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San Rafael, CA (USA), October 2018 - Knowbly, the maker of award-winning cloud-based authoring tools for universities, schools, businesses, professionals, and consumers, has announced the launch of the world's first eLearning toolkit designed for eLearning creators by eLearning creators. » MORE

Gloucester (UK), October 2018 - An article on eLearning supplier Engage in Learning's website argues that successful leaders are "business chameleons". In other words, says the article, they should be able to take on the role of directors, facilitators, or motivators depending on the particular challenges that they are facing at the time. » MORE

Toronto, ON (CA), October 2018 - Docebo 7.5 unveils the first iteration of the learning platform's evolution into an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for learning. The newest release lays the foundation for a seismic shift in enterprise learning, both internally and across the extended enterprise. Docebo's learning-specific artificial intelligence algorithms are powered by a combination of machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing. » MORE

Herleen (NL), October 2018 - The online course and online community PBLLA18 is now open! "We are eager to discuss how problem-based learning and learning analytics can improve our future lifelong learning", says Dr. Christian M. Stracke from the Open University of the Netherlands. Together with his colleague Dr. Olga Firssova, he designed this new learning experience - PBLLA18 - for the European PBL 3.0 consortium. » MORE

London (UK), October 2018 - Dedicated to creating content learners actually want and need, the MicroLearn team responded to a variety of requests to create eight brand-new courses, increasing the size of its off-the-shelf catalogue to over 130 titles. These requests included courses entitled Whistleblowing; Right to Work; PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard); Bribery and Corruption; and Insider Trading. » MORE

Bournemouth (UK), October 2018 - Unicorn Training are on course to eclipse their record-breaking 2017 after recording their best ever figures in each of the first eight months of this year. Unicorn and its Serious Games division, Game Brain, attracted big crowds at The World of Learning Conference and Exhibition in Birmingham last week. » MORE

London (UK), October 2018 - Learning Now TV has announced the appointment of Paul Morgan as its first channel ambassador. Morgan has more than 25 years' experience in senior learning and development roles in organisations, including Microsoft and O2. He is currently head of customer experience at learning technology provider Kallidus. » MORE

London (UK), October 2018 - Learnlight has been awarded an Excellence in Blended Learning Gold Award from Chief Learning Officer at the 2018 Learning in Practice Awards. The prestigious Gold award recognizes Learnlight's blended learning program partnership with leading telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom. » MORE

Conshohocken, PA (USA), October 2018 - Advantexe Learning Slutions, a global leader in business simulation-centric training solutions, has announced the launch of a new sales business simulation called Strategic Business Prospecting®. This new sales simulation presents provocative and realistic selling situations to help build and strengthen prospecting skills in a risk-free learning environment. » MORE

New York, NY (USA), October 2018 - An organization's capacity to enhance the capabilities of its workforce and create a culture of continuous learning are vital to remaining competitive. These trends make an effective learning and development (L&D) function more critical than ever. » MORE

Berlin (GER), October 2018 - International experts at this year's eLearning Africa conference, which recently took place in Kigali, Rwanda, were upbeat about the long-term prospects for African economies. The reason, they say, is that there is a new mood of "confidence" and a growing understanding among African political leaders and employers of the vital importance of investment in education and training. » MORE

Saratoga Springs, NY (USA), October 2018 - Learning 2018 is to feature LearnBot, an innovative, interactive chatbot for learning. Learning 2018 will take place at Disney's Coronado Springs in Orlando, 04-07 November. » MORE

Kos (GR), October 2018 - iELA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 International eLearning Awards, Academic Division. Winners were announced in Kos, Greece at the International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL). The winners are listed below. Awards committee chair Dr. David Guralnick stated, "I was impressed with the high quality and variety of this year's submissions.  We're seeing continued innovation in the uses of technology to improve online and mobile education." » MORE