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	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Does it make sense to completely stop training for half a year or longer?</title>
		<link>http://blog.espok.com/?p=129</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Borchers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[eSpok platform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Learning Management System]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Learning platform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The German training industry is at a low point at the moment. One company after another is cutting its training budget. Training and education is the lowest priority right now.
Does it make sense to just stop all training activities for months? Can training costs be reduced in the long term by taking a 6 month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distance learning: what you need, what it takes and what you gain!</title>
		<link>http://blog.espok.com/?p=116</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francois-Xavier</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[distant learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virtual classroom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video conference]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[whiteboard]]></category>

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Distance learning convinced me a long time ago now. Certainly the subject is not new. After all, if people are already using video conferencing in their company for online meetings, why not for training? Actually it has already been more than 10 years since offers appeared for learning languages by phone.  And there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What “e-learning” is NOT</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gautier</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blended learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Language learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[distant learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[distance learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[e-learning]]></category>

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When I talk to the boss of a training company, I always hesitate before saying the word: “e-learning”. Such a bad word which, most of the time, smacks of “old and bad experience”, “bad quality”, “not our philosophy”… It sounds bad… but also, in my opinion, this is a little bit unfair!
Even the best would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How will education look in 5 years?</title>
		<link>http://blog.espok.com/?p=100</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marco Borchers</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blended learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Language learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[distant learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[eSpok platform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[distance learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[e-learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[future education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social learning]]></category>

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As a person passionate about education I am very interested in the question “How will education look in 5 years?”
Since I co-founded eSpok together with my friend and partner Francois Xavier around 2 years ago I have been wondering how strong Internet based learning can improve the existing educational model. Advantages like more “flexible” and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eSpok available in 6 languages&#8230; and more on the way!</title>
		<link>http://blog.espok.com/?p=87</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francois-Xavier</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[eSpok platform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[translation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[website]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We will soon be releasing a Russian language version of our platform, which means in addition to English, German, French, Spanish and Chinese, eSpok will be available in 6 languages.
Offering a website like ours in different languages, while simultaneously updating, maintaining and adding new features can often be problematic, but we believe this is absolutely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distance learning is effective&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.espok.com/?p=80</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francois-Xavier</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blended learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[distant learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[education online]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[..as written in “Evaluation of Evidence-Based Pracises in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies&#8221; from the US department of education.
As part of the findings, we can read:
&#8220;Students who took all or part of their class online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face-to-face instruction.&#8221;
This combined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Should I adopt blended learning for my school ?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.espok.com/?p=50</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francois-Xavier</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blended learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[e-learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[growth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[market opportunity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[participation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When talking with our clients, it doesn&#8217;t always seem clear whether or not they consider blended learning to be a mature and effective option, or if indeed there is a real need and potential market for it. We hear all too often that &#8220;it is interesting, but I am not sure that it’s a priority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eSpok at 2009 International Conference on ICT in teaching and learning in Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://blog.espok.com/?p=4</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francois-Xavier</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blended learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social learning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had the chance at the beginning of this week to travel to Hong Kong to attend the 2009 International Conference on ICT in teaching and learning. I would like to thank the organizers as the conference was truly a valuable learning experience. Provided here is a small summary of what I heard at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese characters and falshcard system</title>
		<link>http://blog.espok.com/?p=15</link>
		<comments>http://blog.espok.com/?p=15#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francois-Xavier</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Language learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vocabulary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[eSpok platform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chinese learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flashcard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[leitner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you may already know, eSpok uses the Leitner system for helping students to learn their vocabulary.
In this system students review vocabulary words with an increase of allotted time in between each review upon successful demonstration of one’s ability to master a vocabulary word. Thus, if a student has demonstrated the word has been learned; [...]]]></description>
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