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Fosway Group Launches New Vendor Reports for LMS Market

Cirencester (UK), November 2015 - Fosway Group, a leading independent European HR analyst, has released its new Vendor Reports for the learning-management-systems market. These comprehensive reports are a unique resource for European-based companies making decisions on their next-generation learning and talent solutions. » more

The Training Foundation

New Global Director for Policing Appointed

London (UK), November 2015 - The Training Foundation is delighted to welcome David Annets, who joined the team as Global Director for the Policing sector on 02 November 2015. David comes with a fantastic pedigree, with over thirty years in policing, the last four of which have been spent in learning and development closely associated to the College of Policing Ryton and delivering senior management and leadership programmes across the globe. David first became aware of the Training Accreditation Programme (TAP) after experiencing two excellent training events first hand, which gave him an excellent knowledge base plus many practical skills and templates to use in his role as International Police Advisor. » more

German Ranking

tts Is Recognized as Leading Provider in the eLearning Space

Heidelberg (GER), November 2015 - MMB, an independent research institution based in Essen, Germany has recognized tts as the leading provider of eLearning software and services in Germany. The research covered 29 companies. tts is positioned in pole position overall as well as in the categories "Tools and Software for eLearning and Knowledge Management" and "Consulting Services". » more

Pioneer

Virtual College Celebrate Twenty-Year Aanniversary

Ilkley (UK), November 2015 - Over 200 staff, partners, and friends celebrated Virtual College’s twenty-year anniversary at the Craiglands Hotel in Ilkley. Yorkshire-based Virtual College was one of the pioneers in the online-learning arena and is enjoying a major surge in growth. » more

New Ways

EDTRIN Signs Agreement with Bangladesh’s Environment

Victoria (AU), November 2015 - EDTRIN has entered into an agreement with the Environment and Population Research Center Ltd (EPRC) of Dhaka, Bangladesh, to provide vocational and certificate-level education and training in the country. » more

Improvements

Totara Learning Announces the Release of Totara LMS 2.9

London (UK), November 2015 - Totara Learning is pleased to announce the release of Totara LMS 2.9, which became available in November 2015. The new version comes with a host of new features and upgrades. » more

Benchmark Study

Seventy Percent Failing to Improve Business Productivity

London (UK), November 2015 – Only three out of ten organisations are achieving improved productivity and engagement from their L&D initiatives, only two out of ten have seen improvements in the learning culture of the organisation, and only four out of ten are achieving increased efficiency as a result of their training strategies, according to the 2015 Towards Maturity Benchmark Study. » more

Private Beta Launch

Docebo Takes On Social and Informal eLearning

Athens, GA. (USA), November 2015 - Docebo has unveiled two new modules that, alongside the familiar LMS, capture and structure informal and social learning. The disruptive new modules - Docebo Coach and Docebo Share - address and implement the 70:20:10 learning framework to reach beyond the LMS and provide a home for knowledge already being shared across an organization. » more

Global Service

ILX Group launches "ILX Recruitment"

London (UK), November 2015 - ILX Group, a global PPM training and consulting business, is launching ILX recruitment, a specialist recruitment consultancy for project and programme managers. » more

Serious Games

Saffron Interactive again a Top 20 Gamification Company

London (UK), November 2015 - Saffron Interactive has held its position on the Top 20 Gamification Companies list since the award’s inception. Its commitment to behavioural learning experiences has resulted in serious games that drive business performance. » more

Learning Suite

gomo learning Announces New Global Clients

Brighton (UK), November 2015 - gomo learning, a multi-device authoring suite, has announced a range of new global clients across the finance, technology, professional services, automotive, and travel industries. » more

Virtual Training

A Very Scalable Solution

Seattle, WA (USA), November 2015 - Skytap, Inc., a provider of on-demand environments as a service (EaaS), has announced that GE Healthcare, Informatica, and Schneider Electric have successfully deployed Skytap's training solution to increase the effectiveness of their training programs and collaboration across global teams. Skytap's comprehensive virtual training-labs solution has seen strong adoption in the market as it helps these and many other companies deliver a highly scalable hands-on software learning experience, improve performance of employees and partners, and drive overall business success. » more

Video Plattform

University of Edinburgh Puts Video at the Heart of Learning

London (UK) / New York, NY (USA), November 2015 – Kaltura, a leading video-technology provider, has announced that the University of Edinburgh, which is consistently ranked in the top fifty universities worldwide, has selected the Kaltura video platform for a new Media Asset Management service. Edinburgh is currently piloting the centralized platform with plans to go live University wide by the start of the 2016 academic year. » more

Wageningen University

New MOOC on Micronutrients and Malnutrition

Wageningen (NL), November 2015 - Want to learn more about malnutrition and micronutrients and how they influence human health? Then follow the new MOOC Nutrition and Health Part 2: Micronutrients and Malnutrition (NUTR102x) of Wageningen University. It started on 9 November and will take seven weeks. » more

Results

TELL US AWARDS Final Event on 25 November 2015

Brussels (BE), November 2015 - The TELL US AWARDS “Technology-Enhanced Learning Leading to Unique Stories" was a two-stage European contest showcasing and rewarding technology products and services in the formal learning context, coordinated by inno TSD. The project was co-financed by the European Commission DG CONNECT through FP7, started two years ago, and it is coming to an end this year with an exceptional final event on 25 November at European Schoolnet in Brussels. » more

InDialog 2015

Dialogue interpreters in conflict situations

Berlin (GER), November 2015 - The number of people fleeing conflict in their home countries and searching for somewhere safe to stay in Europe has rapidly increased over the last few months. Particularly in Germany, almost every federal state is registering an average of 10,000 new refugees per day, as reported by news magazine "Der Spiegel", citing the Federal Ministry of the Interior. » more

February 2016

Learning Technologies 2016 Conference Programme

London (UK), November 2015 - The conference programme for Learning Technologies 2016 in London has been announced and booking is open. The expanded five-track programme contains over seventy conference speakers, including keynotes from Dr Marshall Goldsmith and Ben Hammersley and includes case-study presentations from Facebook and Google. » more

To Exchange Ideas

International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC) in Paris

Paris (F), November 2015 - Jointly organized by the Department of the National Gendarmerie, CEIS and EuraTechnologies and co-financed by the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, the eighth edition of the International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC) will be dedicated to data security and the protection of privacy. The European event that gathers all players in digital trust will welcome representatives from civil society, service providers, vendors of trusted security solutions, end users, the general public, and the academic sphere. » more

09 December 2015

New Social Learning Masterclass for Heads of L&D

London (UK), November 2015 - The Learning and Performance Institute, a global membership body and a foremost provider of products and services to the workplace- learning sector, has announced an alliance with Sea Salt Learning to provide heads of L&D with an exclusive masterclass on social learning. » more