Themen

Fashion and Open Source

Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment

Los Angeles, CA (USA), October 2007 - When the faculty and students of FIDM/The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising asked its eLearning Supervisor to deliver the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment for Education (CLE), it selected the CEAI Hosted Solution for Sakai to deliver it. CEAI, a global not-for-profit information technology services and consulting provider, was chosen for its ability to deliver a custom, cost-effective collaboration and learning environment (CLE) rapidly. » MORE

Cooperation Agreement

Flying with Dragonair - Trained by NetDimensions

Hong Kong (CN), October 2007 - NetDimensions, a global provider of learning, knowledge and performance management systems, successfully completed its participation at the recent APATS (Asia Pacific Aviation Training Symposium), organized alongside the Asian Aerospace Tradeshow & Conference, by announcing the sale of 3,500 licenses of its Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) to the Hong Kong-based international airline Dragonair. » MORE

Live eLearning

Elluminate Announces Continued Momentum in the UK

Fort Lauderdale, FL (USA), September 2007 - Elluminate, Inc., a provider of live eLearning and web-collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, announced its continued market momentum in the United Kingdom. At the University of London, Elluminate Live! is used in a consortial setting by four renowned specialist colleges: the Institute of Education, Royal Veterinary College, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and the School of Pharmacy. » MORE

Automotive Equipment

Faurecia Chooses Onlineformapro

Vesoul (F), September 2007 - Faurecia, a worldwide leader in automotive equipment, has decided in favour of the eLearning solutions of Onlineformapro. The cooperation between the two companies is about implementing the LMS platform OnlineManager in a multilingual version. The aim is to diffuse the fundamental scientific trainings to all the firm's Research and Development departments. » MORE

Serious Games

Lockheed Martin Acquires 3Dsolve

BETHESDA, MD (USA), September 2007 - Lockheed Martin Corporation has announced its acquisition of 3Dsolve, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. 3Dsolve is a privately held company that creates simulation-based learning solutions for government, military, and corporate applications. The company's innovative software tools assist clients with collaborative training using interactive 3D graphics. » MORE

Pharmaceutical Industry

Information Transfer to Produce Training Programme

Cambridge (UK), September 2007 - Consequent to a successful and ongoing working relationship with European Organon offices, Information Transfer will now be working with the company's global division, based in New Jersey in the USA. Organon has commissioned Information Transfer to produce a training programme on anaesthesia products for its international sales operation. The training materials will include manuals and electronic assessments and will be translated into many languages. » MORE

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

Voluntary Sector

New Partner for the Charity Learning Consortium

Southhampton (UK), September 2007 - Jenison have now formalised the Charity Learning Consortium as a partnership with LM Matters. The consortium was set up to enable like-minded people in the voluntary sector to share experiences and resources about training with its primary focus to support members in their use of eLearning. The involvement of Jenison as a partner in the consortium provides Jenison's market-leading Management and IT eLearning courses in a cost-effective way to members. » MORE