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Southampton (UK) / Barcelona (E), August 2016 - Following the announcement of Brexit, Nancarrow Partnerships has seen a significant increase in marketing spend with a specific set of clients. This has led to company growth. » MORE

Cirencester (UK), August 2016 - The UK's largest study into the use of virtual reality (VR) in learning, published by Kallidus, shows VR has captured the imagination of L&D professionals and could prove to be the next big transformational learning technology. The research, entitled "Virtual Reality: The next big transformational learning technology", is available online. The findings reveal that 91% of L&D professionals plan to use VR for learning in their organisation, with over a third planning to roll out VR over the next three years. » MORE

Heidelberg (GER), August 2016 - In recent years, our client, a leading bank in Asia headquartered in Singapore, has recognized the power of digitizing corporate learning and has entrusted tts partner Synpulse to develop its training solutions. With the aid of tt performance suite, the client is one of the early adopters in the Singapore financial Industry to digitize its systems training and thus paves the way for other banks to do the same. » MORE

Nashua, NH (USA), August 2016 - A major update to TopClass learning-management system offers enhanced social-learning capability for associations, continuing education, and corporate training programs. It features more rewarding and diverse learning experiences that increase engagement. » MORE

London (UK), August 2016 - Totara Learning is delighted to have surpassed 100 case studies, sharing the success stories drawn from our rapidly growing community of over 900 subscribers and 80 partners. » MORE

London (UK), August 2016 - Saba, a leading provider of intelligent cloud-based talent- management solutions, has announced record results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year that ended 31 May 2016. » MORE

Genoa (I), August 2016 - Global learning company eXact learning solutions has signed an escrow agreement with NCC Group, a FTSE 250-listed global expert in cyber security and risk mitigation. Valerio Torda, eXact learning solutions’ Managing Director, explained, "We value our customers and work hard to deliver software solutions that meet their key business requirements - as well as build strong relationships based on trust". » MORE

Friedrichsdorf (GER), August 2016 - InDigiTrain stands for "integrated digital training", viewed as a motor for making the continuing education and training structures of speech therapists and hygiene professionals more flexible. The collaborative project promoted by the Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Union’s European Social Fund (ESF) started 01 June 2016. The German company M.I.T is a cooperation partner in the collaborative project, together with the Workers’ Welfare Association (AWO) chapter in Ennepe/Ruhr, and Bildungsinstitut im Gesundheitswesen (BiG - Training Institute for Health Services). The Open University in Hagen is the project coordinator.  » MORE

Ikley (SCT), August 2016 - Virtual College has won the contract for the creation of a bespoke online-learning solution and has been working in collaboration with subject-matter experts Connecting With People to develop the eLearning content. » MORE

Chicago, IL (USA), August 2016 - kPoint has announced the launch of kPoint Video Central, a powerful and secure video cloud. Video Central, with its refreshing new interface, provides easier video storage and faster streaming on any device and any kind of network. » MORE

London / Dundee (UK), August 2016 - Nitrospark, a leading creator of game-based learning solutions, has signed a partnership agreement with Al Rabban Capital, enabling the companies to collaborate on learning projects in Qatar, extending Nitrospark's reach into the Middle East. » MORE

Saratoga Springs, NY (USA), August 2016 - Leaning in the workplace is changing, and sessions for learning leaders are being developed for Elliott Masie's Learning 2016 event, to be held in Orlando, Florida, 23-26 October. Over 1,500 corporate-learning leaders from around the world will participate in these sessions. Keynote speakers include Anderson Cooper (anchor of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°); U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly; Twitter CLO Melissa Daimler; actor George Takei, filmmaker Tiffany Shlain, MIT's Sanjay Sarma, and other thought leaders. » MORE

Berlin (GER), August 2016 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) can support learning processes – of this many AI experts are certain, and Roger Schank is one of them. He visualises a technology-supported learning process in which an AI mentor would appear to help learners whenever they get stuck or have a question. The cognitive psychologist and AI theorist will be one of the key speakers at the 22^nd OEB, Europe’s leading conference in the realm of digital learning and training. » MORE

Plymouth (UK), August 2016 - A four-day online event on how to use learning technologies to innovate, integrate and inspire in the workplace brought together over 250 delegates and 25 learning experts. The Big Sponge Hangout, hosted by award-winning eLearning company Sponge UK, took place 18-21 July 2016. » MORE

Brussels (BE), August 2016 - "MOOCs Are Dead! – Long Live MOOCs" is the title of the presentation of Dr. Christian M. Stracke, researcher in open education and innovation at the Welten Institute of the Open University of the Netherlands, at the 2016 edition of the annual European Distance and eLearning Network (EDEN) conference. Stracke advocates a shift of focus when discussing MOOCs. He also stresses the importance of a common Quality Reference Framework (QRF) to guide the design and development of MOOCs as well as other open online courses. » MORE