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27th July 2009
Giunti Labs' workshop in Seoul in Sepember outlines innovative
solutions for educational content production, sharing and management
Giunti Labs will deliver a workshop on new generation online and mobile
learning content production and management at e-Learning Asia in Seoul,
South Korea, in September.
Giunti Labs, provider of the learn eXact online and mobile learning
content management solution and Harvestroad Hive Digital Repository
solutions, is running 90-minute seminar on innovative and creative
solutions for new generation educational content production, sharing
and management. The seminar - which takes place on Wednesday 2nd
September - is part of the e-Learning Asia conference (2 - 4
September), being held in Seoul, South Korea.
Participation in the half day workshops is free and is available on a
'first come, first served' basis. To reserve a place this workshop,
contact Minna Leikas, Giunti Labs' marketing manager at
m.leikas@giuntilabs.com.
The workshop will introduce new generation, state-of-the-art learning
content production and management standards, such as IMS Common Content
Cartdrige and OKI OSIDs Open DR Access and Federation Services, as well
as showcase Giunti Labs' engagement into world-leading research &
development initiatives and real cases.
It will also showcase R&D projects, such as the MOBIlearn, Sculpteur
and Wearit at work projects from the EU Research Framework. These
address new generation mobile, wearable and virtual worlds based
learning.
In addition, delegates will be introduced to market projects such as
the Saudi Maknaz Initiative, for sharing educational resources in all
the Kingdom's universities; the Cegos SoftSkill training catalogue, for
the production of Europe's leading multi-language soft skills training
catalgoue, and the UK NHS R-ITI initiative, one of the world's most
effective medical education content production initiatives to date.
The workshop is intended for academic and corporate CIOs and CLOs,
along with strategy decision makers who want to implement new digital
content production, management and sharing strategies, by implementing
learning content management system (LCMS) and digital repository (DR)
solutions 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 personalised to the device, location
and background skills and portfolios of target users.
The workshop will be delivered by Fabrizio Cardinali, who is CEO of
Giunti labs and 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).
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.
"Europe has much to share - and learn - regarding the challenges coming
from today's global economic recession," he added.
At the accompanying e-Learning Asia exhibition, Giunti Labs is
launching new releases of its globally acclaimed online and mobile
learning content management and digital repositories (DR) solutions -
learn eXact LCMS and Harvestroad Hive DR.
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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 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
