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New Social Media Platform Qwikword Launched
New York, NY (USA), October 2014 - The unveiling of the new social media app, Qwikword, which is based on one-word immediate reactions to visual stimuli, has taken place from the company's corporate offices in New York City. Qwikword, an instantaneously engaging application that provides users with "sparks", a continuous stream of visual stimuli in the form of pictures, videos, and the best of the web as prompts for one-word immediate reactions. These words, called Qwikwords, become the catalyst for linking the global community. » MORE
Learn Appeal Announces Appointment of New CEO
Brighton (UK), October 2014 - Learn Appeal, the eLearning industry charity, has announced the appointment of Lesley Price as its new Chief Executive. A veteran with over thirty years' experience, Price will lead on stakeholder engagement, creating awareness and fundraising initiatives across the learning community to support educational causes worldwide. » MORE
The Learning Professional Network
Coventry (UK), October 2014 - The Learning & Performance Institute (LPI) is excited to announce the launch of a new social network for learning professionals. The Learning Professional Network, or simply LPN, will replace the previous thetrainingprofessionalnetwork.com with a more updated style, fully responsive for modern browsers and mobile devices. » MORE
Upside Learning Launches Multi-device Testing Lab
Pune/Maharashtra (IN), October 2014 - In line with the growing need for multi-device learning and the unique challenges encountered in its testing, Upside Learning has launched a full-fledged lab for multi-device testing. » MORE
New Digital Prevention Platform
London (UK), October 2014 - Saffron Interactive, innovators in the learning-technologies sector, working alongside AVA (Against Violence and Abuse) in a Comic Relief-funded project, has created a Digital Prevention Platform and eLearning course to help practitioners take the correct steps to safeguard children who disclose instances of abuse and implement a whole school approach to prevent violence against women and girls. » MORE
EdTrIn Prepares for Stock Market Listing
Victoria (AU), October 2014 - Following the success of technology companies listing on the Australian National Stock Exchange (NSX), EdtrIn Group, a platform for online education, is preparing for listing on this exchange. » MORE
UNISON Launches Online Learning Community
Brightwave (UK), September 2014 - UNISON, one of the UK's largest trade unions and Europe's largest public-service union, has launched a new online learning community using Brightwave's award-winning total learning system "tessello". Unveiled for the first time at their National Delegate Conference in June, where delegates from across the union came together to decide the union's policies and priorities, Organising Space has been launched as the union's new, pioneering secure social-learning microsite exclusively for activists and staff. » MORE
Docebo Named in the Learning-Portal-Companies Watch List
Naples (I), September 2014 - Within days of having been named on the shortlist of this year's eLearning Age Awards in the UK, in the "best learning-management system (LMS) implementation" category, Docebo has also been named on the 2014 Learning-Portal- Companies Watch List. » MORE
Thales Improves Standards in Training
Crawley (UK), September 2014 - The Learning & Performance Institute, the industry standard body for learning and development professionals, is pleased to announce that Thales Learning & Development (TLD) has entered its tenth year as an accredited learning provider. » MORE
Skillsoft Acquires SumTotal Systems
Dublin (IR)/Nashua, NH (USA), September 2014 - Skillsoft Limited, a pioneer in technology-delivered learning solutions, has announced that its subsidiary, Skillsoft Corporation, has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of SumTotal Systems, LLC from affiliates of Vista Equity Partners, a US-based private equity firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. » MORE
