Themen

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

System Agnostic Service

HD "Universal" Videoconferencing with Tixeo

Montpellier (F), October 2012 - The videoconferencing market, although mature, is still suffering from interoperability issues, making it a pain for online meetings with people using different solutions and devices. Imagine if making a phone call between an iPhone and an Android was impossible! …Unbelievable? This is exactly the kind of issues users are still facing when dealing with different video conferencing solutions. » MORE

Yet More Awards

Tata Interactive Systems' Solutions Triumph Once Again

Mumbai (IN), October 2012 -Tata Interactive Systems' unique learning solutions have won four prestigious Brandon Hall awards this year - one Gold award in the category of "Best Use of Virtual Worlds for Learning", two Silver awards in the category of "Best Use of Games in Learning", and one Bronze award in the category of "Best Custom Content". This is the fourth consecutive year that TIS has won the prestigious Brandon Hall Learning Excellence Awards. » MORE