E-Virtuoses returns in 2012 May 23rd & 24th.

I have the pleasure of letting you all know about the return of E-Virtuoses, 2012, which will be held in Valenciennes, France. I last attended the conference in 2010 when I

PIXELearning wins European Seal of e-Excellence 2012

PIXELearning

are pleased to announce they have been awarded the highest honour of a Platinum Seal from EMF – The Forum of e-Excellence. This prestigious European and global award honouring ICT and Digital Media companies is awarded to those demonstrating an excellent track record in innovative marketing.

Announced today at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, the ceremony see’s 42 winners from 18 countries

2011 to 2012 – What a difference a year can make

So our closing statement of 2011 is shaping up to be a wild ride was certainly true and what a year 2011 was. It started with major changes to PIXELearning, it saw new additions to the team and it end with the busiest run up to Christmas we have ever seen.

Before we dive right in to 2012 (or at least before we dive too deep) we thought we would provide a round up on what’s been going on in the world of PIXELearning.

All change

It was a rocky start to 2011 but soon all turned around and the busy year started from April with the Acquisition of PIXELearning

Changing Attitudes to Dating Violence

PIXELearning are proud to announce the development of a serious game designed to raise awareness of violence in young people’s relationships.

The game, currently called Green Acres High

Gamification makes it into Deloitte’s Prediction of the Top 10 Technology Trends for 2012

Deloitte’s “Tech Trends 2012″ distinguished the technologies in two categories: “(Re)emerging Enablers” and “Disruptive Deployments.” (Re)emerging Enablers are five technologies that many CIOs have spent time, thought and resources on in the past, but deserve another look this year. Disruptive Deployments are five additional technologies that

Gloucester Language Immersion Centre

PIXELearning are delighted to announce that we have signed a contract to provide serious game and virtual world products to the Gloucester Language Immersion Centre (“GLIC”).

GLIC is a unique purpose built centre created specifically to teach languages through a “full immersion” technique, whereby pupils behave as though they are in a foreign country. The main target audiences for the centre are the local community, SME businesses and students between the ages of 14 – 19.

The initial roll-out will be for four languages; French, Spanish, Chinese and Russia, but there are plans to expand the offering to 11 languages, including rarely taught languages, such as Pashtu and Urdu. Pixel will be working in partnership with the Serious Games Institute (“SGI”) a world leading pioneer and innovator in the field of serious games and language training.

Andy Hasoon, CEO of Intellego said, “With hundreds of millions of people across the globe learning new languages at any one time this is a very exciting and a whole new market for Intellego to focus on. Importantly, serious games are the ideal tool to help people quickly grasp and retain a new language. The work being undertaken by GLIC cannot be underestimated and we are very pleased to be working closely alongside them.”

Tim Luft, Operations Director, of the Serious Games Institute, commented, “These new and highly effective training techniques provide a fundamental change to traditional teaching methods and are very well suited to learning a new language. All our courses are fully engaging and deeply interactive, allowing the student to remember more facts for a longer period of time.”

Fancy joining the Autumn Hackathon?

The Autumn Hackathon in partnership with Central Working and Milamber Digital is the first in a series of technology hack days, bringing together developers to pool their talents to create new ideas and applications.

Judges including leading entrepreneurs & developers will be awarding prizes including £2000 worth of legal services from a top technology law firm. Entries will be judged on innovation, commercial potential, usefulness & fun factor. To encourage greater involvement of those in further & higher education, teams are limited to three members but allowed a fourth member who is a full time student. Sign up for two days of coding and creativity with Javascript, JSON and Node.js!

London, 22–23 October 2011

Finding value from European funded projects

Now to some you may see the title of this and think value – really?!? All that paperwork, (usually) a two year project requiring lots of work/effort…. I see some nodding heads in the distance however, and it’s a big however, European projects can offer you endless opportunities to expand your business forte.

Let’s start with the creation of a project:

You’ve put the application in and it’s turned out to be a success, now you need to actually do the project. Each partner you have bought into the consortium offers

eLearning Innovation Seminar- The Presentations

As promised the presentations from, a very successful seminar if we do say so ourselves, are freely available.

The first presentation you see here is from Andy Hasoon, Director of Strategy for Intellego introduced the

Missed PIXELearning and Intellego’s E-Learning Innovation seminar…?? Don’t panic! Here’s a roundup of events. By Anna Bailey

Having just joined PIXELearning I think it is only appropriate that I introduce myself. I am Anna Bailey and have completed 2 years at The University of Huddersfield studying Computer Games Design and have now gained an internship as a graphical artist here at PIXELearning for a year before completing my course.

With the Elearning market growing by approximately 10% each year*,