Free Post-EdNET 2009 Conference Workshop

New Generation Online, Mobile & Blended Learning
Content Management Trends,Needs,
Standards, Solutions & Case Studies

September 16, 2009
8:30 am – 1:00 pm
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, Parlor C

Giunti Labs, with the contribution of iNacol and IMS, will deliver a post-event workshop on new generation online, mobile and blended learning content production and management after EdNET in Chicago, on September 16.

Giunti Labs, the leading learning and mobile content management solution provider, is running a half-day seminar on innovative and creative solutions for new generation educational content production, sharing and management. These solutions have now been brought to the US via its new Giunti Labs North America operations out of Atlanta, Georgia.

The seminar – which takes place from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm on Wednesday, September 16, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers - follows the EdNET 2009 conference (September 13 – 15), being held in Chicago, IL.

Participation in the half day workshop is free for event attendees. External interested parties are invited on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. To reserve a place at this workshop, contact Minna Leikas, Giunti Labs’ marketing manager at m.leikas@giuntilabs.com.

Workshop Agenda

Chairman: Dr. Nelson B. Heller, President, EdNET at MDR

8:30 - 8:50 am
Changing US Education: Need or Opportunity?
Susan Patrick, President and CEO, iNacol, International Association for K-12 Online Learning

9:00 - 10:00 am
Advancing Creativity and Innovation in Europe’s Educational Technology Research Program and Surviving Global Crisis and Competition
Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO, Giunti Labs. Chair, European Learning Industry Group (ELIG)

10:10 - 11:00 am
New Generation Content, Assesment, Application and Curriculum Standards: From Content Packaging to Common Cartridge and Beyond
Dr. Rob Abel, CEO, The IMS Global Learning Consortium, followed by an open Q&A session with other content standards experts, including Mr. Angelo Panar, ADL SCORM

11:00 - 11:30 am
Coffee Break

11:30 am- 12:45 pm
New Generation Learning Content Management Standards, Solutions and Services in Action. Learn eXact LCMS 2009 Enterprise Edition and HarvestRoad Hive DR Version 4 platforms. Best Practice Case Studies.
Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO Giunti Labs
Jeff Hanjian, Educational Manager, Giunti Labs North America

12:45 - 1:00 pm
Q&A


The workshop will introduce new generation, state-of-the-art learning content production and management needs and solutions, including highlights on new sector standards. It will showcase Giunti Labs’ engagement into Europe’s leading research initiatives such as the CONTSENS, IRMOS, MOBIlearn, Sculpteur and Wearit at work projects addressing new generation learning content management in mobile, wearable and virtual worlds based learning as well as projects introducing real cases of of Learning Content Management (LCMS) and Digital Repository (DR) deployments worldwide within large Educational Networks and Universities.

Delegates will be introduced to highly successful market projects for building digital content marketplaces and economies for learning resources production and sharing, such as the Saudi Maknaz Initiative, federating all the Universities in Saudi Arabia, the Cegos SoftSkill training catalog, producing Europe's leading multi-language soft skills training catalog, 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 within large Universities and School Districts who want to implement new digital content production, management and sharing strategies by integrating LCMS and DR solutions in their learning infrastructures behind their existing LMS and VLE set-ups, such as Moodle™, Sakai™, Angel™ or Blackboard™.

This workshop will allow stakeholders to achieve wider reusability, interoperability, accessibility and durability of their online learning materials while sharing them among federated networks and empowering new generation learning experiences, personalizing learning contents to the device, location and background skills and portfolios of target students and trainees.

At the accompanying EdNET exhibition, Giunti Labs is launching new releases of its globally acclaimed Online and Mobile Learning Content Management Suite, learn eXact LCMS and of its Digital Repository Solution Harvestroad Hive DR, which will be showcased in the final part of the workshop.


About Giunti Labs

Giunti Labs is a leading Online and Mobile Learning Content Management Solutions provider with global headquarters in Italy and offices in Atlanta (US), London (UK), Frankfurt (Germany), Lund (Sweden) and Perth (Australia).

Giunti Labs provides a wide range of solutions, in response to any content, learning and knowledge management need, covering:

— 24/7 multi language learning content production
— LCMS and Digital Repository Platforms
— Delivery solutions for mobile & wireless
— Consulting and professional services

Giunti Labs is part of Giunti Group, a leading educational and cultural heritage publisher with roots back to 1841. Over the years Giunti has built a catalogue of huge dimensions (over 7.000 titles) and acquired new brands in Italy and worldwide.

In 2008, Giunti Labs acquired the HarvestRoad Hive digital repository system, which manages any form of content used in online learning, corporate training and knowledge management initiatives. HarvestRoad Hive can interface with practically any ERP, Learning or Course Management System and is already integrated with several commonly used course management systems, authoring and content assembly tools.

Further information and workshop invitation from:

Minna Leikas, Giunti Labs, +393474435167, m.leikas@giuntilabs.com