Themen

Branching Out

QuickLessons Appoints New Resellers

Miami, FL (USA), September 2010 - QuickLessons has announced the expansion of their international sales and product-support network with the appointment of three new authorized partners in Europe and the Middle East. » MORE

Financial Sector

SumTotal Continues to Expand Its Reach

Mountain View, CA (USA), September 2010 - SumTotal Systems, a provider of talent-development solutions, has announced strong customer growth in the financial-services sector. Continuing to expand its presence in the industry, SumTotal has five out of the six Fortune 500 financial data services companies as customers, including Western Union and First Data. » MORE

'Little's Britain'

The rise and fall of 'e'

London (UK), September 2010 - (by Bob Little) 'E-learning' was once a word denoting the 'leading edge' application of learning delivery technologies and the latest thinking in instructional design. Yet, for years, studies have showed that less than ten per cent of those who start an eLearning programme ever complete it. » MORE

Professional Development

Aurion Learning Builds Competency Assessment Tool

Belfast (UK), September 2010 - Aurion Learning has designed and built a new competency assessment tool for the Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery (NIPEC). The tool is designed to assist nurses and midwives in their continuing professional development. » MORE

Blended Learning

Greenlight Solutions Enhances Training Services

London (UK), September 2010 - Greenlight Solutions, a specialist employee-training and consultancy-services provider, has enhanced its training services through the use of Cobent Learning Compliance Suite (LCS). The new system allows them to offer clients a blended-learning environment and reach a wider market quickly and cost effectively. » MORE

Ethical Computing

QA Expands Market-Leading Green IT Training Portfolio

Slough (UK), September 2010 - The UK-based training company QA is expanding its range of Green IT training courses. With the British Computer Society (BCS), QA has co-developed the world's first officially accredited Green IT training course. For the first time, a full suite of Green IT training courses is available, from awareness through to certification. » MORE

Low-Cost Dial In

Netviewer Expands Audio Conference Offering

Karlsruhe (GER), September 2010 - Voice transmission is an integral part of all web conferences, webinars, and online support facilities. Netviewer, Europe's foremost provider of web collaboration solutions, has therefore not only incorporated free voice over IP functionality into its products, but also a professional audio-conference service. » MORE

eLearning Alliance AGM

Learning Nexus Puts Return on Investment on the Agenda

London (UK), September 2010 - In a bid to help members achieve the successful implementation of eLearning strategies at a time when many training departments are facing resourcing challenges, eLearning-solutions provider Learning Nexus has put return on investment (ROI) on the eLearning Alliance AGM's agenda. » MORE

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