Themen

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

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

Home Information Packs

Flexible eLearning: the Most Practical Solution

Cambridge (UK), August 2007 - Hamptons International, one of the UK's leading estate agents, had been working on a carefully designed Home Information Pack strategy and reviewed a number of training options for the roll-out of its important Home Information Pack training, ranging from conventional classroom methods to online learning. » 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

Talent Management

Edulink Selects Learn.com for Its Clients in Peru

Sunrise, FL (USA), August 2007 - Learn.com®, a leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, has announced that Edulink, a Lima-based provider of corporate training in Peru, has selected the LearnCenter® platform to provide executive education and talent management services to its client base. » MORE