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Canadians Opt for Common Platform Canada’s provincial government recently announced a major advancement in distance education. Up until now, the K-12 system, Memorial University and the College of the North Atlantic all have had separate distance education programs. But now, the three levels are partnering with Desire2Learn — a provider of e-learning technology — to provide a common platform across all education levels. Students moving from high school into post-secondary, who will continue to take courses through distance education, will no longer have to learn or adapt to a new system. Education minister Joan Burke told a Canadian newspaper that this is the first time in any jurisdiction in North America that all public education institutions have come together to provide students with a common technology. The project will cost about $1.3 million. Website Helps Locate Courseware An e-learning list of courses (www.e-learninglist.co.uk) is a new Website that aims to help training buyers find off-the-shelf e-learning courses and providers. The list currently has information on over 50 companies, with many including full course details. More companies and more courses are being added daily. A keyword search helps visitors find suppliers with particular course titles they are interested in. In addition to a 5-star rating system, a review facility gives customers an opportunity to leave their own comments about any of the companies listed, and therefore help future visitors with their choices. The listing policy is deliberately inclusive. There are no listing fees and no arbitrary decisions made about quality or value of a particular product. Comments left by visitors are only moderated for decency and legality. For more information, visit the Website noted above. People on the Move INITIATE SYSTEMS, INC., has appointed Dan Kossmann as its new chief financial officer. He will report directly to Bill Conroy, president and CEO. Kossmann served as CFO for Outstart Inc., an elearning software company, where he helped grow the company from three to 600 customers. Prior to his time at Outstart, Kossmann served as CFO for several other software companies. GENEED, INC., a leading provider of online training in the life sciences, has appointed Terry Carmichael to head up its Internet marketing efforts. He will oversee Internet marketing and online sales for GeneEd’s more than 240 online training courses, covering the major therapeutic areas of medicine and best practices for clinical research, bio-manufacturing, laboratory science, validation, quality control, and medical devices. During the past 10 years, Carmichael founded the GeneTree DNA Testing Center and the Biotech Learning Institute. KNOWLEDGE ANYWHERE’S NEW leader of its Food Service and Retail Performance Support Group is C.J. Johnson, former AccelSales president. Johnson has a long history of achievement and success in Seattle’s technology industry. In his new role with Knowledge Anywhere, Johnson will manage the SensaTrack product line, as well as spearhead new efforts in the retail and food service markets. 360TRAINING.COM has named Skye Mackie as director of e-learning for its Europe, Middle East and Asia markets. Mackie will be responsible for 360training.com’s sales, marketing and growth of its emerging European product suite for compliance training. Mackie brings more than 14 years experience in HR management, training and development. RAVI SETHI, president of Avaya Labs, was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award (DAA) of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK). This is the highest award given by the Institute to its alumni. Sethi, who was cited for his outstanding technological and managerial contributions, is in charge of research and development at Avaya Inc., a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services. Elearning! April / May 2008 11 http://www.e-learninglist.co.uk http://360TRAINING.COM http://360training.com

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Elearning - April/May 2008 Editor's Note Contents News Targeting Africa Locating Courseware People in the News Upcoming Events Deals Trendlines Web Services Building a Learning Culture Measuring the Learning Experience Making Learning Fun and Social LMS's 2008: What You Need To Know Learning Leader: CA Case Study: AVI Case Study: IBM Case Study: QualComm WBS Case Study: National Center for State Courts Case Study: Grundfos Pumps Case Study: Virginia Tech Pop Quiz Last Word

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