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Skills Training

New Suite of eLearning Courses for Action for Children

Belfast (UK), October 2011 - Aurion Learning has been working closely with Action for Children's Learning and Development Team to produce a suite of eLearning programmes. Designed to support Action for Children employees and volunteers develop new skills and competencies, the four eLearning programmes focus on Behaviour Support, Safeguarding, eFinance, and Learning and Development. » MORE

Online Content

24 Free Computer and Business Courses for Young Adults

Ardmore, PA/Rochester, NY (USA), October 2011 - eLearning for Life has announced it has received and published many new business and computer courses from Element K. Element K is a provider of eLearning solutions for corporations and academic institutions with an emphasis on business, technology, and professional skills development. » MORE

Language Learning

goFLUENT Strengthens US Team to Support Growth

Geneva (CH), October 2011 - goFLUENT, a provider of distance English training, has expanded its sales presence and investment in the language-learning market in the USA with the appointment of Brett Walker. Brett brings to his new role a vast knowledge of the SaaS on-demand eLearning software solution industry. » MORE

IMC Announces

New Partnership and Whitepaper on Microlearning

Saarbrücken (GER)/The Hague (NL), October 2011 - The Dutch BPM and eLearning company Blue Lanes B.V. has started a partnership with IMC AG, a provider of learning, talent, and content solutions. IMC has further announced the release of a free whitepaper on micro-learning, an effective approach to user acceptance of new software roll-out programmes. » MORE

Training Course

High Demand for eLearning Materials by Project Agency

London (UK), October 2011 - Project Agency, a project-management training and development specialist, has experienced an "encouraging" level of interest in its "Perfect Project" eLearning materials. Less than six months after the eLearning materials were launched, demand is rivalling that for the company's well-established training course of the same name. » MORE

Content Management

News from eXact Learning Solutions

Sestri Levante (IT), October 2011 - eXact learning solutions has announced the release of HarvestRoad Hive DR Control Panel for the Moodle 2 LMS. The company is also organizing a webinar in which the UNHCRC's Director of Learning Technology, Atish Gonsalves, presents a case study illustrating the benefits of using eXact learning solutions' online and mobile learning content management solution to the UNHCR. » MORE

Leadership Development

What Is Doing Nothing Costing Your Business?

London (UK), September 2011 - "It will be too expensive." "Far too disruptive!" "We don't have the time." These are probably the top three excuses training professionals come up against when trying to make the case against learning and development programmes. But the answer to all of them is "Well, how much time and money will you waste, and how much disruption will you experience by doing nothing?" » MORE

Partnership

eCom Scotland Signs Agreement with BiP Solutions

Dunfermline, Scotland (UK), September 2011 - eCom Scotland has announced a new partnership agreement with BiP Solutions. The partnership will focus on the launch of the new Procurement Advice and support Service (PASS) eLearning Academy, which is already gaining momentum and interest. » MORE

Welcome to the Future

Social Networking Just Got Social with Debut of Blendr

Los Angeles, CA (USA), September 2011 - The creators of Grindr have unveiled the name of the highly anticipated "Project Amicus" app. Dubbed Blendr, the revolutionary geo-social network aims to transform the way the world meets new people based on common interests. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Conflicting signals in eLearning

London (UK), September 2011 - (by Bob Little) According to a report by virtual learning worlds and serious games' specialists Ambient, there is a general slow down in spend on self-paced e-learning due to three market factors: 1) The commoditisation of platforms and tools, which reduces market price. 2) Pricing pressures in the corporate eLearning sector caused by the slow economic recovery. 3) The growing tendency for buyers to buy other types of learning technology products - such as virtual classroom technology - rather than an eLearning module. » MORE