Themen

Excellence Award

IMC and ZEISS Win again: Brandon Hall Gold Award

Saarbrücken (GER), October 2017 - The eLearning provider IMC has worked actively with the ZEISS group since 2012 on the design of its continuing digitization program with the help of innovative and individual training solutions. Following the award of the Brandon Hall Silver Award 2015 to the partners in the category "Extended Enterprise Learning", the jointly developed further-education platform "ZEISS Academy Vision Care" was able to convince the jury once again and achieved the highest accolade with Gold.

» MORE

Partnership with Three New Publishers

Skillsoft Expands IT and Digital Skills Book Collection

Bill DonoghueCamberley (UK), October 2017 - Skillsoft, a global provider of corporate learning, has announced partnerships with Bleeding Edge Press, CCIEin8Weeks, and Rocky Nook to expand its comprehensive IT Skills & Certification and Digital Skills collections. By partnering with these three publishers, Skillsoft adds critical titles that enhance learners’ digital skills and provide best-in-class programmer, developer, creative design, and enterprise IT content to help learners build their skills, improve their productivity, and advance their careers.

» MORE

Learning Technologies Awards

Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance

London (UK), October 2017 - A programme from Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance has been shortlisted for one of this year’s Learning Technologies Awards. It’s the first time that this corporate learning provider, formed almost three years ago, has entered these Awards.

» MORE

Greater Return

Learning Game Platform Kahoot! on a Mission

Oslo (NO), October 2017 - Kahoot!, the game-based learning platform and one of the fastest-growing learning brands with more than 50 million unique monthly active users, has announced Kahoot! Plus, a premium version of Kahoot! tailored specifically for corporate teams and corporate learning.

» MORE

IT Education

Gavin Freed Appointed Chairman of Firebrand Training

Gavin FreedLondon (UK), October 2017 - With a twenty-year history of leadership roles in IT and education organisations, including three apprenticeships training providers, Gavin’s experience of growing organisations promises an exciting future for Firebrand.

» MORE

Strategy and Execution

Fosway Group Appoints Chief Operating Officer

Carole LaithwaiteCirencester (UK), October 2017 - Fosway Group, a European HR and learning analyst, has announced the appointment of Carole Laithwaite as its Chief Operating Officer. The role supports the continued growth of the firm, with close involvement in Fosway’s overall strategy and execution.

» MORE

Demo Available

UpsideLMS 8.0 Enables Offline Mobile Learning

Pune (IN), October 2017 - UpsideLMS's latest version, 8.0, introduces a new feature for offline mobile learning, which enables learners to access training anytime, anywhere on iOS and Android mobile devices with or without Internet.

» MORE

eLa 2017

ELearning Contributes to Growth in Africa

Rebecca StromeyerPort Louis (Mauritius), October 2017 - Each year, eLearning Africa brings together the Continent’s leading ICT-in-education community. Experts, high-level decision makers, practitioners, researchers, entrepreneurs, and stakeholders from over 70 countries, and from across the education, business, and public sectors, come together to discuss, debate, inform, share experiences, and plan action. In conjunction with this year’s hosts, the government of Mauritius, eLearning Africa is supporting the 2017 UNESCO International Day of Universal Access to Information (IDUAI).  Rebecca Stromeyer, owner and founder of eLearning Africa, spoke with CHECK.point eLearning about the event.

» MORE

Brandon Hall Awards

PulseLearning and Sears Holdings Corporation Win Gold

Brandon Hall Awards 2017New York, NY (USA), September 2017 - Now in their twenty-third year, the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards are known as the Academy Awards of the learning industry. PulseLearning and Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC) were honored with Gold at the 2017 Brandon Hall Awards in the Best Use of Games and Simulations for Learning Category.

» MORE

busuu Helps

Start Language Learning at the Right Level

London (UK), September 2017 - busuu has released an adaptive placement test that helps language learners to find their level and HR professionals to enhance language skills in their organisation. The new placement test places language students precisely in the appropriate lesson in the English, French, Spanish and German course.

» MORE