Themen

New Partnership

U&I Learning Supports CMB

Ghent (BE), March 2012 - U&I Learning trains white collars of the Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) to help them use their software successfully. This is done by an interactive eLearning course that trains them on important actions and new functionalities. » MORE

Workplace Policies

Social Media Use of Employees in the UK

London (UK), March 2012 - Croner, a Wolters Kluwer business, makes recommendations on social-media policies for the workplace. The firm has found that over a quarter of UK businesses (28%) still don't have a social media, internet, or email policy in place. » MORE

Key Issues

What to Know about mLearning

Santa Rosa, CA (USA), March 2012 - As consumers acquire more and more mobile technology, they are pushing organizations to deliver information and services via that technology. Yet not all information and services are appropriate. In an article in the online publication Learning Solutions, Anita Rosen, president of ReadyGo, Inc. compared the pros and cons. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Sex, drugs and social media

London (UK), March 2012 - (by Bob Little) No - this headline does not refer to The Learning Awards, a glittering evening held to honour those in the learning world, which was held at the Dorchester Hotel in London in February and attracted the corporate learning world's great, good and glitzy. These were the first annual Learning Awards but, oddly enough, they were also the 16th annual awards. The previous 15 events had been held under the auspices of the Institute of IT Training which, last year, morphed into the more ubiquitous, charismatic and, frankly, relevant Learning and Performance Institute. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

A potential Solution to HR Evaluation Challenges

London (UK), March 2012 - (by Bob Little) Results assessment specialist Ceres Management - which aims to enable clients to use the evidence of business results to make sound decisions about ongoing investments in people development - has launched a new approach to evaluation that: defines what business success looks like; aligns evaluation goals with business needs; focuses evaluation around clear performance needs; defines success indicators, especially for behavioural outcomes, and is easy to apply and administer. » MORE

Serious Games

Military Training with Virtual Technology

London (UK), March 2012 - A NATO-commissioned serious game is the first of its kind to be scheduled for large-scale deployment on Android and iOS mobile devices. It will be used by military personnel in operational areas throughout the world. » MORE

Free Reading

eBooks Made Simple

London (UK), March 2012 - Bookboon.com is turning the US book market upside down with free eBooks. In 2012, Bookboon.com aims to reach a market share of over ten percent in the USA. » MORE

Code Free

Creating Apps with Rich Content

Barcelona (ES), March 2012 - The Spanish company Aquafadas has made its Digital Publishing System compatible with its HTML5 animation-creation application MotionComposer. » MORE

Oil and Gas Industry

OPITO's IMIST Becomes Safety Standard

Houston, TX (USA), March 2012 - For the first time, OPITO, in cooperation with the oil and gas industry, has developed an online global standardized level of basic safety training that will reach an estimated 1.5 million people employed in exploration and production activities of oil and gas worldwide. » MORE

Social Media

MindLeaders Launches Online Marketing Training App

London (UK), March 2012 - eLearning company MindLeaders has released a new training app for businesses on Facebook. Developed in cooperation with Facebook, the app shows how to succeed in building brand awareness through word-of-mouth marketing on the social network. » MORE