Themen

Language Learning

Business English Index Reveals Skills Shortage

Brisbane, CA (USA), April 2012 - Global English Corporation has published the results of its annual Business English Index (BEI). The 2012 BEI shows that a lack of Business English proficiency is threatening the productivity of companies, industries, and country-specific economies. » MORE

Business Ethics

Eukleia Training Release New Course

London (UK), April 2012 - Entitled "Choices and Consequences", this new thirty-minute scenario-based course takes a holistic approach to ethics, corporate culture, and workplace responsibilities. It asks the learner to apply all three of these frameworks to realistic dilemmas tailored to the learner's role within their firm. » MORE

Security Support

Totara Extends the Life of Moodle 1.9

Wellington (NZ), April 2012 - Moodle HQ is now focusing on the Moodle 2.x series and will end support for Moodle 1.9 security fixes in June 2012. To ease the transition to Moodle 2, Totara Learning Solutions will sponsor support for serious Moodle 1.9 security issues until December 2013. » MORE

Recruitment

Maven Boosts Its Growth Strategy

London (UK), April 2012 - Maven has experienced profitable growth throughout the recent economic cycle. As many training companies cut investment, the senior management at Maven believes that now is the time to recruit dedicated resources to boost sales and plan for growth. » MORE

Press Freedom

Application Open for International Academy of Journalism

Hamburg (GER), April 2012 - Journalists from all over the world can apply online for the International Academy of Journalism (Intajour), founded by Bertelsmann. Successful applicants for the "Journalism in the Digital World" fellowship programme will begin their ten-month training course in September. » MORE

Content Creation

CrossKnowledge Launches Mohive 12.1

London (UK), April 2012 - CrossKnowledge, a European provider of distance-learning solutions, has announced a major update to Mohive, its collaborative content-creation platform. The version brings new advantages such as complete integration with the CrossKnowledge Learning Suite. » MORE

Language Learning

Speexx to Extend Global Reach with New Office in Brazil

Munich (GER) / São Paulo (BR), April 2012 - dp (digital publishing), the provider of corporate language training Speexx, has opened its first office in South America. The move increases the Speexx footprint worldwide, with other local offices sited in China, France, Spain, Italy, the UK, and Germany. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

The Shadow between the Idea and Reality

London (UK), April 2012 - (by Bob Little) The term "eLearning" was first coined in the mid-1990s. Before that, it was "computer based training". Over the last 20 years or so, if the idea has been to harvest the promise of eLearning in every aspect of corporate learning, what has obscured that reality? » MORE

Get Involved

Compare and Improve How You Use Learning Technologies

Brighton (UK), April 2012 - Brightwave has partnered with Towards Maturity in the launch of a benchmark designed to dig deeper into how learning technologies can support customer strategies. The results of the survey will be released as a report in May 2012. » MORE

Oil & Gas Industry

ATEC Approved for Training Initiative in North America

Houston, TX (USA), April 2012 - The Atec Training and Certification Services Center in Houston is the first to meet the stringent criteria set by learning and skills specialist Atlas to invigilate the International Minimum Industry Safety Training (IMIST) eLearning programme, a global initiative developed to drastically improve safety standards for the offshore workforce worldwide. » MORE