Themen

Extensive Experience

PebblePad's Expansion Boosted by New Consultant

John CouperthwaiteTelford, Shropshire (UK), October 2014 - As PebblePad goes from strength to strength, it has recruited a new consultant to help further drive growth. John Couperthwaite joins from the University of Birmingham, where he spent fifteen years and led a technology-enhanced-learning team at the College of Medical and Dental Sciences. » MORE

One-Word Reaction

New Social Media Platform Qwikword Launched

Gianmarco CrismaleNew 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

Charity Aims

Learn Appeal Announces Appointment of New CEO

Lesley PriceBrighton (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

Central Place to Engage

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

For eLearning Projects

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

Against Abuse

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

At my best® Cards

New Low-Tech Tool Promises to Help L&D Managers

Warwickshire (UK), September 2014 - The Learning Live conference is often associated with the latest learning technologies, but one exhibitor this year was advocating a positively low-tech alternative. Business psychologists Work Positive was showcasing their new "At my best®" strengths cards at this year's event, where they explained why this physical product can be even more impactful than online assessments. » MORE

"Organising Space&qu

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

Learning-Portal Market

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

Learning Provider

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