Themen
Corporate eLearning
Helping government officials get it right
London (UK), February 2010 - (by Bob Little) Last year in the UK, there were lots of stories about embarrassing data loss - mostly involving the Government. These stories led to government reviews including the Poynter Review, the Cabinet Office Data Handling Review and a cross-government review of data handling procedures. These highlighted 'systemic, rather than individual failures', due to 'woefully inadequate systems' and that 'data rules had not been adequately communicated, raising serious questions of governance and accountability'. » MORE
Brightwave Appointed as Supplier for the Public Sector
Brighton (UK), February 2010 - ELearning Development Company of the Year, Brightwave, has been selected as an approved supplier for the public-sector eLearning framework, Buying Solutions, which aims to improve value for money and efficiencies. This means that UK public-sector organisations can commission eLearning without having to repeat burdensome procurement and assessment exercises, with the assurance that Brightwave meets the highest standards and delivers excellent value. » MORE
UK Employers Satisfied with Employee Training
Macclesfield (UK), February 2010 - QDP Services has revealed employer satisfaction figures based on opinions of 5,469 employers from 56 education and training providers nationwide. The results show that most employers are very happy with the training services available to them and their employees. » MORE
Innovative Experiential-Learning Solutions
London (UK)/Pleasanton, CA (USA), February 2010 - gtslearning and Toolwire have announced a new training solution for the CompTIA A+ 2009 Edition. It combines the strength of gtslearning content and the hands-on power of Toolwire LiveLabs and "Day-in-the-Life" interactive scenarios. » MORE
Aurion Learning Beats Recession
Belfast (Northern Ireland/UK), February 2010 - Aurion Learning has not only managed to survive the recession but also to grow its business. Barry Kelly has been appointed as Research Development Manager and Noleen Turner is Aurion's new Marketing Officer. » MORE
Netherlands Railways Makes High-Speed Move to XML
Boulder, CO (USA), February 2010 - Xyleme® Inc., a provider of 100% XML, open and standards-based learning-content-management solutions has announced that the Netherlands Railways (NS) has selected Xyleme LCMS for development and delivery of rolling-stock operating manuals and training materials. » MORE
Mediapharm Teams up with Edvantage
Brighton (UK), February 2010 - Pharmacy-education company Mediapharm has entered into an exclusive partnership with leading managed-learning specialist Edvantage group to offer pharmaceutical companies a simple way of delivering training and communications directly to pharmacists through a new online portal, CPD Easy. » MORE
XOR Delivers Safeguarding Children Course
London (UK), February 2010 - XOR LTD has developed a Safeguarding Children Course for David Lloyd Leisure (DLL). The program helps ensure that children and vulnerable people are protected while with company team members and volunteers. » MORE
Questionmark Releases Perception Version 5
London (UK), February 2010 - The ability to deliver a single assessment to different types of devices and in multiple languages and contexts - plus improved accessibility and scalability - are among the improvements introduced in version 5 of the Questionmark™ Perception™ assessment-management system. » MORE
ELearning's movers and shakers
London (UK), February 2010 - (by Bob Little) Traditionally, this is the time of year for awards and accolades - think of the New Year's Honours List in the UK, as well as the USA's Golden Globes and the Academy Awards (Oscars). Recently, a list of the "Top Ten" most influential people in the corporate e-learning sector emerged. There were three lists covering the world, Europe and the UK. Such a list is bound to be controversial but, in the interests of information and informed debate, here are some of the highlights. » MORE
