France BETTs on its educational know-how in London
11 January 2012by ubi -- last modified 11 January 2012
For the fifth year running, there will be a French pavilion at the British Education and Training Technology (BETT) trade show, one of the world’s leading events for educational technology. The pavilion will showcase 10 cutting-edge French players. The event is taking place from 11 to 14 January 2012, at the Olympia exhibition centre in London (UK).
For the fifth year running, there will be a French pavilion at the British Education and Training Technology (BETT) trade show, one of the world’s leading events for educational technology. The pavilion will showcase 10 cutting-edge French players. The event is taking place from 11 to 14 January 2012, at the Olympia exhibition centre in London (UK).
Chambre de commerce & d’industrie de Paris (CCIP, the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry), the French Education Ministry, Cap Digital (the Parisian cluster of excellence for the digital industries), and PM Conseil (an information-management company) have organised the French pavilion. It will be situated on Stand B90 at BETT, and will present 10 French companies from the educational-technology sector.
The companies that will be on the French pavilion are listed below. Further details can be provided on request.
4n media
4n media is a Paris-based independent publisher of mobile-learning (or m-learning) solutions for foreign languages. The company is a member of Cap Digital, the cluster of excellence for the digital industries in Paris and its region. 4n media has also been awarded the prize for Young Innovative Company by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
Awabot
Awabot was founded in 2010 by Bruno Bonnell and develops applications, such as EMOX, The Augmented Robot, for the service-robotics sector. The company is at the heart of the industrial and academic ecosystem via the development of multiple partnerships and projects.
Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes is a leading provider of software applied to 3D-design, manufacturing, simulation and innovation, product-lifecycle management, as well as search-based applications. Used by numerous industrial employers and educational institutions across the globe, the solutions developed by Dassault Systèmes provide a wide range of tutorials and curricula to help users create their own courses in both engineering and non-engineering disciplines.
eduMedia
eduMedia is an online educational-resource database for teachers, a work and revision tool for students, and a multimedia scientific encyclopaedia for libraries and the general public. The resources accessible on the website are visual and interactive; they can be downloaded for offline usage and are available in six languages (Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German and Spanish).
Erdenet
Erdenet provides BeLearner.com, a web device that allows teachers to create customised educational courses in the form of interactive videos. Currently more than 9,000 users are connected to this collaborative space, which enables the development of an interactive educational situation. This development is made possible thanks to the ability to edit one’s own tools, which remain in a secure legal framework, and to build online and interactive videos. The Video Learning Object concept at the heart of this education system has a patent pending.
ISI
ISI provides complete internet services in order to archive, manage, send and receive digital images and other documents. With more than 15 years of experience in the graphic-arts industry, ISI has developed a full range of internet services, including secure image- and document-archiving solutions as well as centralised multimedia-management solutions.
ITOP Éducation
ITOP Éducation specialises in digital technologies and resources for education. With over two million active users, and a partnership with Microsoft, ITOP Éducation is a French leader in educational technology. ITOP Éducation is the first Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) developer to be awarded the AFAQ certification by AFNOR, the internatio
nal specialist in industrial standards and certification.
Milliweb
Milliweb provides a complete solution that delivers a desktop application for both student and teacher, allowing them to use the same software, applications and content. The company’s innovative application is fully customisable; it can be used online, offline, at school, or at home; and, finally, it is compatible with most devices. Over one million of Milliweb’s products have been distributed throughout the world to date.
MultiCam Systems
MultiCam Systems has a long experience in video production for web purposes. Its principal product is MultiCam eLearning, a complete system for recording a lesson. MultiCam eLearning has a user-friendly and intuitive touch-screen interface, two cameras, a seven-key-angle shooting feature, and a VGA input, which allow teachers (or students) to capture any classroom situation. The technology developed by MultiCam Systems is compatible with any kind of content-delivery server.
Vision Objects
Based in Nantes (in western France), Vision Objects develops and markets accurate high-performance handwriting-recognition technology for touch- and pen-based user interfaces. Vision Objects’ MyScript technology is available for all major operating systems, and in more than 30 languages.
About Chambre de commerce & d’industrie de Paris
Chambre de commerce & d’industrie de Paris (CCIP, the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry) represents and promotes the interests of companies based in Paris and its region.
Companies from France will take part in the BETT trade show in London from 11 to 14 January 2012. The French pavilion will be located at Stand B90 and will showcase 10 businesses.
For further information on the trade show, please go to: www.bettshow.com
For further information about the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, please go to: www.ccip.fr
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