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Corporate eLearning
LINE Appoints New Director of Production
London (UK), May 2013 - LINE Communications is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Welch as Director of Production. Reporting directly to LINE's board of Directors, Nick will take a Design and Development leadership role with responsibility for all of LINE's production output. In the immediate future Nick will also be focusing on the set up and early-stage delivery of the NHS Leadership programme, which LINE is currently delivering in conjunction with KPMG. » MORE
Reputation Management Solution for Doctors
Denver, CO (USA), May 2013 - By the time physicians are ready to see patients, they have spent a decade or more in classrooms, lecture halls, and teaching and healthcare facilities. These are smart, savvy people with a persistent desire to help others and do the best they can to help all the clients they see reach their goals. However, being smart in the medical office doesn't always translate into being smart on the internet, and many doctors face reputation attacks from disgruntled former patients. InternetReputation.com has a new product line that can help. » MORE
ELearning Bundle for Adult Learners' Week
London (UK), May 2013 - Adult Learners' Week (18-24 May) is a national celebration of the benefits of lifelong learning, and Learning Pool is supporting it by giving away seven free learning resources in a "Special Edition" bundle. Adult Learners' Week provides the opportunity for people to explore the many different kinds of learning, whether it is about getting a better job, being able to help their children with schoolwork, or discovering something new about the world around them. » MORE
ELearning Solution for Mobile Water Treatment Honored
Bremen (GER), May 2013 - High-capacity water-treatment tanks are often used in crisis regions to purify large amounts of water. Bremen-based szenaris GmbH has developed a comprehensive eLearning solution for operating and maintaining these facilities, which has now received the seal of quality of the eLearning industry association vebn (Verband eLearning Business Norddeutschland). Due to its extraordinarily high score - it achieved 97 of 100 possible points - the system was awarded the seal of quality with distinction. » MORE
Evolving interactivity
London (UK), May 2013 - (by Bob Little) It's now some six months since Harbinger Knowledge Products - makers of Raptivity, the award-winning, rapid e-learning development software tool that comes with a library of pre-built customisable interactions, most of which are interactive - launched -˜Raptivity Evolve' for its Raptivity premium customers. In that time, it's produced five new interaction modules collaborating with Raptivity users, in response to these users' suggestions. » MORE
Babson Introduces Online Entrepreneurial Simulation
Wellesley, MA (USA), May 2013 - Babson Executive and Enterprise Education has launched Entrepreneurial Leadership Online (ELO), its first standalone online simulation. The application challenges learners to apply entrepreneurial leadership skills to reach an emerging market with a new product within a tight time frame. Participants are guided to make entrepreneurial decisions as they balance planning with action. » MORE
Vonage Mobile® Adds Video Calling
Holmdel, NJ (USA) April 2013 - Vonage has announced that its mobile suite has become even sweeter with the addition of video calling to its free, high-definition communications app Vonage Mobile® for iPhone® and Android™ devices. With this new upgrade, Vonage Mobile continues to bring together the most popular features of mobile communications into one simple, holistic, and multi-functional app. Users can now make free video calls over 3G/4G1 and Wi-Fi, with easy-to-navigate, face-to-face interaction with anyone else who has the app - wherever and whenever they choose. » MORE
Automated Translation Leads Language Technology Trends
Washington, DC (USA), April 2013 - According to Hans Fenstermacher, CEO of the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), advancements in automated translation technology are increasing global demand for professional language services. The head of the world's leading language association observed that automated machine translation, i.e. translation by a computer without human intervention, is now becoming a mainstream tool for communication. » MORE
McGraw-Hill Education Sold for $2.4 Billion
New York, NY (USA), April 2013 - The McGraw-Hill Companies has completed the sale of the McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC. As previously disclosed, the purchase price was $2.4 billion in cash. Going forward, the new company, a business serving the global capital and commodity markets, will be renamed McGraw Hill Financial, subject to shareholder approval, in the second quarter of this year. » MORE
Docebo Now Integrates Adobe Connect and BigBlueButton
Naples (I), April 2013 - Docebo has released two free apps to integrate its Docebo Learning Management System with the Adobe Connect and BigBlueButton videoconferencing tools. By leveraging these integrations, organizations from across the globe are now able to plan videoconferencing sessions with Docebo and are also enable the single sign on (SSO) between their LMS and these external applications. » MORE
