Themen

Toolkit

Free Compliance Question Bank from Saffron

London (UK), July 2010 - As instructional designers know, writing effective test questions is one of the most difficult parts of their job. To provide assistance with this tricky task, Saffron Interactive has released a bank of questions that can be used to support compliance training courses. » MORE

Public Sector

Making the Most of a Tight Training Budget

Bath (UK), July 2010 - Following the cuts, the job losses, and the pay freezes, the public sector is faced with having to continue to provide the same service with considerably less to offer staff. However there is something the public sector can do in order to keep staff motivated and better prepared to handle what lies ahead: Training. » MORE

Budget Cuts

Facing the Challenge in the Healthcare Sector

West Yorkshire (UK), July 2010 - In his first budget statement, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said that he will control spending in government departments to "get more for less". The Lean Healthcare Academy sets out to show how. » MORE

Training Resource

Eden Tree from GoodPractice Launches Toolkit

Edinburgh (UK), July 2010 - Eden Tree offers resources to support learning and development professionals. They include a suite of "instant" training self-assessments, exercises, case studies, workshops, and handouts. Compared with their previous experience trawling the internet, Eden Tree users report a time savings of up to eighty percent. » MORE

Ranking

UK Top 50 IT Training Providers 2010

London (UK), July 2010 - Pardo Fox, specialist provider of market intelligence and strategic consultancy to the IT training industry, has published its annual table of the UK's Top 50 IT training providers by revenue. » MORE

Change

Christian M. Stracke Is the New Chair of CEN TC 353

Essen (GER), July 2010 - Mike Collett of Great Britain, Chair of the European Standardisation Body for eLearning (CEN TC 353), has gone into retirement. Under his leadership, the standardization committee for eLearning has produced considerable results in only three years. » MORE

Accreditation

Omniplex Becomes Bloomfire's First Certified Partner

Hemel Hempstead (UK), July 2010 - Omniplex has signed a reseller agreement with Bloomfire to become its first certified partner. Bloomfire is a contemporary social-media tool that provides a way to share knowledge within an organization or group. » MORE

Quality Video

Tixeo Chooses Google's VP8 for HD Web Conferencing

Montpellier (FR), July 2010 - In February this year, Google acquired On2 Technologies and its famous VP8 codec. The search-engine giant has recently released the source, providing a free alternative to H.264. Many industry leaders such as Mozilla, Logitech, and Nvidia, have since announced they will soon support the codec, making it the future standard of Internet video. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

Moves to foster partnering and collaboration

London (UK), July 2010 - (by Bob Little) New research suggests that a new job title is coming to the business world: the human systems director. According to a study - conducted by the Future Foundation on behalf of Google - of 3,500 employees, 100 HR managers and 100 IT managers across the UK, France, Germany, the US and Japan: by 2020, the workplace will be transformed by the sharing and development of ideas. » MORE

Case study

Center of Excellence in Instructional Design

Fremont, CA (USA), July 2010 - The production process of Emantras, a provider of comprehensive eLearning-related services, involves research and analysis, brainstorming, development, and reviews. The firm's output has proven to be quality learning solutions focused on the learner's needs. » MORE