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News At Cisco, Collaboration Is Key CIO Rebecca Jacoby has been the point person for rolling out intensely collaborative technologies at Cisco Systems, Inc. The transformation, according to a report on the Website www.informationweek.com, is “as radical as any in the company’s 24-year history.” To do so, Jacoby says, Cisco is making itself the test bed for the next generation of collaboration tools that are coming from “the consumer space” rather than being initiated by IT. Those tools will reflect Cisco’s growing telepresence. The report says that Jacoby is an enthusiastic user of video blogs, but its pervasive use at a company as large and as old as Cisco is probably unusual. Jacoby calls it “creating an environment of directed participation,” in which the tools already being used by Cisco employees are adapted, refined, and sharpened to drive innovation and growth. One of the projects is creating an online communications “center of excellence” where new collaboration tools can be designed and tested. These include video, wikis and vlogs. Upcoming Events >> >> Masie Learning Systems 2008, Las Vegas, Nev., April 9-11. More information: Website http://www.learningsystems08.com/. TechEd 2008, 13th Annual Technology in Education Conference & Exposition, Ontario Convention Center, 2000 E. Convention Center Way, Ontario, Calif., April 13-16. More information: e-mail Matson Breakey at mbreakey@techedevents.org, phone (916) 418-5134 or Website http://www.techedevents.org/. Bersin & Associates Impact 2008, Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, St. Petersburg, Fla., April 22-24. More information: Website http://impact.bersin.com/Overview.aspx. SiriusDecisions Summit, Las Vegas, Nev., May 14-16. More information: Website http://guest.summit.sd-2.com/. Corporate University Summit: Driving Business Results Through Continuous Learning & Training at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nev., May 19-21. More information: phone (800) 882-8684 or e-mail info@iqpc.com or Website www.iqpc.com/us/cusummit. 2008 Summit on Learning & Performance: “The GeoLearning User & Partner Conference,” Hyatt Regency, San Antonio, Tex., June 8-12. Register online at www.geolearning.com/ summit/register.cfm. >> >> >> >> Deals ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE has released its “Top 500 Franchises” and “Top New Franchises” for 2008, and LearningRx has made both lists. The Colorado-based company was also recently named as one of the fastestgrowing franchise systems by Franchise Times, and for two years in a row has been named one of the “Top 100 Franchises” by Franchise Market magazine. In addition, the company recently received an exceptional franchisee Net Promoter Score of 69 percent. LearningRx is at the forefront of brain training, offering tremendous potential to help people of all ages, from kids with learning disabilities and soldiers to adults with ADD and aging seniors who are worried about cognitive decline. THE COLLEGE NETWORK, INC. (TCN) SELECTED Eedo’s ForceTen learning content management system (LCMS) for the development and delivery of its e-learning services. The content management system works with TCN’s partner universities’ online degree and professional certificate programs. Many of these programs focus in the health care, nursing and executive leadership fields, among others. MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND (Canada), the College of the North Atlantic (CNA), and the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation (CDLI) have teamed up with Desire2Learn to offer a province-wide learning management system (LMS). The new partnership involves a five year contract to provide the Desire2Learn Learning Environment, an enterprisescale e-learning solution for teaching and learning. This is the first time in North America that all public education providers within a state or province have come together with the specific intention to partner with one LMS provider. GIUNTI LABS HAS ANNOUNCED a new partnership with Cegos. Under the terms of this strategic partnership, Cegos will promote Giunti Labs’ learn eXact learning content management system (LCMS) suite of products as its first-choice content production tool. Giunti Labs will promote the Cegos course catalogue alongside its own bespoke content production services. The partnership began last year, with Giunti Labs’ e-learning suite and e-learning content production services supporting Cegos developing its international multilingual e-learning catalogue. DESIRE2LEARN, INC., IS A FINALIST in the CODiE Awards in the two categories of Best Post-secondary Learning Management System and Best Post-secondary Instructional Solution. For more than 21 years, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) has sponsored the CODiE Awards to recognize and celebrate excellence in the software, information and education technologies industries. A YEAR AFTER IMPLEMENTING Eedo ForceTen, America’s 11th largest bank, BB&T, has been able to move 55 courses online, employees are finishing their courses sooner (within 30 to 60 days), delinquency rates have declined by an average of 70 percent, and it has saved a considerable amount of money by moving away from a mainframe system. ELLUMINATE, INC., WILL MAKE all 12 seminars and both luncheon presentations of the Conference on Marine Industry Technical Education (COMITT) available online through the Elluminate Live! virtual classroom. After each session ends, Elluminate will make the recorded version of the online session available in all ProBoat E-Training online course sites free to all registered attendees. GENERAL PHYSICS CORP. has been named one of the “Top Sales Training Companies” by Training Industry, Inc. The selection process included reviewing data from more than 200 companies that offer sales training. Selection was based on: experience in sales training; geographic reach for training; delivery, market visibility, analytics, and evaluation criteria applied to sales training; and utilization of technology. 12 April / May 2008 Elearning! http://www.learningsystems08.com/ http://www.techedevents.org/ http://impact.bersin.com/Overview.aspx http://guest.summit.sd-2.com/ http://www.iqpc.com/us/cusummit http://www.geolearning.com/summit/register.cfm http://www.geolearning.com/summit/register.cfm

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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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