Themen

OEB 2008

Technical Trends for International Visitors

Berlin (GER), December 2008 - Concerns about the first effects of the global economic downturn proved unfounded, with a total of 2,082 registered participants from 91 countries gathering at ONLINE EDUCA 2008 in Berlin to discuss the latest developments of eLearning. The conference agenda focused on 'Generation Y', Web 2.0, serious games, and open educational resources, as well as on ICT-based learning in the corporate sector, schools, and universities. » MORE

Letter from UK

'Little's Britain': The Awards season

London (UK), December 2008 - (by Bob Little) The UK's corporate learning world has been in the grip of the awards season. Chief among them were the eLearning Awards (held in London on 6th November), the WOLCE Awards (in Birmingham on 19th November) and the Personnel Today Awards (in London on 27th November). » MORE

Language Training

digital publishing Wins Gold in UK eLearning Award 2008

Munich (GER)/London (UK), December 2008 - digital publishing (dp), a provider of language-training software solutions, has been honoured with a gold award in the prestigious UK eLearning Awards for "Most Innovative New Product or Tool in eLearning". » MORE

Airborne eLearning

Buckle up for a Flying Start!

Brighton (UK), November 2008 - the airline easyJet has partnered with blended-learning specialists Epic to develop Buckle up!, an induction programme for all incoming cabin crew staff. All new starters will need to complete the blended-learning course in order to obtain their cabin-crew qualification for easyJet. » MORE

Customer Satisfaction

Unique Training Initiative Targets Local Bus Drivers

London (UK), November 2008 - The 'You Are the Difference' campaign aims to assist Metro and Ulsterbus staff in delivering high levels of customer satisfaction by offering tips and techniques and using driver and passenger feedback to boost service standards. » MORE

Growing Membership

The eLearning Network Signs up its 1,000th Member

London (UK), November 2008 - Monique Head, an American from Atlanta, Georgia, who is now living in Antibes in the South of France, has become the 1,000th person to join the eLearning Network (eLN), the UK's foremost professional association of users and developers of all forms of eLearning. » MORE

Crisis Courses

Financial Sector Training Programme for 'Tough Times'

Oxford (UK), November 2008 - Adkins Matchett & Toy (AMT) has developed a training programme for bankers and investment professionals. It focuses on financial institutions clients and deals with the repercussions of the recent turmoil in the financial sector. » MORE

Middle East

TAG Academy Signs Agreement with Pearson VUE

Amman (JO), November 2008 - Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Academies (TAG-Academies) in the Middle East, in cooperation with Pearson VUE, announces the launch of its first Pearson VUE Authorised Testing Centre, which will provide computer-based test delivery for ICT certification. This will be the first of a number of test centres as part of this agreement. » MORE

Shared eLearning

Four New Members to The Charity Learning Consortium

Stroud (UK), November 2008 - The Charity Learning Consortium (CLC), a membership organisation dedicated to providing cost-effective eLearning in the charity and voluntary sectors, has announced the addition of four new members. CLC now has a membership of forty voluntary organisations and has seen an increase in membership of over forty percent in the last six months. » MORE