Themen

Public Sector

Successful eLearning at the City of Edinburgh Council

Brighton (UK), April 2011 - As the Comprehensive Spending Review cuts begin to bite, and the public sector braces itself, one Scottish council has shown it is possible to do more with less and win awards in the process. The City of Edinburgh Council Interactive Learning (CECil) project has so far achieved savings of £1.18m and transformed the delivery of workplace training in the municipality. » MORE

Compliance

Anti-bribery and Corruption eLearning Course

London (UK), April 2011 - Saffron Interactive, a European eLearning, mobile, and blended-learning company, has launched a range of anti-bribery and corruption eLearning packages to help businesses stay within the law. » MORE

Growth

IMC AG Moves North and Is Recognized as a Visionary

Saarbrücken (GER), April 2011 - The US market-research company Gartner Research has recognized IMC AG as a visionary in its current -œMarket Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (CLS)-. For its part, IMC has announced its further expansion into Scandinavia, with the opening up its office in Hämeenlinna, around 100km north of Helsinki, Finland. » MORE

Successor

EssentialSkillz Appoints New Managing Director

Milton Keynes (UK), April 2011 - eLearning provider EssentialSkillz has announced the appointment of Julian Roberts as the new Managing Director. He takes charge of the Milton Keynes and Galway-based business as it celebrates its tenth year in business. Julian will assume the day-to-day management of the company from the founder, Tony Dervan, who will focus on Product Development. » MORE

Health and Safety

Aurion Learning Delivers eLearning Hospital

Belfast (Northern Ireland/UK)/Dublin (IE), April 2011 - Aurion Learning, in conjunction with St. James's Hospital Learning and Development Team, has produced two informative eLearning programmes for hospital staff. The online learning offerings in Safer Manual Handling and Medication Administration Safety are designed to instill good practice and safeguard staff and patient health. » MORE

On the Go

Certpoint Previews New m-Learning Innovations

Roslyn, NY (USA), March 2011 - At the Learning Technologies Exhibition at London's Olympia 2 in January and the iLearning Forum at Paris' Espace Champerret in February, Certpoint Systems Inc. gave European learning and training professionals a look at the future of m-learning and performance support. » MORE

Learnscape

Learning Light Creates Learning Consultancy Model

Sheffield (UK), March 2011 - Learning Light has developed a consultancy model intended to move an organisation from operating a traditional "command-and-control-led" training model to becoming a "learning organisation", where learning makes a positive impact on the organisation's bottom line. » MORE

Accolades & Certification

eXact Learning Solutions Receives High Marks

Sestri Levante (IT), March 2011 - eXact Learning Solutions, a technology partner of TRIO, a web-based learning system in use in Italy's Tuscany Region, has announced that TRIO has brought positive effects to the region. Furthermore, the latest version of its LCMS - eXact LCMS version 7 - has been certified as conforming to the latest SCORM standard: SCORM 2004 Third Edition. » MORE

Benchmarking

digital publishing Becomes Towards Maturity Ambassador

Munich (GER)/London (UK), March 2011 - digital publishing, a provider of computer-based online language training, has announced its participation in the Towards Maturity's Ambassador Programme. Towards Maturity, an internationally recognized benchmarking organization for learning innovation, tenders independent expert advice and support in the application of learning innovation to accelerate business performance. » MORE

Cost Benefits

Spend Less and Still Make eLearning More Effective?

Bristol (UK), March 2011 - Can eLearning be cost effective in your organisation? What are the costs, and where are the returns when using eLearning? Tim Buff examines the real costs of eLearning on the CM Group Learning blog and explores how you can make sure your own eLearning programme yields the cost benefits you want whilst increasing the educational effectiveness of your training. » MORE