Themen

Market Analysis

Elearnity Announces Vendor Perspectives

Cirencester (UK), February 2011 - Elearnity, an independent learning industry analyst, has announced Elearnity Perspectives, a new tool for assessing learning-technology vendor options and suitability for corporate needs. » MORE

Medical Sector

SMART Training Mitigates Risk for Healthcare Providers

Dallas, TX (USA), February 2011 - Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company RTN, and Baptist Health have signed an agreement to deliver Synergistic Medical and Resource Team (SMART) training to healthcare systems. The training enables medical staff to prevent or mitigate patient safety threats originating from human interaction and systemic error. » MORE

Agreement

TATA Interactive Systems Now Preferred Supplier of DHL

Tübingen (GER), February 2011 - In recent years TATA Interactive Systems (TIS) and DHL have been working together on various successful projects all over the world, ranging from an eLearning project centred around on-boarding, to the development of the world's largest online logistics business simulation. Now the two organisations are going to intensify their cooperation and, toward this end, have signed a Preferred Supplier Agreement. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Sex, Italians, the US military, Obama - and mobile learning

London (UK), February 2011 - (by Bob Little) Mobile learning is being put to use to help alleviate the effects of an age-old human tragedy: human trafficking. The Italy-based learning content management and digital repository solution provider, eXact learning solutions, along with Achieve Labs Inc; Intuition Publishing Inc; OnPoint Digital; OutStart, and Trivantis, is providing mobile learning materials to US Department of Defense (DoD) personnel to help them combat human trafficking. » MORE

Language Learning

goFLUENT's New Appointment and Distribution Agreement

Geneva (CH)/ Seattle, WA (USA), February 2011 - goFLUENT, a provider of distance business- English training, has appointed Jean Paul Minarro as its new Vice President and General Manager of goFLUENT Europe. It has also joined forces with Livemocha to provide community-enabled English-language learning resources worldwide. » MORE

Social Media

LINE Launches YouTube Channel and Facebook Page

London (UK), February 2011 - LINE Communications, a provider of learning and communications, has unveiled its latest social media sites: a brand-new YouTube channel and a Facebook page. The social-media outlets complement LINE's core value of communicating with an increasingly far-reaching and diverse audience. Members and subscribers to the networks can view the latest at LINE: from viewpoints, presentations and interviews to highly engaging examples of its work. » MORE

Growth Strategy

Atlas Interactive Expands its Middle Eastern Operation

Aberdeen (UK), February 2011 - International training and learning-solutions provider Atlas Interactive is embarking on a significant growth strategy in the Middle East. Atlas' new office base in Abu Dhabi will service clients across the Gulf with a focus on the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait. Furthermore, the addition of three new hires demonstrates the company's continued commitment to its customers across the region. » MORE

Content and Authoring

EssentialSkillz Releases Library of Editable Courses

Milton Keynes (UK), February 2011 - eLearning provider EssentialSkillz has released two new libraries of editable courses under their brand O-LAS Content. Developed using their own authoring tool, O-LAS Author, each course is editable by clients to ensure that the content is relevant to their organisation. » MORE

Open Source

TDM Becomes Totara LMS Partner

Wellington (NZ), February 2011 - TDM, UK specialists in helping organisations to leverage open- source software solutions, has become a Totara LMS Partner. Totara LMS, is an open-source LMS for the corporate sector based on Moodle. Totara LMS has a range of enhancements over and above the wide ranging functionality available in Moodle. » MORE