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Corporate eLearning
Didactical Materials, Tools, and Training by U&I Learning
Gent (BE), November 2011 - The Ghent-based firm U&I Learning provides vertical mission-critical knowledge transfer solutions to the European market. The company is currently developing instructional movie clips for Belgium's Scientific Institute of Public Health and optimising training through eLearning for Acerta, a leading Belgian HR-services provider. » MORE
dp Wins Prestigious BOOAOO Awards in China
Munich (GER), November 2011 - digital publishing (dp), a provider of corporate language training (CLT), has received the prestigious BOOAOO eLearning Award in China for excellence in education for its innovative language courses called Speexx. The platform was selected out of more than forty competing training solutions. » MORE
Toolwire Named as a 2011 Finalist Red Herring Global 100
Pleasanton, CA (USA), November 2011 - Toolwire, a provider of experiential-learning technologies, has announced that it has been named a finalist for the Red Herring Global 100, a prestigious list honoring the world's most promising private information-technology companies. » MORE
Certpoint Systems Secures $3.75 Million Growth Round
Roslyn, NY (USA), November 2011 - On the cusp of releasing its most innovative global mobile-enabled learning platform, CERTPOINT Systems raised $3.75 million in growth capital from existing shareholders, lead by Wheatley Partners. This capital will be used to expand CERTPOINT's sales operations in North America and Europe. » MORE
The trouble with training
London (UK), November 2011 - (by Bob Little) A recently-published report by the UK's National Audit Office (NAO) estimates that the Civil Service wastes hundreds of millions of pounds every year - some £275m in the last year alone - putting staff through training courses that "do not work". Less than half of the staff questioned by the NAO felt the training they received in the past 12 months had helped them to do their job better.
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What Managers Learn about Older People
Karlsruhe/Münster (GER), November 2011 - Of course companies have to come to grips with demographic change, but how can older employees be convinced that their services are needed? How can managers make clear to their workers that even though they've been on the job for many years, further education is still important? Germany's Institute for Preventive Healthcare (Institut für gesundheitliche Prävention - IFGP) has an online training program for this purpose, and Managing Director Marc Lenze will explain in his talk at LEARNTEC why having manufacturing assembly lines run a bit slower is not enough. In fact he demands that "Overall, the issue must be addressed from a broader perspective." » MORE
Stern Magazine Discovers Augmented Reality
Karlsruhe/Hamburg (GER), November 2011 - The observer sees Michel from Hamburg looming across from him in 3D, water splashes, and a virtual image of the famous German musician and composer Udo Lindenberg philosophizes about his hat and the world. The German weekly magazine experimented "Stern" did some experimentation with augmented reality, and who knows - perhaps the reader will have a chance to read a follow-up story. At the LEARNTEC Conference, Werner Hinzpeter, editor for popular Hamburg-based news weekly's special editions, describes on the congress of the LEARNTEC the background of this novel concept and the experiences that came out of it. His summary: "It was a learning process based on a work in progress." » MORE
Take Part in Webinars, Even When You're on the Train
Karlsruhe/Montabaur (GER), November 2011 - Mobile people require mobile solutions. This concept is well understood by the Academy of German Cooperatives (ADG), a network of associations that encompasses five regional groupings of cooperatives, and it has been put into practice in the programs made available to 160,000 employees of around 1,150 co-operative banks. Martin Greff, the head of the Academy's Department of Quality Management and Learning Methodology, will speak at LEARNTEC on the challenges and opportunities presented by the current developments. Stating, "We want to expand access", he explains that mobile devices are already being used on the train, at home, and also during consultation sessions with clients in banks. » MORE
dp Launches a new Solution for Language Training
Munich (GER), November 2011 - Today businesses operate outside their own country with increasing frequency. Not only global players, but also SMEs are more likely to improve productivity and profitability if they work cross borders. The growing competitiveness of the international environment means that language skills are continuously gaining in importance for companies in all sectors. » MORE
Kineo China Grows eLearning Team
Brighton (UK)/Shanghai (CN), November 2011 - Kineo China is moving to new offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou to support the growth of its Chinese eLearning operation. Since its launch earlier this year, Kineo China has won contracts with companies such as China Mobile, Huawei, Lenovo, Michelin, Philips, Daimler, Tesco, Walmart, China Telecom, and China Construction Bank. » MORE
