Themen

Partnership

Certpoint Provides eLearning Solutions for Spencer Gifts

Roslyn, NY (USA), March 2011 - Certpoint Systems, Inc., a global LMS provider, has announced its partnership with Spencer Gifts, LLC. Spencer Gifts will use the CertpointVLS suite to train personnel across its extended enterprise, including 600 Spencer Gifts retail stores, over 900 Spirit Halloween stores, and 100 ToyZam stores. » MORE

Vietnam

Mandatory 10 pm Curfew for Online Video Games

Hanoi (VN), March 2011 - South Korea's proposed Internet curfew for youths from midnight to 6am seems positively namby-pamby compared to this actual measure being implemented by the Vietnamese government: Since the government thinks that people are wasting too much time playing online games, it is implementing a ban on online gaming from 10pm to 8am. » MORE

Elearnity Viewpoint Paper

The Fall and Rise of Corporate Academies

Cirencester (UK), March 2011 - Corporate academies have been an established trend in enterprise learning for some time. Many organisations are now adopting them as a strategic vehicle to deliver business alignment and more holistic development strategies. However, many others have seen their academies initiatives wither and die. » MORE

Community Support

Global Knowledge Runs for Evie

Wokingham (UK), March 2011 - A team from the IT-training organisation Global Knowledge have run the Wokingham half marathon to raise money for a two-year-old little girl suffering from quadriplegia cerebral palsy. In a bid to meet the target and fund Evie's treatment, Global Knowledge has promised to match whatever the team raises. » MORE

Growth Strategy

Upside Learning Appoints Sales Director in London

Pune (IN), March 2011 - Upside Learning, experts in training outsourcing, LMS solutions, custom eLearning development, and mobile learning solutions, has announced the appointment of Simon Meager as its Sales Director for Europe. Simon's appointment is a key part of Upside Learning's growth strategy in Europe, given the increasing demand for its solutions in the UK and the rest of the Continent. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Ten trends for 2011

London (UK), March 2011 - (by Bob Little) In early January, the US-based eLearn magazine asked a number of "eLearning folk" for their predictions for 2011 and then published them. The would-be clairvoyants of eLearning included Elliott Masie, Charles Jennings, Roger Schank, Seb Schmoller and someone called Bob Little. » MORE

Collaboration

élogos and OutStart Partner for Spanish-Speaking Market

Boston, MA (USA), March 2011 - OutStart has announced that élogos has selected OutStart LCMS to resell to its market in Spain and Latin America. élogos will also utilize OutStart LCMS as a core component in its new lifelong learning approach. Following an evaluation of learning technologies, élogos formed a partnership with OutStart. » 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