Giunti Labs helps develop t-learning

Giunti Labs, Europeís e-learning and mobile learning content management solutions (LCMS) vendor has been selected as the overall learning content management platform provider for the Enhanced Learning Unlimited (ELU) initiative. ELU is a European Project which, in the next 30 months, targets to develop innovative TV learning solutions for an international consortium led by Ort France and grouping a large array of more than ten European Universities and Broadcasters, among which is the Center for futurism education - Ben Gurion University, University of Ljubljana, Hradec Kralove, Riga and Czech Television.

The project focuses on pedagogical as well as technical aspects of the possibilities of ít-learningí, with a goal of constructing a new integrated learning platform for interactive TV. One of the focus areas is a game based t-learning application.

Existing learning technology standards will be used and enhanced within the project. The ELU approach aims to present t-learning content material to users in a manner that is generated to meet the userís learning context in terms of the usersí learning preferences, the selected pedagogic strategy, monitored skills and competencies and the interaction capabilities of the means of delivery.

A new module of Giunti Labsí learn eXact LCMS platform, eXact TV, has just been announced to make SCORM contents delivered and tracked on Set Top Boxes, and will be used for the ELU project.

eXact TV is an integrated module of Giunti Labsí learn eXact LCMS suite and further enhances the learning opportunities by providing an additional channel for learning content delivery. eXact TV is already used in Italy for Canale DTT Lavoro, which is the first thematic channel focusing on learning and work related issues.

Canale DTT Lavoro is funded by Fondazione Ugo Bordoni which operates under the supervision of Italian Ministry of Communications.

Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of Giunti Labs commented: From the pedagogical point of view, TV is a different medium from the internet and needs a different approach than ítraditional distance learning solutionsí.

T-learning will help to overcome, for example, the limits of physical distance as there is a broad digital TV infrastructure base in Europe. In addition to web and mobile learning, TV is an additional channel for providing personalised learning experiences using always the most convenient channel from the user_s point of view.