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Giunti Labs presents new solutions at conferences in Seoul and
Chicago
Giunti Labs presents new online and mobile learning content management
and repository solutions at e-Learning Asia, in Seoul, and EdNET in
Chicago, in September.
Giunti Labs will be presenting the new releases of its online and
mobile learning content management and digital repositories (DR)
solutions - learn eXact LCMS and Harvestroad Hive DR - at two key
events in September: the e-Learning Asia 2009 event in Seoul, South
Korea (2 - 4 September) and the EdNET 2009 (14 - 16 September) in
Chicago, Illinois, USA.
In addition to having a presence at the conferences' accompanying
exhibitions, Giunti Labs will make keynote opening presentations on the
future of educational content for Knowledge Societies. These
presentations will be delivered by Giunti Labs' CEO, Fabrizio Cardinali,
who is also Chair of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG); a
member of the Board of Directors of the IMS Global learning Consortium,
and Global Advisor to MIT's Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI).
Giunti Labs will also offer half-day thematic pre- and post-conference
seminars at the events. These are part of an international series of
workshops promoting innovative and creative solutions for educational
content production and management.
The workshops present state-of-the-art learning content management
standards and solutions. They also showcase Giunti Labs' adoption into
world-leading projects and research & development initiatives extending
the production and use of learning contents into location based
knowledge access, mobile learning and virtual learning worlds.
In Seoul and Chicago, the workshops' are intended for academic and
corporate CIOs, along with strategy decision makers who want to
implement new digital content production, management and sharing
strategies in their learning organisations behind their existing LMS
and VLE set-ups. This should allow them to achieve wider reusability,
interoperability, accessibility and durability of learning materials
while sharing them among federated DR networks and empowering new
generation learning experiences based upon mobile, virtual and rich
media learning contents.
Participation to the half day workshops is free for event attendees on
a 'first come, first served' basis. To reserve a place at either of
these workshops, contact Minna Leikas, Giunti Labs' marketing manager
at m.leikas@giuntilabs.com or call +39 3474 435167.
Cardinali commented: "Today's mature Knowledge Societies need to
re-invent their leadership to survive the global competition coming
from emerging economies in the global labour marketplace - and to
survive crises while strengthening their cultural stakeholders. To
address this issue requires an open and interoperable educational
ecosystem - not single turnkey 'knowledge platforms'.
"We need to develop just such an open and interoperable ecosystem,
adopting new generation standards such as IMS Common Content Cartridge
and OKI's learning services to deliver new generation personal
performance support and empower better information access to our
citizens, learners and trainees. This will help them develop new skills
and competencies rapidly at the pace needed by our evolving societies.
"It is only by opening up their archives and unleashing the unmatched
value of their heritage that today's knowledge societies can survive
increasing global competition - but they need to act first in order to
survive," he continued.
"I look forward to sharing such ideas at the Seoul and Chicago events,
where I will discuss how the Korean and American economies aim to
preserve their huge standing, expressed in contemporary industrial
society terms, but also how they can face the relevant challenges
coming from today's global economic recession. In this, Europe has much
to share and learn and, possibly, to contribute for the benefit of
all," he added.
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About e-Learning Asia (
http://www.elearningasia.net/eng/main.htm )
e-Learning Asia aims to :
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Create international
partnerships for cooperation on development among leading e-learning
countries.
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Promote international
trading content and technology.
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Revitalise the
international e-learning industry.
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Share latest
information and cutting-edge technology on e-learning.
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Activate communication
between manufacturers, traders, distributors, buyers and end-users.
About EdNET (
http://www.schooldata.com/ednetagenda.asp )
EdNET 2009 brings together education's top business executives and
innovators. It aims to provide delegates with deep and relevant insight
into the education market's rapidly changing landscape to identify
trends and opportunities for business development. Each year, EdNET
gathers the industry together to network, identify hot business
opportunities, and discuss what's ahead for the market. Sessions focus
on interpreting and forecasting trends; dialoging with key educational
leaders - and networking.
About Giunti Labs
Giunti is unique in the international publishing industry.
In 1497, Giunti publishers and typographers in Florence, together with
others in Venice, began modern book manufacturing. Over the years
Giunti has built a 'historical catalogue' of huge dimensions, through a
gradual process of 'fusion' of different publishers, but also through
the creation of new brands, including Giunti Labs. Giunti Editore now
includes 20 companies in the publishing sector.
Giunti Labs, which has its global headquarters in Italy and offices in
London (UK), Frankfurt (Germany), Lund (Sweden) and in Boston (US),
provides a wide range of services, in response to any content, learning
and knowledge management need, covering:
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Content production
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Research and
development
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Technological
solutions for content, learning & knowledge management
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Architectural and
technological solutions for mobile & wireless
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Training and
consulting
Giunti Labs provides
the learn eXact® suite, Europe's leading e-learning and mobile learning
content management technology. This suite is interoperable with all
major vendor-driven and open source LMS and VLE solutions in the market
including Plateau, Oracle, SumTotal, Saba, WebCT, Blackboard, Sakai,
LRN and Moodle.
Moreover, Giunti Labs does not just adhere to the international
standards relating to the LMS/LCMS world, it is one of the
organisations that helps to determine and drive these standards:
co-writing and developing them. Giunti Labs plays a key role in most of
the international institutions for the definition of eLearning
specifications (IEEE LTSC, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36, CEN/ISSS WSLT, AICC, IMS,
ADL-SCORM and OKI).
Further information from:
Minna Leikas, Giunti Labs, +39 3489 399127
Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, +44 (0)1727 860405
