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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the education system may be revamped whether we&#8217;re ready or not.

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		<title>far north u</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 03:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[michaelle jean, governor general of canada, publically urges the federal government to build a university in the north west territories so that inuit youth can further their education closer to home.
premier floyd roland joined a canadian delegation to the arctic council in tromso, norway last month where the idea of a northern university may have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=242&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>gary cronkwright bursary</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 14:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i used to work for an organisation that represented the 24 ontario colleges in a corporate training capacity. the ceo is retiring, and the organisation has started a bursary in his name, one that i think is incredibly awesome and worthy of spreading the news:
CON*NECT is pleased to pleased to announce the creation of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=238&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>mister rogers defends public broadcasting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;ve been really swamped lately and otherwise occupied so i haven&#8217;t had a chance to post anything in a while. however, i rediscovered this great clip and thought i&#8217;d share it with you:
mister rogers, for those of us who remember him from our childhood, defended public broadcasting and the effect of educational programming to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=234&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>upcoming industry conferences and events 2009-2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridging the Gap: Serious Games to Game-Based Learning 
Feb 19, 2009
Toronto, ON, Canada
Campus Crisis Simulation: Improving Campus-Wide Response to an Emergency 
Feb 25-27, 2009
Irvine, CA, USA
Hybrid Learning: Instructional and Institutional Implementation 
Feb 27,2009
ONLINE WEBCAST
Faculty Development in Blended/Online Learning 
Mar 2-4,2009
Denver, CO, USA
Financial Information for Continuing Education Decision-Making 
Mar 9, 2009
ONLINE WEBCAST
E-learning and language&#8230;the spirit of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=229&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>upcoming free webinars</title>
		<link>http://ruyoung.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/upcoming-free-webinars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[there are so any great events coming up that it is hard to decide which ones to choose. here is a snapshot of some free webinars coming up this month.
New Possibilities with Mobile Learning: A Discussion of M-Learning 2.0
feb 4, 2009
1:00pm est
Analytics for Your Small Business Website! 
feb 10, 2009
2:00pm est
Planning for Content Reuse: Best [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=226&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>webcast highlights: training and development in a recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[in a webcast from the canadian management centre, the message was loud and clear: do not have a pity party about the state of the economy &#8211; support your people and retrain. now is an opportunity to prepare for strong positioning during recovery.
our society tends to employ a fear cycle (media &#8211;&#62; gossip &#8211;&#62; fear [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=222&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>training and development in a recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[in the midst of downsizing, layoffs, and stimulus packages the training industry needs a reminder of just how crucial the right kind of training is necessary to survive the current downturned economy.
the canadian management centre will host a free webcast titled training and development in a recession: what smart organizations do to survive in challenging [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=220&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>training a large portion of federal budget</title>
		<link>http://ruyoung.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/training-a-large-portion-of-federal-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the canadian federal budget was tabled by jim flaherty today. between training and employment insurance there is about $1.8billion earmarked, laid out as:

Enhancing the Availability of Training
Budget 2009 will create more and better opportunities for Canadian workers through skills          development by:

Increasing funding for training delivered through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=218&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>making face time while learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[though this advert is for the nokia nseries, the message is well appreciated.
it talks about how we&#8217;ve used various screens overtime to watch, entertain, learn, and play, and what that meant to us as social beings.

the power of mobile technology has allowed us to go back out into the world, and the power of mobile [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=214&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>training and development in lean economic times</title>
		<link>http://ruyoung.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/training-and-development-in-lean-economic-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the canadian management centre announced today that they will be hosting a free webcast to address training in these lean economic times.
Training and Development in a Recession: what smart organizations do to survive in challenging times
Jan 28, 2009
12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
ken blanchard, scott blanchard, jim kirkpatrick, and edward t reilly will be poised to have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=212&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>meeting the demands of a new age</title>
		<link>http://ruyoung.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/meeting-the-demands-of-a-new-age/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.&#8221;
these words, spoken by us president barack obama in his inaugural speech, show hope for the future of education. with change comes possibility.
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		<title>upcoming industry conferences (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[eek! i haven&#8217;t been blogging for a month due to the holidays, personal injury, family emergency, and job hunting, and then just as i was compiling this blog post, we were among the 100,000 people in toronto that lost power and heat thu night. now with power, here&#8217;s a list of upcoming industry conferences, including [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=204&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>professional development courses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[a few weeks back bschool.com posted a list of 100 free business and entrepreneurship courses from ivy league schools such as mit, columbia, and berkley. among them are:

communication skills for academics - guidelines, practice, and professional norms

entrepreneurial marketing - key concepts, methods, and strategies

no sweat speaking &#8211; taking the pain out of public speaking

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		<title>a brave new world wide web</title>
		<link>http://ruyoung.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/a-brave-new-world-wide-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[a look at the efficiency of web 2.0 for the classroom:

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		<title>living, learning, and experiencing second life</title>
		<link>http://ruyoung.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/living-learning-and-experiencing-second-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[philip rosedale, founder of second life, talks about living, learning, and experiencing concepts online and how this popular simulated world is changing our society.

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		<title>canada moodle moot 2009 call for proposals</title>
		<link>http://ruyoung.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/canada-moodle-moot-2009-call-for-proposals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[canada moot 2009 will be apr 1 &#8211; 4, 2009 in edmonton, ab and the call for proposals is open.
follow the link to the description of what you&#8217;ll need to consider when submitting proposals. log in or create a login.  to see who is coming and what has been submitted, go to http://moodlemoot.ca/moodle/mod/data/view.php?id=1221
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		<title>mobile experience innovation centre research launch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[on fri i&#8217;ll be attending a half day forum for the mobile experience innovation centre research launch. i am curious what will be discussed and how it will affect mobile learning. after much disdain that twitter has stopped outbound sms to canada, and with the rising costs of canadian data plans, and the general state [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=188&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>bill gates, education diplomat</title>
		<link>http://ruyoung.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/bill-gates-education-diplomat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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bill gates encouraged us president-elect barack obama to include educational reform in the strategy to get through the current economic crisis.
The risk now, Mr. Gates noted, was that government funding for education and oversees development will be hit amid the current economic turmoil. &#8220;In a crisis, there is always a risk that you take your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=185&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>an entrepreneurs education of a lifetime</title>
		<link>http://ruyoung.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/an-entrepreneurs-education-of-a-lifetime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;if you could change your life, would you?&#8221; that&#8217;s how seth godin started a blog post today describing an opportunity of a lifetime, and anyone can apply, including you and me and the guy down the street.
applying for and being granted the opportunity to spend 6mos with one of the most innovative marketing mavens of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruyoung.wordpress.com&blog=2135143&post=183&subd=ruyoung&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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