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Seward to Develop Online STI Training for World Health Organization

Online STI Training Aimed at Healthcare Workers in Pacific Island Countries

Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 1, 2009 - The World Health Organization (WHO) in Fiji has engaged Seward International to develop the design for an interactive online version of the WHO print-based course, "Comprehensive Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Pacific Island Countries".

Seward Awarded Teacher Training Project in Oman

Project focuses on the application of child-centered classroom methods at Sultan Qaboos University

Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 9, 2009 - Seward International has been awarded a contract with Creative Associates International, Inc. to institutionalize the Child Centered Classroom Methodology (CCCM) at various Ministry of Higher Education’s (MOHE) pre-service training institutions in Oman. The contract is funded by the US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). Creative and Seward will partner with Sultan Qaboos University to create a complete, self-contained CCCM training program that is based on a fully developed and locally accepted curriculum.

Gregory Sales and Hilal O. Al-Siyabi Awarded Best Presentation at Forum on e-Learning Excellence in the Middle East

Award won for presentation on teacher training and capacity-building project

Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 3, 2009 - Gregory Sales (President and CEO, Seward Inc.) and Hilal O. Al-Siyabi (Head of Communications, Al Zubair Corporation, Oman) won the Best Presentation Award at the Forum on e-Learning Excellence in the Middle East for their presentation, "Oman’s Online Teacher Training Project: A Case Study." They were presented the award at the gala dinner for the 2nd Annual Forum, which took place on January 26-29, 2009 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Forum featured speakers, discussion, and workshops for educators, researchers, and e-learning professionals from around the world.

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