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UL Acquires EduNeering from Kaplan

Posted on 09. Apr, 2012 by .

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It looks like EduNeering, the leader in compliance-based learning has been acquired by UL, a global independent safety science company offering expertise across five key strategic businesses: Product Safety, Environment, Life & Health, Knowledge Services and Verification Services. Looks like it is going to be a perfect fit. Keep your dial right here for more [...]

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Discussion with Lucid Meetings

Posted on 22. Mar, 2012 by .

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The other day I had a chance to learn about Lucid Meetings and to hear what they are doing in terms of creating interesting meeting spaces. Plus there is a nice surprise for anyone who reads to the end of the article:) 1) So tell me about Lucid Meetings, what does it do? We offer [...]

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Educational Reform, Flipping the Classroom and Innovation

Posted on 15. Mar, 2012 by .

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Somethings things just come together in strange and exiting ways to trigger light bulbs and a different or accelerated way of thinking. You may have seen all of these videos before but together they make a powerful case for changing education and viewing instruction and learning in a new light. Additionally, I love the animated [...]

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Educating Factory and Technical Workers

Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 by .

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There was an article today over at CNN titled “Desperately seeking Americans for factory jobs” that stated: There is a “critical shortage of machinists,” a common and crucial position in factories, said Rob Akers, vice president at the National Tooling and Machining Association. “Enrollment in this field in technical schools has been down for a [...]

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eLearning Learning gets a bit of a facelift

Posted on 16. Aug, 2011 by .

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If you haven’t already or don’t on a regular basis, you should consider visiting eLearning Learning. It is a site set up by Tony Karrer that has rapidly become a go-to place for news and information gathered from over 100 blogs that discuss topics related to elearning and learning technology. Everyday you can keep up [...]

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Future of elearning industry looks Bright!

Posted on 28. Jul, 2011 by .

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Reports, factors and the current market conditions strongly indicate that elearning is going to be a growth industry over the coming years. As Tony Bingham, president and CEO of ASTD states, “Today, we actively pursue content based on search terms and our preferences [while in the future]…content will find you – rather than actively seeking [...]

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A Conversation with Reuben Tozman

Posted on 09. May, 2011 by .

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One of the great things about my travels is that I get to speak with all kinds of interesting folks who are thinking about learning is new and innovative ways. Here is a summary of a great conversation I had with Reuben Tozman who I met one night at a conference (actually, we weren’t at [...]

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Interesting Virtual World News: 3D training for Clinical Trials

Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by .

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ProtonMedia and PPD, Inc. just announced an entire new way of  conducting training for clinical trials using virtual worlds as the backbone of the solution. Interesting development as the healthcare space seems to be a large mover in 3D virtual worlds and immersive environments. Here is the release below. ProtonMedia and PPD to Introduce New [...]

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GoTo Meeting, Centra, Wimba, and other Web Conferencing Solutions…Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

Posted on 19. Mar, 2011 by .

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PowerPoint is slowly starting to broaden its capabilities and will, I predict, soon infringe on some well known software applications in the field of e-learning such as…web conferencing tools (and others). This video is one of the first inroads PowerPoint is making into the Web Conferencing software and I don’t think they are going to [...]

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Lots of Fun at ASTD TechKnowledge 2011

Posted on 09. Feb, 2011 by .

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Just returned from San Jose, CA, dug out of the snow here in the East (more on the way), caught up on stuff one always misses when travelling and now have time to write about the great time I had in San Jose. You can see all the tweets at #tk11 My main objective for [...]

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