Themen

Government Support

Canadian Grant for International Commercialization

Quebec (CAN), September 2007 - The Canadian Ministries of Labour and Economic Development have announced the award of $126,000 in repayable funding to SVI eSolutions Inc., a Quebec-based software and multimedia company. This assistance will be used to implement a marketing strategy outside Quebec. SVI eSolutions Inc. develops and markets interactive virtual solutions for the distance-training and collaborative-work markets. » MORE

New Authoring Tool

Breakthrough for Virtual Learning Materials

Milton Keynes (UK), September 2007 - Giunti Labs, vendor of eLearning and mobile learning content management solutions (LCMS), has launched an authoring tool to create Sharable Content Object (SCO) virtual worlds and a run-time engine to administer them. That is, the tools are 3D collaborative virtual environments where each object can be experienced by a group of learners and any action of the learners can be tracked by an LMS. » MORE

Adult Education Launch

LearnBirds Developed by MyKnowledgeMap

York/Sandy (UK), September 2007 - Mentor-supported eLearning developed by MyKnowledgeMap (MKM) has been added to the wide range of education solutions provided to members of Europe's largest wildlife conservation organisation, the UK's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). LearnBirds is being launched by the RSPB to help fill a gap in adult education. The course is an introduction to birds and bird-watching and has been designed to appeal to a wide range of adults. » MORE

Expansion into France

U&I LEARNING Announces Takeover of HyperOffice

Ghent (BE), September 2007 - U&I Learning, a Ghent-based eLearning integrator operating in Belgium and the Netherlands, has announced its takeover of HyperOffice, the leading eLearning company on the French market. The agreement signed today involves a 100% buyout of HyperOffice shares. » MORE

Partnership

Industry's First SCORM-Conformant 3D Serious Games

London (UK), September 2007 - LINE Communications, a leading provider of learning and communications solutions, and Caspian Learning, a pioneer of 3D learning-based games applications, have announced a partnership to produce and distribute the industry's first SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) conformant 3D serious games for learning management systems in the corporate training, government, and military sectors. » MORE

Vendor Platform

Online Training at Subaru Germany

Munich (GER), September 2007 - Right on time for the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Subaru Germany will introduce an interactive online training platform from Springer Transport Media for its vendors. Interactive training modules for three of Subaru's models - the Outback, Tribeca and Legacy - were already deployed last year, and all the members of Subaru's traders' network have been effectively and efficiently trained to use them. » MORE

Repository Software

IntraLibrary Connect Removes Traditional Boundaries

Linlithgo (UK), September 2007 - Intrallect, a leading provider of digital object repository software, has announced the launch of intraLibrary Connect - a web services suite that allows digital resources stored in the firm's intraLibrary solution to be accessed and used more easily in a wide range of eLearning tools. » MORE

Collaboration

Combining Mobile and Virtual Worlds for eLearning

Richmond (UK), September 2007 - Giunti Labs is collaborating with Coventry University's newly formed Serious Games Institute (SGI), Cisco, and mobile learning specialist Ambient Performance. The result of this collaboration will be on display at the Serious Virtual Worlds conference. » MORE

Interview

Insight into Learning Content Management Systems

Nashua, NH (USA), September 2007 - Stephen Shaw is chief learning officer of Eedo Knowledgeware and Associate Professor of Educational Technology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He has helped Eedo to achieve a leading position in the LCMS market, while assisting a wide variety of customers in designing and implementing effective learning-content management strategies. In an interview with CHECK.point eLearning, Shaw speaks about operating mode and benefits of Learning Content Management Systems. » MORE

Cultural Awareness

LINE Releases Training for Military Service Personnel

London (UK), August 2007 - LINE Communications, a provider of learning and communications solutions, has announced the release of Cultural Awareness training for all military service personnel undertaking tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because culture is a subjective issue, the Directorate of Educational and Training Services (Army) - DETS(A), asked LINE to raise awareness and facilitate a behavioural shift rather than to simply teach individual elements of culture in Iraq and Afghanistan. » MORE