Saarbrücken (GER), July 2018 - They go into action to help the community when it's needed most: in case of car accidents, bush fires or major weather events like storms or floods. With volunteers and paid staff being the backbone, emergency services have complex requirements when it comes digital training.

Lake Mary, FL (USA), - May 2018  — The IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS Global/IMS), a non-profit collaborative advancing edtech interoperability, innovation, and learning impact, announced the winners of its annual awards during the Learning Impact Leadership Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 21-24 May 2018.

Madrid (E), May 2018 - The Learning and Performance Institute has expanded its highly successful networking service for learning leaders to cater for the local Spanish and Portuguese market. A two-day launch event brought together learning leaders in Spain and Portugal to tackle current challenges with action-based workgroups and inspirational speakers.

Paris (F), January 2018 - A big hello and "Happy New Year" to all the Checkpoint readers across Europe and the world.

Introducing Learning Technologies France: an 18 year old show that is brand new

This is our first ever special edition in the great media resource that is CHECK.point eLearning. I am the founder of eLearnExpo series of events (Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Moscow and Hong Kong), the main one being Paris started in 2001. In 2006 the French event became I-Learning forum and went from strength to strength to become the leading enterprise eLearning show in the Francophone world. 

London (UK), December 2017 - The winners of the annual Learning Technologies Awards have been announced at a glittering ceremony in London. Over 800 people gathered at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in London to celebrate the very best in learning technologies across the world. Sixty-seven gold, silver, and bronze awards were handed out during the biggest gala evening to date.

Singapore (SGP), November 2017 - Learning Technologies Asia, a new and major exhibition and conference for learning-and-development professionals, marks its successful inaugural edition at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, attracting circa 2,000 L&D professionals from across the region.  

Ilkley (UK), November 2017 - Virtual College, in collaboration with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECWMF), will be exhibiting and presenting at this year’s eLearning Network Annual Conference. The ELN CONNECT 2017 event, 07 November, marked the 30th birthday of the eLearning Network, an organisation for learning professionals.

Ljubljana (SI), October 2017 - The second international World OER Congress 2017, held 18-20 September, led to the approval of the Ljubljana OER Action Plan and a revival of the quality debate. Experts and national delegates from 111 countries adopted the 41 recommended actions by acclamation. All United Nations' Member States are urged to mainstream open-licensed resources building knowledge societies and to achieve the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Quality Education. 

London (UK), September 2017 - The annual Learning Technologies Awards has published its shortlist. Outstanding projects and products from across the globe are among those who made this year's impressive and record-breaking shortlist. An independent judging panel, comprising over forty experts and organised by the eLearning Network, worked tirelessly throughout August whittling down hundreds of nominees.