Themen

Recruitment

Saffron Responds to New eLearning Challenges

London (UK), September 2010 - Saffron Interactive, specialist in eLearning, mobile, and blended learning, has announced a new project to launch an eLearning platform for Recruitment Juice, an innovative recruitment training company. As a surge of applicants swamp the market, recruiters face unique new training challenges to keep ahead. » MORE

Accessibility

Blackboard Learn Achieves Gold Certification

Washington, DC (USA), September 2010 - Blackboard Inc. has announced that the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has awarded Blackboard Learn its Nonvisual Accessibility Gold Certification, stating that the company's software was the most accessible education application that the NFB had tested. This makes it the first and only learning-management system to achieve certification. » MORE

Collaboration

Kaplan IT Learning Partners with Larmer Brown

Atlanta, GA (USA), September 2010 - Larmer Brown and Kaplan IT Learning have joined forces to offer business transformation, content development, and training services for STT and Atlantic Link products, including STT Trainer, STT InfoShare, Content Point, Capture Point, and Knowledge Point. » MORE

Branching Out

IMC Intensifies Sales Activities in Europe

Saarbrücken (GER), September 2010 - IMC AG has tapped into another foreign market after opening up a new branch. The IMC office in Amsterdam, from where activities in the Netherlands and Belgium are managed, has now begun its operations. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

A spoonful of sugar helps eLearning's medicine go down

London (UK), September 2010 - (by Bob Little) In that enduring Disney children's classic, 'Mary Poppins', Julie Andrews - in the title role of the magical nanny - sings: 'In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and 'snap' [click of fingers], the job's a game…' » MORE

Adobe Training

Professional Blended, Classroom, and Online Courses

London/York (UK), September 2010 - Software packages like Photoshop, Flash, and InDesign are becoming more and more complex with every version. Highlander, an authorised training centre in the UK, offers blended-learning courses on the Adobe product range. » MORE

Management Skills

The Working Manager Goes New Zealand

Cirencester (UK), September 2010 - The Working Manager Ltd (TWM), a provider of web-enabled practical management education, has launched the TWM New Zealand Academy, a powerful opportunity for the New Zealand business community. The academy is directed at businesses and individuals wanting to develop leadership and management skills that can be applied immediately in the workspace. » MORE

Efficient Training

Polish Optometrists Have Insight

Saarbrücken (GER)/ Warsaw (PL), August 2010 - In order to convey medical advancements in ophthalmology to the relevant specialist doctors, equally advanced learning-management methods are being used in Poland. OKOMEDICA S.A, based in Warsaw, has launched a new project enabling eye doctors to undertake further training in ametropia, a specialist area of optometry. At the core of this project is the SaaS variant of IMC AG's CLIX learning-management system. This project, which is the first of its kind in Poland in terms of size, is financially supported by the European Social Fund. » MORE

Project Management

A New Way to Obtain APMP Qualification

London (UK), August 2010 - ILX Group plc have announced a new fast-track training course in support of the Association for Project Management APMP Qualification. APMP Qualification with prior learning has been designed specifically for PRINCE2® registered practitioners recognizing that several areas of the APM Body of Knowledge will have already been tested at examination. PRINCE2® registered Practitioners will now be given exemption from a number of topics and will study towards an exam that only tests those areas that are not fully covered by PRINCE2®. » MORE

Management Buy-Out

Giunti Labs Rebrands to eXact Learning Solutions

Sestri Levante (I), August 2010 - Giunti Labs, the online and mobile-learning content-management and digital-repository solution provider, has announced that it is undergoing a management buy-out by the management that started its activities within Giunti Editore Publishing Group during the '90s. At the same time, Giunti Labs has rebranded to eXact learning solutions from 01 August 2010. » MORE