Themen

Tests and Exams

Questionmark Unveils New System for Managing Results

London (UK), March 2008 - The new Results Management System (RMS) from Questionmark™, an application that enables psychometricians and assessment administrators to analyse and edit results before they are finalised and shared with stakeholders, has recently been released. The RMS works in conjunction with Questionmark™ Perception™, an assessment-management system that enables learning professionals to create, deliver, and report on surveys, quizzes, and exams. » MORE

Acquisition

Take over: Digital Content Marketplace HarvestRoad®

Sestri Levante (I), March 2008 - Giunti Labs, a European eLearning and mobile content management solution provider, has finalised its acquisition of the Australian HarvestRoad® brand as well as its HarvestRoad Hive® digital repository, TCMS Technical Content Management System, and related Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and worldwide installations. » MORE

Rapid eLearning

Trinity Mirror Deploys Tools from Atlantic Link

Nottingham (UK), March 2008 - Rapid eLearning continues to push into new industry sectors. Atlantic Link, a provider of advanced rapid-eLearning tools has announced that the Trinity Mirror is the latest organisation to purchase its Content Point authoring tools, with a view to expanding the use of eLearning across the company. Trinity Mirror publishes more than 200 regional newspapers, five national titles, and operates more than 300 online brands. » MORE

Big Russian Consultant

New Acquisition Expands IBS Product Portfolio

Moscow (RU), March 2008 - IBS, Russia's leader in the IT and consulting market, has announced the purchase of 51 per cent of Learnware Company Limited, one of Russia's major developers of systems for distance learning and the producer of the HyperMethod brand of software and services. This deal is a logical step forward based on the relationship between the two companies in a number of projects that involve building distance-learning systems for Russian higher education institutions. The new acquisition complements the IBS product portfolio by adding state-of-the-art eLearning systems. » MORE

Oil and Gas

Coastal Training's Skills Curricula Certified

Virginia Beach, VA (USA), March 2008 - The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America's oil and natural gas industry. The Institute's Training Provider Certification Program provides third-party certification for a variety of oil-and-gas industry training courses, further ensuring that any training provided meets industry needs. » MORE

Knowledge Platform

Endsleigh Insurance Chooses NetDimensions

Hong Kong (CN), February 2008 - NetDimensions, a global provider of learning, knowledge, and performance-management systems, has announced that Endsleigh Insurance Services Limited has chosen NetDimensions' Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) as its learning management system (LMS) foundation. EKP will provide Endsleigh with a single point of focus for all learning-related information and also help with the organization of learning activities. » MORE

Int. Telecomunication

Lerneffekt Implements Full eLearning Solution

Hamburg (GER), February 2008 - The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technologies. Its membership includes 191 Member States and more than 700 Sector Members and Associates. As the demand for eLearning is growing, ITU has decided to engage Lerneffekt to implement a new eLearning infrastructure. » MORE

Tata Interactive Systems

Torbay Opts for Integrated Working Programme

London (UK), February 2008 - Torbay Children's Services has commissioned the global learning provider Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) to develop an eLearning course in Integrated Working. The modular programme enables those working across children's services to understand how to work together more effectively in order to improve outcomes for children and young people. » MORE

Cultural Awareness

LINE Wins Major Institute of IT Training Award

London (UK), February 2008 - LINE Communications, provider of learning and communications solutions, has won a major UK award for one of its bespoke online learning programmes. At a ceremony held at the Dorchester Hotel in London, LINE collected the Institute of IT Training gold award for eLearning Project of the Year for the cultural awareness training programme the company developed for the British Ministry of Defence (MOD). The programme is a key element of the pre-deployment training that service personnel undertake prior to active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan. » MORE

Multi-year Contract

Microsoft Selects Security Innovation

Wilmington, MA (USA) - February 2008 - Security Innovation, an authority on application security and a leading independent provider of risk assessment, risk mitigation, and training services, has announced that it has been selected by Microsoft to develop and conduct fourteen eLearning courses on Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). The firm was chosen from among many professional eLearning vendors. Terms of the multi-year contract were not disclosed. » MORE