Corporate eLearning

San Francisco, CA (US), April 2007 - A broad eLearning patent held by Blackboard, the education and course-management software company, is a growing source of controversy in the education community. The patent could potentially threaten increasingly popular open-source course management platforms like Moodle and subject universities to the risk of litigation. In a recent interview with The Chronicle of Higher Education, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) lawyer Jason Schultz explains the need for patent reform. In addition, he describes the dangers of broad patents like the one held by Blackboard. » MORE

London (UK), April 2007 - Global Knowledge, one of Europe's leading providers of learning services for IT and management professionals, will soon be running the new VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3: Deploying, Securing and Analysing course and the Virtual Infrastructure for Operators course from its training locations throughout the UK. » MORE

Alexandria, VA (US), April 2007 - The April 2007 issue of T+D (Training + Development) reports that last year, 63 percent more employers allowed their employees to work remotely than in 2004, according to the WorldatWork, an association for HR professionals. Based on government estimates of 149.3 million workers in the United States's labor force, the 2006 data means that roughly eight percent of American workers are able to telecommute one day per month, and roughly twenty percent of both employed and self-employed workers engage in telework. » MORE

Graz (AT), March 2007 - Two out of every three containers transported on German roads either have left or are destined for the Port of Hamburg. Special knowledge and compulsory trainings are mandatory to ensure the safe transport of hazardous goods and to prevent accidents with serious consequences. An eLearning course on the safe transport of hazardous goods was recently offered to the employees at the Port of Hamburg. » MORE