by admin | May 28, 2014 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
An innovative noting application that helps users share fun memories and experiences won the first place in the first ever Bohol Startup Weekend held in the University of Bohol in Tagbilaran City, Bohol.
The Flipnotes app, which bested eight other apps last weekend, allows users to create notes that have pictures in front with the text behind it and which can be flipped using a flip function.
The Bohol Startup Weekend last May 23 to 25 is a local leg of the Startup Weekend, a global movement of active technopreneurs learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures.
“It’s basically a 54-hour gathering of tech developers, designers, marketers, and startup enthusiasts for the purpose of sharing innovative ideas, crafting new products, and launching startups,” said event organizer Benjamin Skelton.
The Bohol Startup Weekend was organized by TechTalks.ph, Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communication Technology Office, Bohol Information and Communication Technology Council, and the Bohol Provincial Government.
Beginning with open mic pitches on Friday, attendees bring their best ideas and inspire others to join their team. Over Saturday and Sunday teams focus on customer development, validating their ideas, and building a minimal viable product before demonstrating their prototypes on Sunday night.
The Flipnotes team was awarded a 3 month virtual incubation by CebuinIT, Geeks on a Beach ticket from TechTalks.ph, Freelancer membership, access to Auza.net OSX development facilities, an iPod from Airbnb, free massage, and Ideaspace mugs and shirts.
The second place went to RentMINE, an app which provides a venue for users who want to rent out their personal items for extra cash. RED App or the Ready for Emergency and Disaster mobile application won third place.
“The real winner is Bohol,” said DOST-ICTO Deputy Executive Director Mon Ibrahim. “The success of Bohol Startup Weekend is a great leap forward for the thriving of tech startups and the growth of the ICT industry in the regions,” said Ibrahim.
TechTalks.ph founder Tina Amper moreover said that the Bohol Startup Weekend helped broadened the horizon for technopreneurship in the country and push local innovative talents to the forefront.
The other Bohol Startup Weekend teams include Talk 2 Doc, an online appointment booking system for doctors; RState, an online marketplace for real estate properties; UNLOCKED Design Services;
#Rent, a private mailbox catering to young working professionals; iBuild, a search app for architectural and structural professionals; and Anda Concepts, a tourism portal dedicated to the Anda area.
The teams were judged by DOST-ICTO Deputy Executive Director Mon Ibrahim, Insights Consulting Owner David Aaron, Ideaspace Associate Director Dustin Masancay, Orange & Bronze Software Labs CEO Calen Legaspi, and Rhett Jones of Synacy.
The Gold sponsors are Ideaspace, Smart, University of Bohol, and Cebu Business Incubator for IT. The Silver sponsors are Dalareich, Islands group, Airbnb, Printbit, Freelancer, and PRworks Inc.while the Bronze sponsors are Live Lingua and Onmutu.
by aimee | May 10, 2014 | Business, Features
MTAB Technology Center Private Limited, a training arm of MTAB, is an established provider of Advanced Manufacturing Technology training. The company has partnered with Learnnovatorsto help develop e-learning and m-learning courses to train MTC’s and MTAB’s users, and to provide a platform to host these courses.
Learnnovatorsusestheir extensive experience in the design and development of learning content to address MTAB’s requirements, which is to help users learn better, and retain for longer. In view of this, a number of e-learning and m-learning courses have already been deployed and successfully completed by MTAB’s users.Many more courses are in the pipeline.
Learnosphere, the Learning Management System (LMS) that powersthis learning, provides a simple and intuitive interface, yet a comprehensive system to support learning and aid tracking. It comes with a host of features, such as forums and web conferencing, and also provides a three-tier architecture to enable MTAB to offer the courses to their clients.
About MTAB
MTAB is a leading manufacturer of solutions in the fields of CNC Machine Tools, Robotics, Manufacturing Automation, Mechatronics and complementary software. It is headquartered in Chennai and serves two important customer segments: technical & vocational education and production houses.
MTAB has received numerous awards, such as the ‘The Defense Technology Award for commercialization of the Robotics Technology’, ‘The Prime Minister’s Award for Entrepreneurship’, Manufacturing Today’s ‘Woman of the Year 2012’, and most recently Manufacturing Today’s ‘Excellence in Innovation 2013’ runner-up award.
MTAB Technology Center is the training spin-off of MTAB Engineers Private Limited that focuses primarily on training delivery to institutional and industrial customers. MTC has signed several Memoranda of Understanding with engineering institutions and has partnered with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for delivery of CNC skills training. MTC is also a member of the National Skill Development Corporation.
For more information, visit www.mtabindia.com, www.mtabtraining.com
About Learnnovators
Learnnovators, headquartered in Chennai (India), is a learning design and development company that creates innovative and engaging workplace learning solutions. Since inception in 2003, Learnnovators has successfully deployed over 6000 hours of learning content for a wide range of domains.
Whether it is choosing the best mode of e-Learning techniques tailored to organizational objectives or creating customized content, or designing interactive modules for assessment with the help of games or simulations, Learnnovators has implemented innumerable programs to the satisfaction of a worldwide clientele. These have been deployed on a variety of contexts and devices such as mobile phones, tablets, interactive whiteboards etc.
For more information, visit www.learnnovators.com.
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contact@learnnovators.com
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by aimee | May 5, 2014 | Business, Features
Learnnovators, a leading e-learning company in India, has Clark Quinn as the guest in its latest edition of “Crystal Balling with Learnnovators” – their thought-provoking interview series that attempts to gaze into the future of e-learning.
Body: Learnnovators, a leading e-learning company in India, has Clark Quinn as the guest in its latest edition of “Crystal Balling with Learnnovators” – their thought-provoking interview series that attempts to gaze into the future of e-learning.
Clark Quinn, Ph.D., is a Learning Technology Strategist who helps organizations align technology with how we think, work, and learn. He integrates creativity, cognitive science, and technology to lead the development of strategic solutions including award-winning online content, educational computer games, and websites, as well as adaptive, mobile, performance support systems. After an academic career, Dr. Quinn served as an executive in online and elearning initiatives and has an international reputation as a speaker and scholar, with four books and numerous articles and chapters to his credit. He blogs at learnlets.com and works through Quinnovation.
In this exclusive interview with Learnnovators, Clark Quinn shares his insights on the significance of innovation for businesses to succeed. He explains the importance of contextual and experiential learning, and offers his recommendations for integrating mobile strategies into organizational L&D. His advice to learning designers for scaling up to meet the challenges of designing informal and social learning is invaluable. “I might disagree that L&D professionals possess high-level skills around formal learning, too. That’s why the instigators of the Serious eLearning Manifesto banded together; too few people were applying good formal learning principles!” was Clark’s reflection on the skills that L&D professionals possess around the traditional training (formal learning) area.
‘Clark Quinn – Crystal-Balling with Learnnovators’ is available at:
http://learnnovators.com/interview/clark-quinn-crystal-balling-learnnovators/
About Learnnovators
Learnnovators, headquartered in Chennai (India), specializes in the design and development of innovative and effective learning solutions for the workplace. Since its inception in 2003 (as C2 Workshop), it has successfully delivered and deployed over 6000 hours of learning content for a wide range of domains including Advertising, Automotive, Banking, Defence, Education, Engineering, Glass Technology, Healthcare, Hospitality, HR Services, Insurance, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Nuclear Technology, Oil and Gas, Retail, Safety, Soft Skills and Telecom.
Learnnovators helps clients address skill and performance gaps in their workforce by creating customised learning solutions that are aligned with their business goals. Whether it is choosing the best
mode of learning techniques tailored to organizational objectives, or creating customized content, or
designing interactive modules with the help of games or simulations, Learnnovators has implemented
innumerable programs to the satisfaction of a clientele spread across South Asia, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe and North America. These solutions have been deployed on a variety of contexts and devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, interactive white boards, etc.
Learnnovators’ core competencies are in the areas of Curriculum Design, Content Creation, Content Conversion and Content Localization.
To know more about the company, visit www.learnnovators.com
Keywords: Learnnovators, Clark Quinn, Quinnovation, Elearning, E-Learning, L&D, Learning & Development, Mobile Learning, Social Learning, Informal Learning, Online Learning, Online Education, Digital Learning, Digital Education
Corporate Contact Dinesh Raja
Media Coordinator
contact@learnnovators.com
9840063558
by aimee | May 5, 2014 | Business, Features
Introduction: Learnnovators, a leading e-learning company in India, has Christopher Pappas as the guest in its latest edition of “Crystal Balling with Learnnovators” – their thought-provoking interview series that attempts to gaze into the future of e-learning.
Body: Learnnovators, a leading e-learning company in India, has Christopher Pappas as the guest in its latest edition of “Crystal Balling with Learnnovators” – their thought-provoking interview series that attempts to gaze into the future of e-learning.
Christopher Pappas is the founder of ‘The eLearning Industry’s Network’. Currently, The eLearning Industry has a network of more than 75,000 learning professionals and runs many eLearning related sites (including The eLearning Industry, eLearning Infographics, eLearning Weekly, eLearning Tags, and eLearning Feeds). He is also the founder and owner of the Instructional Design and E-Learning Professionals’ Group, which, with over 62,000 members, is the largest online community of professionals involved in the eLearning Industry on LinkedIn.
In this exclusive interview with Learnnovators, Christopher Pappas shares some valuable tips and best practices on managing online learning communities. He also shares his thoughts and experiences on content curation, one of the most important aspects of an online Community Manager’s responsibilities. Equally valuable is his advice to L&D professionals on upskilling themselves to handle the challenges of designing informal and social learning interventions. Christopher’s foresights on the future of organizational learning are truly thought provoking. “Our goal is and always has been to provide e-learning professionals and e-learners with the resources and information they need to be successful.” was Christopher’s reflection on the goal of The eLearning Industry’s Network.
‘Christopher Pappas – Crystal-Balling with Learnnovators’ is available at:
http://learnnovators.com/interview/christopher-pappas-crystal-balling-learnnovators/
About Learnnovators
Learnnovators, headquartered in Chennai (India), specializes in the design and development of innovative and effective learning solutions for the workplace. Since its inception in 2003 (as C2 Workshop), it has successfully delivered and deployed over 6000 hours of learning content for a wide range of domains including Advertising, Automotive, Banking, Defence, Education, Engineering, Glass Technology, Healthcare, Hospitality, HR Services, Insurance, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Nuclear Technology, Oil and Gas, Retail, Safety, Soft Skills and Telecom.
Learnnovators helps clients address skill and performance gaps in their workforce by creating customised learning solutions that are aligned with their business goals. Whether it is choosing the best
mode of learning techniques tailored to organizational objectives, or creating customized content, or
designing interactive modules with the help of games or simulations, Learnnovators has implemented
innumerable programs to the satisfaction of a clientele spread across South Asia, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe and North America. These solutions have been deployed on a variety of contexts and devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, interactive white boards, etc.
Learnnovators’ core competencies are in the areas of Curriculum Design, Content Creation, Content Conversion and Content Localization.
To know more about the company, visit www.learnnovators.com
Keywords Learnnovators, Christopher Pappas, Elearning, E-Learning, L&D, Learning & Development, Mobile Learning, Social Learning, Informal Learning, Infographics, Online Learning, Online Education, Digital Learning, Digital Education
Corporate Contact Dinesh Raja
Media Coordinator
contact@learnnovators.com
9840063558
