Pearson VUE provides a full suite of services from test development to data management, and delivers exams through the world’s most comprehensive and secure network of test centers in 165 countries. Pearson VUE is a business of Pearson (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), the international education and information company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education and the Penguin Group.

The Online Learning Environment Survey (OLES) is an online survey instrument for evaluating e-learning environments. The data collected and the resultant statistics depict the actual and preferred learning environment of individuals and groups of learners giving valuable feedback to educators working in these environments. Using the OLES educators can gather valuable pre-course and post-course data to evaluate the effectiveness of the e-learning environment. Adjustments can then be made accordingly to improve or adjust the learning environment.

To remain fresh and relevant, online courses need to be continually revised and improved. Considerations of relevant laws and institutional policies should be a core focus of every curriculum redesign. Redesigning an online curriculum presents rich opportunities to integrate the latest thinking in given disciplines and to incorporate new methodologies for teaching and learning. New, emerging, and evolving technologies can greatly enhance work to update the curriculum of an online course.

When considering the factors for development of a cell culture assay there are two major parts that need to be considered: the cell growth conditions and the cell treatment conditions. Many times variables may differ for the two parts of the assay so they need to be kept as separate parts of the assay when considering the factors. In the table below is a list of the factors that one would consider when running an experimental design to develop an assay. The range of the factor is based on literature reference, existing protocols, American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) recommendations, etc. The rationale for why these factors are detailed below.

State of California's primary advisor to the Director, Office of Homeland Security on Homeland Security Exercise and Training matters. Directs a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency staff of military and civilian subject matter experts in developing, coordinating, and producing exercises and training for California's fifty-eight counties, five Urban Area Security Initiative cities, and six hundred fifty thousand emergency responders to respond to terrorist attacks involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and catastrophic natural disasters. Produces the annual State wide exercise series Golden Guardian.

A new study published on August 26 in the journal Science explains the old adage that two heads are better than one is not always true. Professors Chris Frith of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at the University College London (UCL) and Niels Bohr at the University of Aarhus in Denmark and colleagues discovered that two heads work best when they are equals and can speak freely with one another.Bahador Bahrami, MD, researcher at UCL's Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and lead author of the study, explained, "When we are trying to solve problems, we usually put our heads together in teams, calling on each other's opinions. "For our study, we wanted to see if two people could combine information from each other in a difficult judgement task and how much this would improve their performance."Frith noted, "When two people working together can discuss their disagreements, two heads can be better than one. But, when one person is working with flawed information - or perhaps is less able at their job - then this can have a very negative effect on the outcome.

Only 12 percent of federal CISOs worry about poorly trained users. According to an April 2010 study by the Ponemon Institute, 40 percent of all data breaches in the United States are the result of negligence, however a comparable statistic for the federal space is unavailable.

The Computer Security Act of 1987 requires federal agencies to "provide for the mandatory periodic training in computer security awareness and accepted computer security practices of all persons who are involved with the management, use, or operation of each Federal computer system within or under the supervision of that agency." At the NIST event, Hord Tipton, executive director of (ISC)², estimated that most federal employees only get an hour of training per year, under FISMA requirements.

All GIAC exams corresponding to new certification attempts and new recertification attempts are required to be proctored. The cost of new GIAC challenge certification attempt is $899, certification attempts taken in conjunction with the associated SANS training course are $499, and recertification attempts are $399.

Varying the types of skills you work on in practice sessions engages a different part of the brain than the one you use when focusing on a single task, researchers say. The finding explains why variable practice improves the brain's memory of most skills better than working on just one type of task, according to the research team from the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.In their study, published online recently in Nature Neuroscience, the investigators divided 59 volunteers into different groups. Some were asked to practice a challenging arm movement, while others did the arm movement and related tasks in a variable practice structure.The participants in the variable practice group learned the arm movement better than those who practiced only the arm movement, the study authors found.Among those in the variable practice group, the process of consolidating memory of the skill engaged a part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex, which is associated with higher level planning. Among those who practiced only the arm movement, the engaged part of the brain was the primary motor cortex, which is associated with simple motor learning, the authors explained."In the variable practice structure condition, you're basically solving the motor problem anew each time. If I'm just repeating the same thing over and over again as in the constant practice condition, I don't have to process it very deeply," study senior author Carolee Winstein, a professor of biokinesiology and physical therapy at the University of Southern California, said in a university news release.

Creately is a visual collaboration platform used by project teams to communicate more effectively. With Creately's easy to use interface and Shared Projects, everyone on your design, development and business teams can collaborate on software designs, wireframes, business & strategy diagrams easily.

Backboard makes it easy to securely collect feedback and approval on documents, presentations, graphics, and websites. Backboard works with all common file formats.

The Prediction API enables access to Google's machine learning algorithms to analyze your historic data and predict likely future outcomes. Upload your data to Google Storage for Developers, then use the Prediction API to make real-time decisions in your applications

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Integrated Arts Marketing The rapid adoption of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networking sites has brought a sea change to the way people communicate, interact and relate. Initially these social media channels were used exclusively for social interaction; but today they are integral parts of Fortune 500 corporate communications. Any organization that wants to succeed must effectively leverage social media. Traditional marketing channels are increasingly ineffective as the primary marketing strategy. Social media marketing is the wave of the future, and it produces truly remarkable results.

Welcome to MedHomeInfo, the resource for physicians and practices that want to participate in the Medicare Medical Home Demonstration (MMHD)

6 Sigma.us offers online, onsite and open enrollment six sigma training and six sigma certification in Green Belt, Black Belt, Master Black Belt, Champion and Lean Agent Certification.

eStrategy Solutions, Inc., a Texas-based online e-learning provider, delivers "pain-free" solutions for online training and testing for state licensing agencies, boards and affiliates.