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Corporate eLearning
Upside Learning Appoints Director of Client Solutions
Pune (IN), October 2012 - With a view to establishing closer communications with its clients and strengthening its reach in the overseas market, Upside Learning recently welcomed Alan Samuel, former head of UK operations at Tata Interactive Systems, as Director of Client Solutions for the UK and Europe. Alan will head Upside Learning's offshore Europe and UK market to manage and promote the company's award-winning suite of eLearning solutions and services. » MORE
Learning Nexus Launches a Housing Course
London (UK), October 2012 - Learning Nexus, an eLearning content producer in the UK, has released a course for the housing sector. It is the first of a projected series of sector-specific eLearning courses. The release follows the findings of a customer survey. » MORE
The Next Generation of SCORM
Rome (I), October 2012 - "Tin Can" is the next-generation learning objects standard after SCORM. Docebo, a global eLearning solutions provider, now gives the opportunity to try this innovative standard, thanks to the recently released Docebo Cloud learning-management system. » MORE
Atlas Launches IMIST in Three New Languages
Aberdeen (UK), October 2012 - Learning provider Atlas has announced three new translations of its IMIST programme, now available in nine languages. International Minimum Industry Safety Training (IMIST) is now available in Vietnamese, Thai, and Indonesian, which will support the roll out of the global standard in safety across the world. » MORE
e2train Changes Company Name to Kallidus
Cirencester (UK), September 2012 - e2train has announced that it is changing its name to Kallidus. The name change, which comes into effect at the end of September, is part of a rebranding effort that reflects the company's growth and transformation. The new name conveys the firm's learning, performance, and talent-management capabilities and solutions approach to consultancy, technology, and service excellence. » MORE
"E" gets the elbow
London (UK), September 2012 - (by Bob Little) According to a report from Elliott Masie, the world renowned e-learning guru, the "e" in eLearning seems to be vanishing. Masie's The Masie Center, in Saratoga Springs, New York state, has noticed that there's been a 20 per cent decrease this year in advertised "eLearning" job vacancies. Apparently, "eLearning developers" are now more likely to be called "learning developers" or "designers"... » MORE
Red Cross Poll Shows How to Motivate People to Prepare
Washington, DC (US), September 2012 - Americans are becoming increasingly reliant on mobile devices during emergencies to provide information, useful tools, and a way to let loved ones know they are safe, according to a new survey conducted by the American Red Cross. » MORE
New applications for eBooks by Apps
Hamburg (GER), September 2012 - With their first iPad app, the German start-up company Frankbooks enables users to communicate with other readers, as well as with the author or a particular character from the novel via an integrated Facebook plugin. » MORE
Kenexa Releases the Industry's First Social LMS
Wayne, PA (US), September 2012 - The learning space is reinventing itself as formal training for the workforce moves toward collaborative, social-learning-based solutions, according to a recent Bersin & Associates research report. Kenexa has released the first learning suite that incorporates an enterprise-grade social-learning management system (LMS). » MORE
Verum Group and Docebo Signed Strategic eLearning Alliance
Milan (I) / New York, NY (US) / Montevideo (UY), September 2012 - Following the rapid international growth and channel strategy, Docebo has signed a brand-new collaboration agreement with Verum Group, a Uruguayan education and hi-tech company. » MORE
