2016

Alelo Selected for Military Training Technology’s 2016 Top Simulation & Training Companies List
Posted by Alelo | September 22, 2016

Alelo has been selected for Military Training Technology’s 2016 Top Simulation & Training Companies list. Companies featured on the list for 2016 are from around the world and have made...

Alelo Launches the Enskill™ Digital Learning Environment
Posted by Alelo | August 16, 2016

Alelo announced today its Enskill Digital Learning Environment, a system designed to deliver highly effective, economic learning solutions to close the skills gap faced by today’s workers who need both...

Alelo and Laureate International Universities to Co-develop Innovative Solutions for Learning Spoken English
Posted by Alelo | August 10, 2016

Alelo Inc. (Los Angeles) and Laureate International Universities (Baltimore) have signed an agreement to co-develop computer-based modules for learning and assessing spoken English skills based on Alelo’s virtual role-play technology...

US Air Force Recognizes Alelo VCAT Courses As An SBIR Success Story
Posted by Alelo | July 26, 2016

The U.S. Air Force recently recognized Alelo’s Virtual Cultural Awareness Trainers (VCATs) as a success story funded by its Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program, and produced a video showcasing...

Applied Anthropology
Posted by Alelo | July 18, 2016

When I was in graduate school, plenty of people asked me the dreaded question every anthropology student hears: “What are you going to do with that?” The question is a...

Alelo And Aptima Announced $3M Government Investment In Adaptive Language Learning Technology
Posted by Alelo | July 7, 2016

The Office of the Secretary of Defense funded Alelo and Aptima to develop ALLEARN, an adaptive learning architecture that helps people learn foreign languages more rapidly and develop higher levels...

Alelo and Aptima Team to Develop Adaptive Language Learning Technology
Posted by Alelo | June 15, 2016

Recognizing the unmet need for effective, relatively inexpensive foreign-language learning, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded a $3 million contract to Aptima Inc. and Alelo Inc. to develop...

What is Anthropology?
Posted by Alelo | May 19, 2016

When I tell people I meet that I’m an anthropologist, I sometimes get a blank stare in return. Occasionally someone will ask if I’ve dug up any cool artifacts lately...

What is Culture Shock?
Posted by Alelo | March 23, 2016

The first time I lived abroad, in Argentina, I wrote an excited letter to an old friend. "I am living in a place that is very similar to the States...

Low- and High-Context Communication
Posted by Alelo | February 24, 2016

One morning during my fieldwork in Mexico, the dog dragged my freshly washed dress off the line and into the mud. I swore at him under my breath, and a...