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Corporate eLearning
Online Personal Learning Space Redesigned
Wolverhampton (UK), March 2013 - Following a three-year redesign and rebuild process, Pebble Learning's popular PebblePad system has been completely updated and improved to meet the needs of individuals and their organisations. » MORE
The New Social Video Platform for Inditex
Keighley (UK), March 2013 - Earlier this year, Inditex launched its latest development in health and safety training: INview. This social training platform, created by Webanywhere, provides an interactive platform where employees can upload YouTube-style health and safety videos. These can then be viewed, shared, and commented upon by staff across the organisation at the touch of a screen or click of a mouse. » MORE
Battling Blazes with Risk-critical eLearning
Derry (GB), March 2013 - Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) needed to give its 1,000 firefighters quick and easy access to risk-critical training - without burning through their budget. Jay Hounsell, HFRS Station Manager, found that classroom training was sometimes difficult to run in this environment. Using Learning Pool gives HFRS firefighters tailored training online at a time that suits them - and their daily routine. » MORE
Skills Academy Chief Executive Finds Cross-Party Support
Milton Keynes (UK), March 2013 - In the run-up to last week's National Apprenticeship Week, Peter Sherry, chief executive of the National Skills Academy for Logistics, wrote to around 650 MPs to highlight the importance of apprenticeships and pre-employment training. "The goal", says Sherry, "was to arrange as many meetings with MPs as possible. MPs are busy, busy people, and although this is an important issue, I didn't feel that all of them would be aware of how we can help people in their constituencies. So although this is a massive task, it's also a vital one." » MORE
LINE Delivers Training for Volvo's Renewed Vehicle Range
London (UK), March 2013 - LINE Communications is delivering digital training for Volvo Cars renewed model range. The first phase of the training has been timed to coincide with the launch of the new vehicles at the Geneva Motor show, which opened to the public on 07 March. » MORE
Learning Pool Recruits Top Technical Talent from the BBC
Belfast (UK), March 2013 - Learning Pool, a fast-growing eLearning company, has pulled off a major coup by appointing Ryan Adams, former lead web developer for BBC Online, to head its specialist mobile app division in Belfast. Ryan has a wealth of experience in the field of technology and was, until recently, leading a team of UK-wide developers delivering the BBC's Knowledge & Learning output. » MORE
mHealth App Services Will Reach 26 Billion by 2017
Berlin (GER), March 2013 - Smartphone applications have begun to enable the mHealth industry to successfully monetize their services. The market for mHealth services has now entered the commercialization phase and will reach $ 26 billion globally by 2017, the new "Global Mobile Health Market Report 2013-2017" by research2guidance says. » MORE
"2013 Brazil Digital Future in Focus" Report
Sao Paulo (BR), March 2013 - comScore has released the 2013 Brazil Digital Future in Focus report. This annual report examines how the prevailing trends in web use, social media, online video, digital advertising, mobile, and search are defining the current marketplace and how they are likely to shape the coming year. Key trends and highlights will be presented via a complimentary live webinar on 14 March at 4:00 PM Eastern Time in the USA (21:00 GMT). » MORE
Infor Announces Agreement to Acquire CERTPOINT
New York, NY (US), March 2013 - Infor, a provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire CERTPOINT Systems Inc. (CERTPOINT). Based in Roslyn Heights, New York, Certpoint is widely regarded as an innovative provider of SaaS-based learning-management software (LMS) and learning-content-management software (LCMS). » MORE
Key issues in mobile learning
London (UK), March 2013 - (by Bob Little) The drivers for adopting new technologies in learning include not only the suppliers and customers (buyers) but also the consumers (users) - in other words, everyone. Decide, design, develop and deploy is the standard four-step process relating to technology. Increasingly - since about 2006 - consumers want to use mobile devices for learning and for the less formal 'performance support'. Initially, there can a high cost of ownership (of the latest mobile devices). So the key issue for HR and learning & development (L&D) professionals is how to get the maximum value from, and use of, this technology. » MORE
