Themen

Quality Label

Taiwanese eLearning Courseware Honored

Taipei (TW), October 2013 - The epprobate international initiative for supporting quality in eLearning courseware has recently awarded its first label to an example of eLearning courseware developed in Taiwan. Started in 2011, epprobate has stimulated a global consensus-building process on the quality of eLearning courseware and trained many eLearning quality experts to use the epprobate process. » MORE

Multilingual System

GenScript Rolls Out Corporate Learning Platform

Shanghai (CN) China, October 2013 - NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning-management systems, has announced that GenScript has rolled out NetDimensions Learning as its corporate learning and knowledge-management platform. GenScript will use the platform to manage and maintain the wealth of domain knowledge it has accumulated over the years and to promote and disseminate its corporate culture to more than 1,300 employees. » MORE

New Release

Questionmark: Analytics and Mobile Assessments

Norwalk, CT (USA), October 2013 - Mobile and touchscreen delivery of more question types, flexible data gathering, and the ability to create targeted, configurable reports are among the improvements in the newest release of the Questionmark OnDemand assessment-management platform. » MORE

3D Interface

Leading Middle East Bank QNB Picks CM Group

Bristol (UK), October 2013 - QNB is the largest bank in the Middle East and North Africa and has recently been recognised as the "world's strongest bank- by analysts Bloomberg. The bank (formerly Qatar National Bank) has chosen CM Group, one of the UK's largest providers of bespoke eLearning courseware, to design and build a range of HTML5 eLearning courses for its new staff across the Middle East. The courses will initially be available in English and Arabic and will be delivered from CM Group's hosted, cloud-based learning-management system, Luminosity Reach. » MORE

ESPO

Public Sector Benefits from Tender-Free Learning

Walkgrove (UK), October 2013 - Premier Partnership, a national training company specialising in supplying the public sector, has won a contract though ESPO that enables all public-sector bodies to call off training without the need to tender. The contract was offered competitively through OJEU and involved a rigorous selection process, thus complying with all relevant procurement standards. » MORE

Aragon Research

Learning Pioneer Ushers in New Wave

Redwood Shores, CA (USA), October 2013 - Saba, a global provider of next-generation cloud solutions for talent management, has been ranked a -œLeader- in the 2013 Aragon Research Globe™ for Enterprise Learning. Evaluated by leading research firm Aragon Research, Saba Cloud was recognized as one of the top products in the field for its social and mobile learning, built-in eCommerce, and fully embedded virtual-classroom capabilities. » MORE

French MOOCs

EdX Work with French Ministry of Higher Education

Cambridge, MA (USA), October 2013 - The French Ministry of Higher Education has announced the launch of France's national massive open online course (MOOC) and blended learning portal, which will use edX's open-source learning platform. The portal will provide French-speaking students with edX's cutting-edge online education technology, increasing their access to education and helping transform learning on campuses across France. » MORE

Two Million Learners

ALISON Wins Global Education Innovation Award

ALISONGalway (IE), September 2013 - Free online-education provider ALISON has won the prestigious World Innovation Summit for Education Award for its outstanding quality and exceptional impact on education through innovation. ALISON was chosen as one of six winners following a thorough review process by international education experts who evaluated hundreds of applications. The company will receive its prize at the 2013 WISE Summit in Doha, Qatar at the end of October. » MORE

Commitment

Docebo's North American Revenues Increase by 400%

Athens, GA (USA), Naples (I) - Docebo has announced that due to a fourfold rise in its North American revenues in the last six months, a new subsidiary has been opened in Athens, Georgia to serve its customers base. Docebo's Athens office will be the hub to expand into the U.S. and Canada: this is a strategic step forward and adds an influential advantage to Docebo's services and operations in the North American market. » MORE

Instant Technology

Making Learning More Personal

Piers Lea London (UK), September 2013 - (by Stefanie Hornung) Since his time at the University of London in the early 1980s, Piers Lea has worked in distance learning and communications. As the CEO of LINE Communications, he actively works at both a strategic and consultative level within the organisation. Recently, he has been appointed to the board of ELIG, the European Learning Industry Group. In this interview the renowned eLearning expert talks about the future of corporate learning and the development of learning technologies. » MORE