Themen

Success Story

Continued Growth and New Office Space for Brightwave

Brighton (UK), October 2012 - Workplace learning specialist Brightwave has reported 41% growth in a year that has also seen new business increase by more than 42%. The success has been celebrated with expansion into 5000 sq ft of additional office space, designed by leading build specialists Minton Young. » MORE

Corporate Training

Powerful Partnership: NetDimensions and OpenSesame

Portland, OR (US), October 2012 - NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning-management systems and OpenSesame, the global eLearning marketplace, have announced a powerful partnership and platform integration. This collaboration will enable NetDimensions' millions of users to search for, purchase, and deploy training courses instantly within the NetDimensions Talent Suite. » MORE

Sector-specific

Learning Nexus Launches a Housing Course

London (UK), October 2012 - Learning Nexus, an eLearning content producer in the UK, has released a course for the housing sector. It is the first of a projected series of sector-specific eLearning courses. The release follows the findings of a customer survey. » MORE

Tin Can

The Next Generation of SCORM

Rome (I), October 2012 - "Tin Can" is the next-generation learning objects standard after SCORM. Docebo, a global eLearning solutions provider, now gives the opportunity to try this innovative standard, thanks to the recently released Docebo Cloud learning-management system. » MORE

Asia-Pacific region

Atlas Launches IMIST in Three New Languages

Aberdeen (UK), October 2012 - Learning provider Atlas has announced three new translations of its IMIST programme, now available in nine languages. International Minimum Industry Safety Training (IMIST) is now available in Vietnamese, Thai, and Indonesian, which will support the roll out of the global standard in safety across the world. » MORE

Infrastructure Solution

Serco Enlists Redstone for UK Training Centre

London (UK), October 2012 - A £200,000 Redstone IP network and digital AV solution sourced by Serco has gone live at major UK training centre, driving improvements in learning and future proofing the facility for a range of IP applications. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Capitalising on the changing demand for eLearning

London (UK), October 2012 - (by Bob Little) Many commentators and analysts agree that, increasingly over the last few years, the training industry has been changing. Among other things, organisations are turning to blended learning - a mixture of instructor-delivered and technology-delivered learning - to make training solutions more effective, affordable and sustainable. In particular, the growth in "mobile technology" is increasingly prompting mobile learning materials to be added to the "traditional" blended learning mix. » MORE

Prototypes

New Japanese Massage Mouse for Fatigued Computer Users

Tokyo (JP), October 2012 - Inspired by the large number of computer users suffering from painful symptoms of computer fatigue, Art Factory has blended the latest mouse and massager technologies into an innovative mouse that feels just as good in your hand as it does on your body. » MORE

Help for Public Sector

New Complaints-Handling eLearning for SPSO

Belfast (UK), October 2012 - Aurion Learning has been working with the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) to develop a complaints-handling eLearning programme and virtual learning portal for local authorities and public-sector organisations in Scotland. » MORE

Brandon Hall

Silver Award in "Best in Compliance Training"

Saarbrücken (GER), October 2012 - IMC AG and the Swiss insurance company Mobiliar Versicherungsgesellschaft AG have been presented with the Brandon Hall Silver Award for a jointly implemented compliance-training project on the subject of the prevention of money laundering. The winners of this silver award in the "Best in Compliance Training" category were announced. » MORE