Themen

Outsourcing

ELearning Report from ValueNotes

Pune (IN), July 2009 - ValueNotes, a business research company based in India, has announced the publications of 'eLearning Outsourcing 2009: Advantage India'. It features in-depth insights and analysis, including the competitive standing of India as an outsourcing destination, the services being outsourced, the client markets, and providers and their strategies for the future. » MORE

Intercultural Issues

Toolbox Strengthens Awareness of Indigenous Culture

Brisbane (AU), July 2009 - Did you know that in my culture, to stare in your eyes is disrespectful? This is one of the messages given to teachers in South Australia as part of the roll-out of the Interactive Ochre Flexible Learning Toolbox (Toolbox), designed to train secondary and primary school teachers about contemporary Indigenous cultural awareness issues. » MORE

Authoring Tools

New Voiceover Function for CourseBuilder

Oslo (NO), July 2009 - Edvantage group, an eLearning company and Managed Learning Service provider, has announced the launch of its unique voiceover function for CourseBuilder - a content authoring tool -, CBVoice. The capabilities of CBVoice revolutionise working with sound in eLearning development. » MORE

Learning Environment

e2train Launches Kallidus 8

Cirencester (UK), July 2009 - e2train, a supplier of learning and performance technologies, has launched Kallidus® 8, an enterprise-wide learning and performance environment. The new system offers an easy-to-use 'iGoogle style' web-gadget learner interface, which enables learning professionals to integrate formal and informal learning within a single solution. » MORE

Product Marketing

Learn.com Names New Executive Director

Sunrise, FL (USA), July 2009 - Learn.com, provider of on-demand workforce development and productivity, has announced that David Wilkins, former Senior Director of Product Strategy at Mzinga (formerly KnowledgePlanet) has been named the company's Executive Director of Product Marketing. » MORE

Blended Learning

UKS partners with Cegos Group

Dubai (UAE), June 2009 - Universal Knowledge Solutions (UKS), a learning-solutions enabler based in the Middle East, has partnered with Cegos Group, a professional training provider, in an exclusive relationship to provide Global Learning by Cegos (GLC) and eLearning Solutions by Cegos (eLS) to the commercial and public sector organizations in the Middle East. » MORE

LCMS

Single-Source Publishing Platform for a Global Audience

Boulder, CO (USA), June 2009 - Xyleme Inc., provider of one hundred percent XML, SCORM 2004-certified learning-content management solutions has announced that AchieveGlobal has implemented Xyleme LCMS for EMC Documentum to deliver personalised, multi-modal learning content to their worldwide audience. » MORE

Letter from UK

"Little's Britain": Conceptualisation

London (UK), June 2009 - (by Bob Little) In his blog, the internationally known instructional design 'guru' Neil Lasher, of the UK-based vendor-neutral eLearning specialist Trainer1, has commented recently: 'Despite much research on human learning, little is known about cultural conceptions of learning… Kolb highlighted conceptualisation in the learning cycle process, calling the stage Abstract Conceptualisation - the time where we make sense of what we have heard or read or done, prompting questions so that we can make even better sense of the material at hand. » MORE

Study Chinese

New Course Makes Use of All that Digital Learning Offers

New York, NY (USA), June 2009 - The Innovative Language Learning Company has announced the launch of Chineseclass101.com, an online learning system that combines audio and video podcasts, mobile apps, digital tools, and more in order to turn 5000 years of Chinese language into an interactive experience on PC, iPod, mobile, and social networks. » MORE

Multiple Identities

Echelon's CEO Offered 'Fame and Philanthropy' Deal

London (UK), June 2009 - Alistair Morrison, CEO of the organisation development consultancy Echelon Learning, was recently invited to take part in the fourth series of the reality TV show 'The Secret Millionaire'. Each programme features a millionaire, who goes incognito into impoverished communities to give away tens of thousands of pounds of their own money. Created in 2006 by Stephen Lambert, the programmes are produced in the UK by RDF Media and are screened on Channel 4. » MORE