Early in his career, Hollender founded the Skills Exchange, in Toronto, followed by the Network for Learning, in New York City, which was later sold to Warner Publishing, a division of Warner Communications.

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Obami Founded in 2009, Obami is a social network and learning management system for South African schools, teachers and students.

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These are produced by consultants from federal universities belonging to the Literacy Teacher Training network and serve as the basis for official accreditation of learning outcomes.

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By locating in these startup capitals, a new entrepreneur becomes part of a vast network, which is helpful for raising funds and also for the learning curve.

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At some point then, Knewton itself could open its platform to allow any user to work with or create content for the platform, too, which could unleash a set of free tools powered by the adaptive algorithm and voila, the robust facilitated network with modular content that we predicted would emerge in Disrupting Class and will make personalized learning for any student anywhere a reality.

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The first of what will be 60 or 70 Chinese from mainland companies have just set up in the St John's Innovation Centre: some to network, some looking for suppliers, some for joint ventures, some no doubt for customers, and all learning.

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Strong managers construct individualized reward portfolios (a point about with which Lawler and Worley agree, by the way) using elements like learning opportunities, project assignments and organizational network introductions to ensure that each employee has a comprehensive deal customized for his or her personal needs and circumstances.

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