Themen
Corporate eLearning
Training for Better Surveillance
Paris/Montpellier (F), July 2007 - Veterinary epidemiology has really taken off in recent years. Diseases that can be transmitted from animals to man are changing and spreading to world regions that had previously been spared. CIRAD, which has a mandate for training and surveillance in France and overseas, organizes animal health teaching workshops and develops suitable IT tools. » MORE
ETS to Acquire Thomson Prometric
Princeton, NJ (USA), July 2007 - Educational Testing Service (ETS), the world's largest educational assessment and research organization, is acquiring Thomson Prometric, the global leader in technology-enabled testing and assessment services. Prometric is part of The Thomson Corporation. ETS is Prometric's largest customer for technology-based delivery of tests and assessments. » MORE
Respecting Choices® Chooses Meridian LMS
Chantilly, VA (USA), June 2007 - Meridian Knowledge Solutions LLC has announced that their Learning Management System has been selected by the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation, Inc. to be the technological backbone of Respecting Choices®, the Foundation's advance care planning program, to support program participants on a worldwide basis. » MORE
EMOB - More than 400 Computer Training Videos
Toulon (F), June 2007 - EMOB, a very innovative platform for training-on-demand to help Francophones improve their software skills, has just gone online after two years of development. Computer users seeking training in Photoshop, Word, Outlook, Excel, and other applications can find exactly the video they need. » MORE
Using Rapid eLearning to Produce Online Courses
Southampton (UK), June 2007 - Guinness Trust is just one of a number of companies now seeing the benefits of developing their own online training courses. The Trust is a nationwide housing association originally founded by the great-great grandfather of the Guinness Brewery to "improve the condition of the poorer classes of the working population of London". Being a charity, it is important for the Trust to keep the costs of training down. » MORE
ESN and Epic Team up for EU eLearning
Brighton (UK) / Brussels (BE), June 2007 - The EU has actively promoted eLearning for nearly a decade, but the European Commission itself has so far made very little use of eLearning. With help from European Service Network and its British sub-contractor, Epic, the Commission's Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry has recently launched the first in a series of eLearning modules for the 3,000 staff of the EU-wide Euro Info Centre network. » MORE
Giunti Labs Expands into Germany
Sestri Levante (I), June 2007 - Having recently entered the North American, South American, and Spanish markets, Giunti Labs, Europe's leading vendor of eLearning and mobile learning content management solutions (LCMS), has expanded its international presence even further by establishing an office in Frankfurt, Germany and specifically targeting the German-speaking markets for LCMSs. » MORE
Council Wins Awards by Closing Staff Skills Gaps
York (UK), June 2007 - The West Lothian Council has been using a tool from York-based MyKnowledgeMap (MKM) to analyse soft skills. The tool helps to highlight skills gaps within the organisation as a whole, as well as for specific departments and individuals. The bespoke, easy-to-use system developed and provided by MKM contributed greatly to the Council's being named a 'Centre of Excellence' by the Institute of Customer Service. » MORE
Belgacom Sets up eLearning at University Clinics
Brussels (BE), June 2007 - Personnel of the University Clinics Saint-Luc are using eLearning as a new tool for training. They are now able to profit from continuous training in fields as varied as the reception of new patients, hospital hygiene, and the management of the pain. The contents of these modules were developed within the institution by professionals working in these fields. » MORE
RapideL Discover Overcomes Design Challenges
Jersey City, NJ (USA), June 2007 - Research done by Brainvisa, a fast-growing learning solutions company, has revealed that one of the gravest challenges faced in the use of Rapid eLearning methodologies is control over the look and feel of the course output. Instructional Designers and Subject Matter Experts are now able to discover new flexibility in design with templates that various tools provide. » MORE
