand-alone piece of learning content or import that file into another tool, such as Captivate, Articulate or Lectora. » more Five Arguments Spreadsheet Simulations for Learning Solutions Mumbai (IN), December 2013 - Tata Interactive System’s modelling consultant Arvind Waghmare explores the development and business benefits that spreadsheet simulations would yield. Simulations as a medium of learning and planning has been gaining widespread acceptance in several organizations. Companies investing in simulations have access to a variety of choices in terms of technology. High-end technology solutions are not the only choice. » more Advertisement OHIM Study EU Citizens Value Intellectual Property Alicante (E), December 2013 - Some 96% of Europeans believe that intellectual property (IP) is important because it supports innovation and creativity by rewarding inventors, creators, and artists for their work. An EU-wide survey of 26,500 people aged fifteen and over, commissioned by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) acting through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, found that 86% agree that protecting IP contributes to improving the quality of products and services. » more Getting to Social The Reality of Trying to Change a Business London (UK), December 2013 - Driven by online social-networking tools such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, the way we communicate with stakeholders, staff, and learners has changed forever. Euan Semple, author of "Organizations Don’t Tweet - People Do", will examine what these changes mean for people in business during his conference session at Learning Technologies 2014. » more New White Paper New Research Unveils the Value of eLearning Adoption Naples (I), Athens (GR), December 2013 - Docebo has released a white paper to help large organizations understanding the value of eLearning solutions in improving workforce effectiveness and increasing skills transfers across various segments, while reducing costs. » more SXSWedu Education The Next Generation of IT Talent London (UK), December 2013 – Digital-solutions company Kainos has announced that its CTO, Tom Gray, has been confirmed as a speaker at the prestigious SXSWedu 2014 education conference in Austin, Texas next March. Speakers are voted on to the panels by attendees - education professionals, industry leaders, and policy practitioners from around the world - who are passionate about the future of teaching and learning. » more Annual Study Business Impact of Technology-Enabled Learning London (UK), December 2013 - The annual Towards Maturity benchmark study carried out across over 500 organisations including BT, BA, NHS Direct, Toyota Motor Europe, and Bupa, reveals that technology-enabled learning has helped businesses reduce staff churn by nine percent, speed up new product roll-out by 24 percent, and reduce learning delivery time by 22 percent. » more Opening Frontiers eLearning Africa 2014 Call for Proposals Now Open Berlin (GER), December 2013 - Many African countries are undergoing an economic boom, with ICTs seen as a major tool supporting growth. While Internet penetration rates remain low, innovative technologies are helping to ensure connectivity for more Africans than ever before. » more Call for Papers Learning Innovations and Quality 2014 Duisburg (GER), December 2013 - The third international conference on learning innovations and quality, LINQ 2014, will take place in conjunction with the ninth EFQUEL Innovation Forum, EIF 2014, to shape the 2014 mega-event for quality and innovation in education and learning. It will bring together experts and practitioners from public education as well as the corporate education-and-training world, including higher education, VET, schools, and other education sectors, to a unique, quality conference with the title "Changing the Trajectory – Quality for Opening up Education". » more In Australia Pebble Learning’s 2014 Conference Telford (UK), December 2013 - Pebble Learning’s 2014 conference, PebbleBash, is to be held in Australia, 14-16 April at Grange Cleveland Winery in Lancefield, a small town north of Melbourne. The Conference theme is "Personalising the Curriculum: Improving Learning and Development through Thoughtful Learning Design". » more

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