Themen

Education Growth

Fuse Universal Raises $10 Million Growth Capital

London (UK), June 2015 - Fuse Universal has announced a $10 million growth-capital investment to disrupt the global learning-technology market. Education Growth Partners invested the $10 million to help Fuse bolster traction in the corporate and higher-education markets, expand sales and services operations in London, Cape Town and New York, and accelerate the product roadmap. » MORE

Personnel Changes

New Commercial Director and Expansion in Europe

Lars HylandBrighton (UK), June 2015 - Totara Learning is pleased to announce the appointment of Lars Hyland as Commercial Director, who will lead the global channel partner and business development team. Lars brings extensive experience and expertise in the application of technology to enhance learning and performance within the workplace and education. Lars has held senior business development, marketing, and consulting roles across the eLearning sector and is a well-known and respected member of the learning-and-development community. » MORE

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LearnUpon Introduces Tin Can Support to Its LMS

LearnUpon's CEO, Brendan NoudDublin (IE), June 2015 - LearnUpon, a growing cloud-based learning-management system (LMS), has announced the introduction of support for Tin Can-compliant course content. LearnUpon now supports the launching, tracking, and reporting of Tin Can content, including the shipment of the resulting Tin Can statements to their customers' preferred learning-record store (LRS). » MORE

Chairman of the Board

Totara Appoint Graham Norton-Standen

Wellington (NZ), June 2015 - Totara Learning is pleased to announce the appointment of Graham Norton-Standen as its new Chairman of the Board effective immediately. Graham Norton-Standen brings a tremendous amount of corporate experience, having served as Chairman of the Board, CEO, Board Member, Senior Advisor, Group Advisor, Corporate Advisor, and many other positions with a number of the world's top companies and fund managers including: Gartner, EDS, Digital Equipment Corporation, British Telecom, Hewlett Packard, Unisys, Tata Group, Cable & Wireless, Deutsche Bank, Reuters, P&O, and other organizations. » MORE

For Staff

Mothercare Invests in Leading-Edge eLearning

Plymouth (UK), June 2015 - Retailer Mothercare is modernising its approach to health and safety training by moving online with its first-ever eLearning course for staff. The twenty-minute bespoke module, Staying Safe at Work, has been created for the company by award-winning eLearning provider, Sponge UK. » MORE

Social-Game Solution

Quizbiz - A New Mobile Social-Learning Tool

Mumbai (IN), June 2015 - Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) has launched QuizBiz, a new social-game solution for mobile devices that can be used by corporate and educational organizations to create their own social game to be used in the organization. » MORE

Cloud Approach

IMC Develops Training Concept for a Private Bank

Saarbrücken (GER), June 2015 - Munich-based private bank Bankhaus August Lenz is developing a new further-training concept in partnership with IMC. The aim is to ensure that its employees' ongoing knowledge of constantly evolving regulatory requirements and product developments can quickly and efficiently be brought up to date. The goal of the project was to create an intuitively operable course delivered flexibly on various devices, with an additional central component whereby Bankhaus August Lenz would create the course content itself. » MORE

Learning Support

Kallidus Wins Anglian Water Contract

Rosie Cooper, Training and Development ManagerCirencester (UK), June 2015 - Anglian Water has chosen Kallidus Learning Management System (LMS) to deliver, manage, and track all learning and development initiatives across the organisation. The software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution will go live during the summer, enabling Anglian Water to manage its training more effectively, streamline reporting, and move to mobile learning in the future. » MORE

New eLearning Roles

Webanywhere Expands in Chicago

Chicago, IL (USA), May 2015 - Based in the heart of Chicago, Webanywhere provides learning-management systems with a focus on open source software. Following a period of rapid growth in the last year, with the implementation of several contracts for notable Fortune 500 companies, the company is actively recruiting new talent to fill a wide range of positions. » MORE

Large-Scale Project

Atlas Knowledge Secures Landmark Iraq Training Contract

Aberdeen (UK), May 2015 - International learning-solutions provider Atlas Knowledge has signed a landmark deal that will see it work with the Iraqi government to deliver world-class safety and technical training to the country's burgeoning oil and gas workforce. » MORE