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Two Proven Leaders

Skillsoft Acquires SumTotal Systems

Dublin (IR)/Nashua, NH (USA), September 2014 - Skillsoft Limited, a pioneer in technology-delivered learning solutions, has announced that its subsidiary, Skillsoft Corporation, has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of SumTotal Systems, LLC from affiliates of Vista Equity Partners, a US-based private equity firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. » more

Technology for Education

Scholas Presented at Vatican Scholas

Vatican City (I), September 2014 - "Building peace through Education and Technology" are the words with which the organization Scholas unveiled the first online, collaborative, and multi-religious platform that seeks to connect educational institutions all over the world regardless of race, color, or religion. The announcement came after a week of intense activities. On 01 September, Pope Francis inaugurated the Scholas Third Global Congress on Education event in the Saint Paul VI Room, with the participation of soccer celebrities who played the first interreligious soccer game for peace. » more

Learning Provider

Thales Improves Standards in Training

Crawley (UK), September 2014 - The Learning & Performance Institute, the industry standard body for learning and development professionals, is pleased to announce that Thales Learning & Development (TLD) has entered its tenth year as an accredited learning provider. » more

"Organising Space&qu

UNISON Launches Online Learning Community

Brightwave (UK), September 2014 - UNISON, one of the UK's largest trade unions and Europe's largest public-service union, has launched a new online learning community using Brightwave's award-winning total learning system "tessello". Unveiled for the first time at their National Delegate Conference in June, where delegates from across the union came together to decide the union's policies and priorities, Organising Space has been launched as the union's new, pioneering secure social-learning microsite exclusively for activists and staff. » more

Campus-Wide Solution

Training the Next Generation of Engineers with ANSYS®

Pittsburgh, PA (USA), September 2014 - As engineering students across the globe return to the classroom, more and more of them will learn to harness the power of ANSYS simulation software – the same tools that they'll be expected to use in their future careers. A growing number of schools – including the University of Bath, the Technical University of Hamburg, Georgia Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the University of Tulsa, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Iowa State University, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, and North Carolina State University – are offering all of their engineering students access to ANSYS technology through a campus-wide solution. » more

MiniBash 2014

PebblePad Introduces New Flourish Mentoring

Telford (UK), September 2014 - Over seventy delegates from education and commerce gathered in Birmingham for PebblePad’s day-long event "MiniBash ’14 – The National Gathering", which offered participants the opportunity to learn about the exciting product developments ahead. Based in Telford’s eInnovation Centre, PebblePad’s personal-learning technology is already hugely successful in the UK and Australia following initial implementation at the University of Wolverhampton in 2004. » more

Interactive eLearning

Free Compliance MOOC

Saarbrücken (GER)/ London (UK), September 2014 - eLearning software and content provider IMC (UK) Learning has launched a new Massive Open Online Course specifically aimed at those who are new to or already working in the UK financial-services-compliance sector. The MOOC is a free and interactive approach to compliance learning that has been created as a result of both the increased expectations on those who occupy controlled functions and the rising fines imposed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on individuals and firms who breach the ever-increasing laws and regulations. » more

Investment Platform

RCS Capital Corporation Launches "We Are Crowdfunding"

New York, NY (USA), September 2014 - RCS Capital Corporation ("RCAP") has announced the launch of "We Are Crowdfunding," a Crowdfunding 2.0 investment platform designed to provide investors direct access to high-caliber, institutional-quality public and private investment offerings. » more

At my best® Cards

New Low-Tech Tool Promises to Help L&D Managers

Warwickshire (UK), September 2014 - The Learning Live conference is often associated with the latest learning technologies, but one exhibitor this year was advocating a positively low-tech alternative. Business psychologists Work Positive was showcasing their new "At my best®" strengths cards at this year’s event, where they explained why this physical product can be even more impactful than online assessments. » more

Learning-Portal Market

Docebo Named in the Learning-Portal-Companies Watch List

Naples (I), September 2014 - Within days of having been named on the shortlist of this year’s eLearning Age Awards in the UK, in the "best learning-management system (LMS) implementation" category, Docebo has also been named on the 2014 Learning-Portal- Companies Watch List. » more

Classroom Technology

Seven Edtech Companies Win "iHub Pitch Games" Challenge

San Jose, CA (USA), September 2014 - Seven education-technology startups from across the nation have emerged as winners of the "iHub Pitch Games", held at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, earning the opportunity to test their science and math-friendly software in Silicon Valley schools. » more

Step-by-Step Navigation

New Version of IMC Process-Guidance Suite Now Available

Saarbruecken (GER), September 2014 - Electronic performance support, micro-learning, informal learning, all of these words are associated with performance support and illustrate the increasing demand for IT solutions in this area. Business Process Guidance includes these concepts and provides a solution for decision makers looking to guide their users through complex business processes and IT landscapes in a context-sensitive, application-specific and role-specific way. IMC has now upgraded its performance-support software to offer exactly this service. » more

Soft Skills

Bite-Size video Clips Address Hard-Line Business Issues

London (UK), September 2014 – insynergi, a bespoke coaching, mentoring, and training company, has released a three-part video guide to help organisations boost essential people skills. Soft skills translate into hard profits, and organisations that prioritise their people skills will be able to create a more flexible and high-performing workforce. » more

OEB 2014

All Doom and Gloom for New Generation of Learners?

Berlin (GER), September 2014 - Can learning prosper in the Internet age? Technology is dismantling the traditional power structures of learning, such as the division between teacher and pupil or between work and learning. But is this a truly democratic world of opportunity – or must we fear descent into anarchy? Will a greater choice of learning opportunities really bear the fruits they seem to promise? » more

Online Learning

The Recipients of the 2014 OLC Awards

Newburyport, MA (USA), September 2014 - The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), formerly The Sloan Consortium, has announced the recipients of the 2014 OLC Awards and the 2014 Effective Practice Awards. All awards will be presented at a luncheon on 30 October at the twentieth annual Online Learning Consortium International Conference, 29-31 October 2014, in Orlando, Florida. » more

Adjoining OEB

Speex Exchange to Address Challenges of Corporate Learning

Munich (GER), September 2014 – Speexx, a global provider of online language training, has announced its fourth Speexx Exchange, 03 December 2014, on the eve of Online Educa Berlin. The event is free, and early registration is advised. » more

Relocation to Barcelona

Sites of GBSN & EFMD Africa Conference Changed

Brussels (BE), September 2014 - It is with great disappointment that EFMD, GBSN, and GIMPA have to announce that the 2014 Africa Conference has been moved from Ghana to Barcelona, Spain due to the ongoing and tragic crisis surrounding the Ebola virus. » more

Deadline 30 September

MEDEA Awards Final Call

Brussels (BE), September 2014 - The final call for entries to the MEDEA Awards has been announced, so if you are interested in submitting, the organizers would like to remind you that the deadline to submit your entry is 30 September 2014 at 12.00 midnight CET. » more

The Desire to Learn

TTS Presents New Ideas at HCM Expo in Cologne

Heidelberg (GER), September 2014 - The desire to learn and acquire new knowledge, as well as refreshing the old, only comes about when there is an effective combination of various qualification opportunities and attractive content. Regardless of whether it is done formally in the (virtual or actual) classroom or via mobile or eLearning, or informally, when employees access knowledge at the workplace in the "moment of need", with learning, it’s always "the mix that matters". » more