Themen

Letter from UK

'Little's Britain': eLN election campaign hots up

London (UK), November 2010 - (by Bob Little) Elections have been in the news recently. There has been the recent General Election in Burma, which has prompted some misgivings among the international community. In the UK, its former immigration minister and Labour MP, Phil Woolas, has recently lost his seat in Parliament for making false statements against his opponent during theGeneral Election campaign of earlier this year. » MORE

New Report

i3 Forum Issues "Voice Over IPX"

Paris (FR), November 2010 - The i3 Forum, which is comprised of more than 37 telecommunication providers representing a combined retail base in excess of 1.5 billion customers in over 100 countries, has announced the release of the official document outlining the technical and commercial specifications for Voice over IPX. » MORE

For business efficiency

Learner-centered Institutional Architecture Needed

Pleasanton, CA (USA) - November 2010 - As Toolwire's co-founder and primary innovator, David James Clarke IV brings over 25 years of industry passion and entrepreneurial spirit to his eLearning projects. He is an industry expert in education and a best-selling author of over 34 technology and learning books. At Online Educa Berlin he will speak about "Real Life, Real Time: Experiential Learning at the Speed of Business". » MORE

Change Management

Xtreme Learning: To Boldly Go…

Madrid, November 2010 - Ignacio Aliende is Trainer and Project leader in many different consultancy projects of Change Management and Human Resources Development for different companies. He will speak in the session: "Xtreme Learning: To Boldly Go…" This means the explosion of creative, engaging and omnipresent technology, whilst adopted wholehearted by young learners, is still struggling to find a place in the minds and approaches of educators. The session explores how innovation occurs in the classroom. » MORE

World's First

British Standard on Collaborative Business Relationships

London (UK), November 2010 - The world's first standard for collaborative business relationships has been published, and copies can be ordered on the British Standards Institution website. The new standard - known as BS 11000-1:2010 - replaces PAS 11000:2006 and is priced at £162. » MORE

Update

Harbinger Adds Mobile Publishing Support to Raptivity

Redmond, WA (USA), November 2010 - Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced a major update release of Raptivity, its interactive eLearning software. Raptivity 6.0 has several new enhancements, including support for publishing to mobile devices, an image editor, a newer set of asset libraries, and several user interface changes. » MORE

Recognition

Edvantage Group Awarded SkillSoft EMEA Partner

Oslo (NO), November 2010 - Edvantage group, an eLearning company and managed- learning service provider, has announced that it was honored with the "SkillSoft EMEA Channel Partner of the Year Award" during the SkillSoft Channel Partner Event recently held in Rome, Italy. » MORE

Joint Venture

Shake up of LMS market with Moodle for Corporate Sector

Wellington (NZ), November 2010 - Three eLearning and open-source companies (Kineo, Catalyst IT, and Flexible Learning Network) have formed a joint venture to develop and distribute a version of the Moodle learning management system for the corporate sector. The product, called Totara, is set to revolutionise the corporate LMS space as the first open-source learning-management solution designed specifically for the corporate sector. » MORE

New Series

United Nations University eLearning Video

Bonn (GER), November 2010 - The United Nations University Vice Rectorate in Europe (UNU-ViE) has launched its first 'Sticky Concepts' video on eLearning as part of a series of explanatory videos spotlighting complex eLearning ideas and concepts. » MORE

Knowledge Transfer

ELearning Programme for e-Waste Workers in Nigeria

Sheffield (UK), November 2010 - The Guardian newspaper has featured an eLearning programme developed by Learning Light that is helping people in Nigeria to recycle electrical and electronic waste safely. An article by Louise Tickle published in the Education Guardian explains that people in developing countries who make a living scavenging the dumps of electronic equipment thrown away by the first world face daily hazards most of us never consider. » MORE