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Our News2010 - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 14th November 2008 PIXELearning win the 'DemoFest' at DevLearn 2008
PIXELearning were selected by judges at The Elearning Guild's DevLearn 2008 event as the winners of the 2008 DemoFest. This event was the first public airing of Makrini, the soon to be released diversity awareness and inclusion training game we are jointly developing with Global Lead for a major US retail banking chain. To see the 37 other submissions that we beat click here. One more award for the PIXELearning office wall!
2nd October 2008 CHALK DUST - Serious Games, a new method of training PIXELearning are running a series of half day hands-on workshops on experiential learning. Each one with a different focus, all are free to attend. It's your chance to see how immersive learning can be effective as an alternative to classroom training whilst saving on training budgets. "Chalking up your skills" a general introduction into the world of immersive learning simulations and their benefits, with a main focus on personal skills development such as Leadership, and Diversity and Inclusion http://chalkingup.eventbrite.com October 30th NOT AVAILABLE NOW "Chalk Talk 101" is aimed at anybody interested in learning more about Immersive Learning Simulations (ILS) aka "serious games". What is, and how do I implement a successful game? NOT AVAILABLE NOW "Calling a Serious Solution" will focus on the areas where role play works particularly well such as Customer Service, Call Centre and Sales Training. Venue: The Serious Games Institute in the centre of Coventry, West Midlands. Why call this series of workshops "Chalk Dust"? PIXELearning are advancing the way you learn with their emerging solutions. "You cannot be SERIOUS! There was chalk dust, there was chalk dust, everyone knows there was chalk dust" (John McEnroe) 1st August 2008 PIXELearning benefits from Screen WM Development Fund PIXELearning has benefited from the Screen WM Advantage Development Fund. PIXELearning become one of several companies to be awarded funding from Screen WM ‘Advantage Development Fund’, therefore allowing us here at PIXELearning to research and develop and exciting new product. Screen WM is a regional agency who prides themselves in their continued support, development and encouragement to screen media companies within the West Midlands. With this funding PIXELearning are designing a new Immersive Learning Simulation aimed at companies looking at furthering the development and training of their sales personnel. This sales game will put your salesmen to the test, by providing a comprehensive learning experience users will convert leads into sales and aim to win the Salesman of the year award. 21st May 2008 New contracts and other news The last few months have seen PIXELearning secure:
We are not resting on our laurels though and are also hard at work developing products in partnership with leading specialists in several market sectors as well a developing sales distribution channels with partners in the UK, EU and US. We are also pleased to announce that we shall be exhibiting (at booth 1609) at the ASTD 2008 Conference. If you are going to be there please pop in and talk to us. Both our CEO (Kevin Corti) and our Sales Director (Richard Smith) will be available for all three days of the expo where, incidentally, we will also be publicly announced as the developer of the ASTD Excellence in Practice Award-winning simulation.
In the UK PIXELearning has been asked to present at the 3rd annual Apply Serious Games conference to be held on 10th July at RIBA in London. Our CEO, Kevin Corti, will be delivering a key session. From ASG'08 site: "Now in its third year, ASG 2008 - with around 250 attending last year - this event is a packed day of discussion and debate across the serious games genres, focusing on the key areas for awareness, learning, branding and all uses of immersive and engaging environments. Keynote speaker: Lord David Puttnam plus 13+ other speakers across all accessible sessions. 1st May 2008 PIXELearning supports The National Learning at Work Day (LAW) The National Learning at Work Day (LAW) is the biggest celebration of workplace learning in the country. Co-ordinated by the Campaign for Learning, the theme for this year´s Learning at Work Day is Sustainable Workplaces. PIXELearning, has been given the opportunity to demonstrate their talents at this years "LAW Day" on the 19th- 22nd May 2008. PIXEL will provide demonstrations of three very different types of games. Each game has been devised to educate you in the different principles of business practices and further your knowledge with a hands on experience. Focused on providing an alternative approach to training PIXELearning encourages all its users to return to the simulation to keep furthering their knowledge. All our games motivate learners to go that bit further, to apply the knowledge they gain, to improve their confidence and most importantly you learn by doing. 23rd January 2008 PIXELearning client solution wins an ASTD award We are very proud to announce that our immersive learning simulation work for one of the 'Big 4' US accountancy firms has been selected for an ASTD Best Practice award. More to follow soon.... 23rd January 2008 PIXELearning join Learning Light VEN as founder members Learning Light, a non-profit organization which focuses on integrating systems and aligning learning and people development programs to meet strategic business goals, has created the UK’s first Virtual Enterprise Network (VEN) - a consortium of companies to sell learning-related products and services. The Learning Light (LL)-led Virtual Enterprise Network (VEN) comprises a consortium of companies and tenders for large private and public sector contracts. LL’s CEO, Mark Pittaway, explained: “The VEN brings together businesses to meet customer requirements. It allows innovative and creative companies which are unlikely to have the resources to win – and supply – large contracts on their own to combine, within a proper legal and project management framework, to win and deliver these contracts. 23rd January 2008 PIXELearning CEO to deliver session at E-Learning Guild Annual Gathering Our CEO, Kevin Corti, has been asked to deliver a session at the E-Learning Guild's Annual Gathering in Orlando in April. This session is entitled "Inception to Delivery: An ILS Case Study" and seeks to demystify the process of scoping, designing, developing and deploying a large-scale Immersive Learning Simulation. Read more here. The event web site is here 7th January 2008 PIXELearning featured in The Economist Our project work and ‘guerrilla marketing’ has been creating quite an interest recently. We’ve been featured previously on MTV, on BT’s web site and in the Financial Times and The Times Higher Education Supplement. We can now add a bit of coverage in The Economist following our CEO’s presentation at the very well-attended Serious Virtual Worlds Conference in Coventry a few weeks ago. The Economist carried a 2-page article on ‘virtual worlds’ entitled “Getting Serious”. You can read it in full at the following link: http://www.economist.com/search/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10202591 PIXELearning to deliver simulation wokshop for The E-Learning Guild PIXELearning have been asked to deliver an E-Learning Guild Online Forum session on 18th January 2008. The session is entitled “Implementing a Large Scale Simulation from Design to Deployment” and is intended to walk the audience through a large-scale immersive learning simulation process from start to finish. Read more about this session here. We are, in parallel, creating an essay for the E-Learning Guild entitled “Demystifying the design, deployment and evaluation of Immersive Learning Simulations and Serious Games” which should be published in the middle of February. PIXELearning to present at Apply Groups Serious Games sympsium PIXELearning are to deliver a 30 minute session around delivering best practice in immersive simulation design and delivery for the Apply Group’s event on 31st January. Details below…. 2008 Symposium - Towards Best Practice in Designing & Developing Serious Games for Learning & Communications: Focus on Internet, Mobile & Virtual Worlds. Date: 31st January 2008 PIXELearning's CEO to present at eGames Conference in Muscat, Oman Kevin Corti, PIXELearning’s CEO and Chief Learning Architect, is to present an hour-long session at the eGaming Conference in Oman. Details below: Date: 31st March 2008 How can Oman’s schools and colleges benefit from serious gaming technology? How do we take serious games to prepare young Omanis for the business world? Indeed, can serious games help foster a new generation of Omani entrepreneurs?
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