Yesterday we were at the opening of the Academic Year at the New Business School in Amsterdam, one of our clients. The event took place in "De Duif", a great spot for such an important gathering.
There was a Masterclass of Wubbo Ockels, the first Dutch Astronaut, who had a speech on sustainability, which is also a big part of the New Business School projects itself.
THE FBI IS visiting the nation's top technical universities in a bid to stop students taking their holidays outside the country.
MIT, Boston College, and the University of Massachusetts, have all had a visit from the spooks to warn them about the dangers of foreign spies and terrorists stealing sensitive academic research.
The FBI wants the universities to impose rules that will stop US university students from working late at the campus, travelling abroad, showing an interest in their colleagues' work, or have friends outside the United States, engaging in independent research, or making extra money without the prior consent of the authorities.
The rules are part of guidelines given to administrators by the FBI.
The Feds are convinced that if you are doing any of these things you are likely to be a foreign agent who is nicking technology for foreign powers.
Following rules which have been abandoned in Eastern Europe, faculty, staff and students are encouraged to spy on their colleagues for signs of suspicious behaviour and report any concerns to the FBI or the military.
There is no indication yet that the universities will follow this advice.to be part of Training in Action Thursday and Friday.
Innovating Corporate Education and Industrial Training for Large Organizations Competing in the Global Economy
New economies engender new challenges. New challenges generate new training needs. Workforces need new learning paradigms, technologies and standards to develop their skills and competencies and support their jobs at the pace made necessary by today’s global challenges.
Accelerating the adoption of innovative training methodologies, technologies and standards is becoming a ‘must’ for those organisations needing to compete and survive in today’s Knowledge Society, while tackling the market forces that are underpinning today’s global economies.
Training in Action is a workshop organised by Giunti Labs, Europe’s leading eLearning and Mobile learning Content Management Solutions Provider, in collaboration with the Aviation Industry Computer Based Training Committee (AICC), Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL), the IMS Global Learning Consortium, the Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) of MIT Boston, and the European Learning Industry Group (eLIG). The workshop will outline trends and present case studies from large industrial and commercial organisations which are deploying innovative eLearning and eTraining solutions worldwide to cope with their rapid up-skilling, just in time training, talent development and performance support needs in day-to-day field operations and actions.
Yesterday we arrived in Berlin to take part in Online Educa, the largests e-learning conference in Europe. We are with my company edugolive, part of the Giuntilabs booth, with the LCMS learn eXact.
We had a meeting with a prospects yesterday all afternoon a sales training, which ended in a nice "German" dinner.
Today the actual conference is starting and we hope to be rather busy.
The building of the booth ......
Yesterday I was with Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of Giunti Interactive Labs for his keynote at the NEN ePortfolio day. The NEN is the Dutch Normalisation Institute. Fabrizio spoke about general e-learning and content development issues and in particular about ePortfolio.
Yesterday and today we are at Performa, a Dutch HRM conference in Utrecht. We presented our e-learning solutions, like content development and a Learning Content Management System, called learn eXact. We haven't been here in 2 years, but now see an increasing interest in e-learning for corporate.
Pokemon USA, Inc. has launched the Pokemon Learning League, a Web-based educational suite of animated, interactive lessons in language arts, math, science, and life skills for children ages 8 through 12. "Parents can now embrace their children's enthusiasm for animation and interactive technology while motivating them to learn academic concepts and problem-solving skills." Pokemon USA is offering the program as a free trial to families, as well as educators, through December 31. The Flash-based site enables both Mac and Windows users to take advantage of the online program based on the current education research. A yearly subscription rate of $95.00 per household will begin in January 2007, while education subscription rates will be $145 per classroom and $1000 per school building.
"Appealing animation and thought-provoking challenges help children visualize and understand concepts that they may not have grasped through other methods," the company said. "Children can proceed at their own pace through the lessons and receive ongoing feedback to allow them to monitor and celebrate their progress.
Pokemon Learning League leverages children's familiarity with Pokemon characters to draw them into subject matter that is crucial to their success in school and in life, according to the company. The characters also serve as mentors to students, guiding them through the lessons and demonstrating life skills such as teamwork and perseverance.
