In April, Malmberg conducted a survey among more than 400 teachers in secondary education, to find out how they experience the final exam period. By means of this PR-action, Malmberg emphasizes the focus on teachers. During the final exam period there is a lot of attention on the pupils, but this is also an exciting period for teachers.
Journalists are announcing the end of the “chalk and blackboard” era, the Polish Ministry of National Education is introducing a “Digital school” pilot programme and teachers are admitting that sometimes they suffer from a lack of knowledge how to effectively implement new technologies into the teaching process.
John Beekman (1955) has been appointed as ICT Director at Sanoma Learning, as of July 1, 2012. For the last 4.5 years, John has been an Associate Director at KPMG. He was responsible for the acquisition and execution of management and consultancy assignments, in the field of ICT and sourcing management.
Winfried Mortelmans (1967) has been appointed as Van In’s new Managing Director, as of July 1, 2012.
Young Digital Planet’s Bookshelf - the Digital Books Solution was presented to hundreds of publishers from around the world seeking the best ways to digitalize their offerings.
Malmberg has again won an IPON Award in the category secondary and vocational education. The educational publisher received the prize for its latest generation teaching methods that are released under the label Optimaal Digitaal (Optimal Digital). The jury praised Malmberg for the way they anticipate the digitisation of teaching and how they respond to the different needs in the field of digital teaching.
Press release, 2 April 2012 The divestment of Sanoma's book logistics company Porvoon Kirjakeskus Oy, announced on 2 March 2012, has been closed today. In the transaction Sanoma sold the entire share capital of Porvoon Kirjakeskus Oy to Bonnier Books Finland Oy. Finnish competition authorities approved the transaction on 15 March 2012. The divestment is in line with Sanoma's strategy to focus i...
On March 19, Andrzej Molski took on the function of Managing Director and President of the Management Board at Young Digital Planet – a leading publisher of interactive education resources. One of the company’s founders and the first Managing Director, Waldemar Kucharski, handed over the management leadership of the company.
Digital Books Solution - Bookshelf is Young Digital Planet’s new product designed specially to publishers. The solution covers the entire ePublishing process, from the eContent creation to its end-user delivery.
In 2010, a group of German publishers agreed to establish a common platform for the production and distribution of digital textbooks. The publishers aimed for the common, nationwide solution for easy production of high quality interactive textbooks and their delivery to schools and students. Over 80 publishers, competing on a daily basis in a very mature market, agreed to start the project led by the German Association of Publishers.
Esmerk, the Helsinki-based global business information provider, has announced that it has strengthened its sales and marketing operations in recent months through the appointment of a number of new personnel across its European office network.
Young Digital Planet is the proud winner of the Prime Award for innovative products, services and excellent marketing practices. Read more about this prestigious prize dedicated to selected companies during the CeBit trade show in Hannover, Germany.
The winners of the European Seal of e-Excellence 2012, the prestigious Europe-wide Award, promoting the marketing of innovation, were announced at the CeBIT in Hannover, Germany on March 6. Innovative and market driven companies from 18 countries joined the award ceremony to receive their award from the hands of jury members.
A consortium of three companies: Young Digital Planet SA and VULCAN sp. z o.o. (both of them being members of Sanoma Learning Group) and Zakład Usług Informatycznych OTAGO sp. z o.o., turned out to be the successful bidder, winning a contract to build the Gdánsk Education Platform. The purpose of the project is to deliver the equipment and to deploy the software in 191 educational establishments in the City of Gdańsk by the end of 2013.
Press release, 2 March 2012 Sanoma Corporation has today announced that it sells its book logistics company Porvoon Kirjakeskus Oy to Bonnier Books Finland Oy. The deal is subject to the approval of the Finnish competition authorities. The closing of the transaction is expected during the second quarter of 2012. Porvoon Kirjakeskus Oy offers logistics services for the leading publishers in Finl...
Digitisation plays an increasing role in the classroom and the daily work of teachers. Malmberg sees a growing need at schools to teach completely digital via laptops, computers or tablets.
Following the re-imaging and brand renewal project undertaken in 2011, Esmerk has now launched its new-look website www.esmerk.com.
A headmaster’s job is challenging. Running a school successfully presupposes several qualities and skills from the headmaster. Some of them can be taught, but many are innate, personal attributes. In addition to the main job, namely running the school and making the tough decisions, headmasters are bombarded with mundane routine tasks. These small but frequent tasks take too much of a headmasters’ time.
January 20th, Malmberg organized the third National Congress for Biology teachers. The event took place in Burgers ' Zoo in Arnhem. It has been a very successful day: 450 biology teachers from secondary education have been inspired by different speakers.
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Esmerk is introducing a new consumer report that focuses on the Russian market. The quarterly report is a compilation of consumer-related news and phenomena presented in the Russian media. The topics include consumer attitudes, use of time, wellbeing, food, living, work, money, trade, the media, technology, and trends, among other things.
Malmberg has launched three new methods for primary education. In addition to the successful methods Naut, Meander and Brandaan, a new series is introduced: Argus Clou geography, Argus Clou history and Argus Clou science and technique. With both these series, Malmberg will conquer the market for these subjects even further!
Humboldt is the new geography method for the first classes of secondary education. The package is compact and can be used either completely digital or in combination with books. The method will be on the market this school year and as of August 2013, schools can start to use it.
We do like this joyful Christmas time - the magical time when love and kindness can be felt in the air and even too many duties and responsibilities cannot spoil our mood. Good and positive energy circulates around our offices and this is when new ideas are born! Because Nowa Era does not only mean the best textbooks, but also and first of all, people with passion who engage in helping people in need with a huge involvement and energy.
During the ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2011 conference, Jolanta Gałecka, Young Digital Planet’s Communication Specialist, presented our educational practices that respond to today’s needs, based on our prize-winning eduSensus series.
Every year Van Dale Publishers* holds a contest for ‘The Word of the Year’. From November 29 until December 19, the public voted on the ten nominated words for the Word of the Year 2011. They could also vote on the nominated words in five categories (youth language, lifestyle, sports/entertainment, economics and politics).
We are very proud to announce that the eduSensus series received a prestigious MEDEA Award 2011 during the Media & Learning conference in Brussels, which was held on November 25th and 26th, 2011.
BETT is the world’s leading event for educational technology where education professionals can evaluate and purchase a comprehensive range of ICT products and services. From early years to universities, BETT is an indispensable part of the annual knowledge-gathering process, coming at a time when establishments are planning and budgeting for the new school year.
NTK’s newest developments have won five awards on eFestival, on the Competition of Excellent Hungarian Contents.
Johan Merlevede (1964) has been appointed as chief commercial officer at Sanoma Learning as of 1 December 2011. Johan holds a Master’s degree in Classical Philology (University of Leuven) and gained a post-graduate degree in Business Economics (University of Antwerp).